Example sentences of "does not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys , her food etc .
2 Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys , her food etc .
3 He does point out , however , that the technology simply measures attendance — it does not improve it .
4 now this does not bother me as my presence is usually taken for granted .
5 But I find the whole performance so persuasive that this really does not bother me much , and I imagine other listeners will feel the same way .
6 It does not bother me now at all .
7 She said ; At first I was worried but now it does not bother me .
8 not after all this time , he 's probably calmed down now , but er if , if our mum and dad give me anything she takes the hump , but mum and dad can give Margaret anything and it does not bother me
9 ‘ We know we 've done nothing wrong and it does not bother us in the least what the referees ’ report says . ’
10 " It does not bother you ? "
11 Celebrating the importance of the survey in the history and contemporary milieux of social research is one thing ; but this importance does not place it beyond criticism as a method of social research .
12 The sound of automobiles wending their way along the road far below does not reach me ; I hear only a distant occasional cowbell and the cheerful nearer transactions of insects .
13 They are not touched by the rebate system , because — generous and expensive though it is — it does not reach them .
14 Shareholders are requested to complete and return the proxy card , but this does not preclude them coming to the meeting and voting in person .
15 X/Open , which has already endorsed the Network File System component of ONC seems unlikely to recognise Sun 's version of RPC at the moment — although the DCE agreement does not preclude it — but says it will ensure ‘ co-existence and interoperability ’ between the two , though it has n't figured out how it will do this yet .
16 However , the fact that there is some restriction on the power of the company to deal with assets subject to a charge does not preclude it from being a floating charge .
17 Allowing them to make such a decision does not sanction it — far from it .
18 He does not serve me . ’
19 Londoners have for long been perversely proud of a health service that does not serve them well .
20 A plaintiff has only four calendar months ( six if leave to serve out of the jurisdiction is required under RSC Ord 11 ) , in which to serve the writ and if he does not serve it within that period the fact that the last day is a Sunday , when it can not be served , does not come to his aid .
21 ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware .
22 So being a Christian then does not isolate us from sorrow or from grief .
23 A later article will argue that this lowering of costs does not eliminate them altogether but rather transfers them .
24 An ‘ only ’ dream has little effect on us ; we may remember it in the morning because it was funny or for some other reason , but it does not disturb us in any way ; most often , we recollect it only in the moments after waking and have forgotten it by the time we get out of bed .
25 Moreover , muscles need different types of exercise ; exercise that contracts muscles but does not elongate them may not be adequate .
26 Silence does not panic them .
27 If so , please make sure that this does not distract you from your work .
28 The Voces Quartet , consisting of four professors from the conservatory in Iaşi ( Moldavia ) , is a most accomplished ensemble whose playing shows understanding as well as outstanding technical assurance : the rather edgy 1980 recording does not flatter it , but its quality is nevertheless evident .
29 It does not move them that the cost of looking after the hundreds of thousands of Thais who are likely to be infected by 1995 will far exceed that of a few cancelled holidays .
30 I see a man up on the hill , but when as the minutes pass he does not move it occurs to me that what I am looking at must be a stone .
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