Example sentences of "does n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 2 | Why does n't the man leave his sheep in that field ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And does n't the word ‘ please ’ exist in your vocabulary ? ’ |
| 4 | Does n't the sanctity of marriage mean anything to you ? ’ he roared . |
| 5 | ‘ No , ’ said Dorcas , ‘ it 'll be saying , ‘ Why Does n't the Telephone Work ? ’ ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Why does n't the telephone work ? ’ said Nooty . |
| 7 | ‘ Does n't the whole of him strike one ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why does n't the Army go in after them ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But why does n't the Queen care for them ? ’ |
| 10 | But does n't the tree look splendid , sir ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But does n't the chairman of the club object ? ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes there are displays that are erm , b but like erm the lizards that have frills , but I think you find them in both sexes because you see if it 's to scare off a predator , why does n't the female have them ? |
| 13 | And does n't the phrase ‘ in hand ’ have a splendid meaningless vagueness about it . |
| 14 | ‘ Does n't the fact that a pleasure is illicit make it more exciting ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why does n't the leather break ? ’ she muttered as the home continued its terrifying charge downhill . |
| 16 | ‘ Why does n't the Thing know where to go ? ’ said Gurder . |
| 17 | ‘ Why does n't the food come out if you can get in ? |
| 18 | Th does n't the does n't the stepfather , sort of , say anything ? |
| 19 | Why does n't the idiom just take the place of the verb , because if you get rid of the object as well ? |
| 20 | The moon does n't the earth goes round the sun so the moon goes round the earth . |
| 21 | Is er , I do n't know if there 's something wrong , but it does n't the heat is n't well Angie 's one 's like boiling hot |
| 22 | Does n't the term suggest something like ‘ mental pictures ’ ? |
| 23 | ‘ Does n't the playmaster have a proper name , Gabriel ? ’ |
| 24 | Thank you very much Mr Chairman , erm yeah I 've put my hand up three or four times , but er bridges Mr Chairman I would like to emphasis on the bridges , it does n't the width of the bridges , yet bridges will be replaced |
| 25 | Does n't the apostle say , he that taketh his stand , take heed lest yee fall ! |
| 26 | Does n't the suppression of his Indian side in subsequent Western stories suggest a certain national … schizophrenia ? |
| 27 | And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision . |