Example sentences of "this [noun sg] do n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which in this case did n't come up . |
| 2 | Please work this bit does n't go anywhere Yes ! |
| 3 | The only difference is , this geezer does n't look like burnt toast . ’ |
| 4 | In this instance do n't choose someone who is too polite and retiring they may have to talk over the opposition to get their point across ! |
| 5 | The writer of this sentence does n't know whether the reader is male or female , but has chosen to use " his " as a GENERIC to mean " male or female " , overriding the normal use of " his " as a gender-specific pronoun meaning " male " . |
| 6 | You might charitably allow an Academic with spellcasting powers an Int test ( with a -25 penalty ) to recognize that this ritual does n't seem to have anything to do with travel , but does have quite a lot to do with death and blood . |
| 7 | ‘ This ring does n't belong to Mr Harker or to anyone else here . |
| 8 | Note also that this criterion does n't say anything about the direction or size of any change . |
| 9 | We ought to start speaking in Spanish so the people who read this dictionary do n't understand it |
| 10 | If this car does n't shake the German establishment , then it can only be a matter of time . |
| 11 | If this wind does n't stop , I 'll go silly . |
| 12 | If this figure does n't appear , as in the case of Amersham International , the nominal value is always 25p . |
| 13 | ‘ The fact that I 've achieved relative success at this club does n't help me now , and I do n't think it should be taken into account either . |
| 14 | However , this Harlequin did n't wear the customary mask . |
| 15 | This attitude did n't arise overnight . |
| 16 | But this bloke did n't want to lose his pool table . |
| 17 | Erm , listening both to what Anna and Terry are saying here , I think er myself and and the colleagues in housing are very well aware that what this council does n't have is a pre-developed strategy of social housing . |
| 18 | This pen does n't show up too well . |
| 19 | Now this pen does n't spell double R R. Okay , I 've got to warn you , said the spelling , keep getting office systems to try and get us some decent colouring pens , but they do n't . |
| 20 | ‘ A whole lot in this mess does n't make sense , ’ said Odell . |
| 21 | You may cut a fine figure — ’ with an approving glance cast up and down his great-nephew 's fashionably tight-fitting blue coat over buckskins and top-boots ‘ — but an expensive young profligate is what you are , Dacre , and if this inheritance do n't come as a windfall you may call me a dunderhead ! ’ |
| 22 | respect in order to ensure that there is adequate visibility from a single point of access from this dual property , it will be necessary to remove a considerable amount of existing hedge to the front of that property , it 's almost inevitable that it will have to come down , because it 's necessary from the visib visibility display point of view , now that will mean that the whole of these properties are clearly visible from the road , and a major part of the present hedging will have to come down , in short this proposal does n't do a great deal for the village , in fact as far as the residents of that end of the village are concerned it does a great deal of damage to the village , I |
| 23 | ‘ I have not objection to giving my age but if this lady does n't want to then good luck to her , ’ she said . |
| 24 | You see there there he is telling this lady do n't listen to her she runs a savings group , the squander bug works for Hitler . |
| 25 | Except that this engine did n't throw any smoke . |
| 26 | the evidence that we 've found out already from C H C is that the operation of the N H S reforms has restrictive patient choice because crucially those referrals to London teaching hospitals which used to made as a matter of course if treatment is unable er , unavailable in Harlow have actually been largely stopped , I got the detailed figures from the purchasing director erm er , recently in the C F C minutes and it shows a miniscule number of patients being referred to London teaching hospitals erm , and this is clearly the reason as this points out in this paper that London teaching hospitals are in serious financial problems and four of them , indeed are being threatened with closure by the Tomlinson report and I think many patients in Harlow would much rather as er , people have pointed out , go to er , Middlesex and U C H , should they still exist than to go to Colchester and er , but this is this a key question , so on the the basis of the this consortium does n't meet those criticisms indeed , make the situation worse I move that we oppose it in principle that Vince reports on that line . |
| 27 | This core does n't have to be very large , it could be a single Mob , but it is necessary to give some solidity to the army . |
| 28 | IT MIGHT be quicker to list the things that this record did n't invent . |
| 29 | si — this sound does n't exist in Japanese . |
| 30 | Education in this job does n't mean an iota . |