Example sentences of "this [verb] n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not got the creative thing , which , I mean , competition , to get a a ten , or a nine , you 've got ta really have some creative element in it , this has n't quite got that , but it is a very strong picture and , and very nicely photographed so I 'll give this one , eight . |
| 2 | What about all that 's gone before , like Delta 5 , Au Pairs , Raincoats — this has n't suddenly happened . |
| 3 | Now this has n't really got going yet . |
| 4 | ‘ I take it this did n't exactly catch on ? ’ |
| 5 | This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such . |
| 6 | But this did n't necessarily mean , from my point of view , that we had to go around with Oliver . |
| 7 | I know I 'll wake up in the morning and think this did n't really happen , but I am thrilled to bits . ’ |
| 8 | And this do n't even have a Gold Star Valet Service . |
| 9 | I mean you know loads of people like this do n't always get it right . |
| 10 | Police acknowledgement that this had n't actually happened was delayed until after the press coverage . |
| 11 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 12 | This does n't just happen to you — you have to work at it and PE will help you to achieve fitness in an enjoyable way . |
| 13 | But you know , the tragedy is that this does n't just happen when we 're non Christian , it ha can happen when we 're Christians as well . |
| 14 | This does n't just apply to those who have paid for the event . |
| 15 | Although it is usual for children to be asked to write out errors a number of times , this does n't often improve their spelling , because repetitive copying does not involve the use of visual memory . |
| 16 | The gigs will probably be great but this does n't always outweigh the high cost of attending them . |
| 17 | The gigs will probably be great but this does n't always outweigh the high cost of attending them . |
| 18 | This does n't always work and older beginners are soon put off by this attitude . |
| 19 | According to UK slaughtering rules , pigs should be stunned by electric shock before being killed , but this does n't always work . |
| 20 | It is so weak as not really to provide a genuine sense of ‘ conclusive ’ , but this does n't really matter . |
| 21 | This does n't really mean all Muslims ; that 's clear from the languages they use . |
| 22 | War boars are evil minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim , bite , and kick their Orc masters but this does n't really bother the Orcs who are on the whole sensible enough to keep out of the way . |
| 23 | Thing is I , I do n't know if I 'm just imagining that I have n't got any , this this does n't really work . |
| 24 | It is often said that opposites attract , but this does n't usually work with horses ; most people are happier with an animal whose temperament is similar to their own . |
| 25 | Employers will , of course , want to make clear to you the level of personal responsibility you will be expected to take within the remit of your job description ( for a sample job description , see chapter 2 ) , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are trying to warn off the less confident . |
| 26 | Big animals tend to have big brains partly just because they are big , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are , in any interesting sense , ‘ cleverer ’ . |
| 27 | This does n't necessarily mean they were practising infanticide , although some of them may have been . |
| 28 | This does n't necessarily apply to new artists . |
| 29 | I think that Sussex in a way perhaps is n't quite as identifiable as it was and I think this does n't necessarily cause by any particular circumstance or group of individuals or individual or whatever . |
| 30 | I 'm uncomfortably aware that this does n't actually tell anybody exactly what they should do next . |