Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [conj] [pers pn] does " in BNC.
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| 1 | No lunch is provided and it does not take long to eat what little they bring — a bit of salad , some bread and maybe a hard-boiled egg . |
| 2 | But most of the time such punishment is wasted because it does not produce repentance or reform . |
| 3 | The straight line method was rejected as it does not reflect the relationship between finance costs and the amount outstanding . |
| 4 | Strictly speaking , much of this walk is trespassing since it does n't follow recognised footpaths , but the land is rough grazing and wo n't suffer from the passage of a few feet . |
| 5 | Turning points in relationships , too , are often mapped out in this way — a quarrel , a meeting , a reconciliation may mark the moment of ‘ conception ’ ; one knows that a new phase is beginning but it does not become openly apparent until this nine-month span has past . |
| 6 | Dr Margaret Ashwell told the conference that the worst form of middle-age spread was around the middle as the traditional beer-belly shape meant more fat was concentrated where it does most harm — around the internal organs . |
| 7 | My brother 's going and he does n't even like them . |