Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] it [verb] not " in BNC.
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1 | First , it failed because it did not benefit the poor as much as it did the middle classes . |
2 | In being normative it avows that it does not necessarily conform to everyone 's notion of authority in all detail . |
3 | if I 'd have known about that , if it goes , it goes and it do n't we should get something out of it . |
4 | Between disquisitions on Chinese opera and Venetian architecture , the story of Marco Polo 's voyage from Venice to Peking is more or less retold , though the narrative is continually being brought to a halt in moments when it half-realises that it does not mean enough . |
5 | Though the three major Allies — the United States , the Soviet Union , and Great Britain — were willing to concede this parity on occasion , the very act of conceding it demonstrated that it did not in reality exist . |
6 | Will it matter if it does not ? |
7 | That 's what it says when it does n't know and does n't want to admit it . |
8 | The key to 91 appears to fit the lock to the internal doors here , but 1 ( wasted ) round of turning it shows that it does n't unlock them . |
9 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
10 | A plant you do n't water , it droops but it does not die/your collection of erotic images is considerable but it 's always happening to someone else . |
11 | She supposed wearily that she should be hoping this last thing would still happen , should be making it happen if it did n't happen on its own , but she knew that however hopeless this love for him was , it was the most precious and valuable thing she had ever experienced . |
12 | It worked or it did not work . |
13 | In the Victorian era it did but it does n't today . |
14 | It admits that it had n't expected to be in this line of work so long , having thought Unix 's compatibility issues would have been resolved years ago . |
15 | Although the government indicated that it was prepared to negotiate with the rebel National Patriotic Front of Liberia , it said that it had not renounced the use of force . |
16 | It said that it did not want the Government to channel funds in the direction of strategically selected industries . |
17 | It does and it does n't . |
18 | ‘ Well , it does and it does n't . ’ |
19 | ‘ I see this as such a rite of passage — you get signed to a major , you get money , you go into the studio , a big 24-track hubbub , either it sells or it does n't . |
20 | Either it works or it does n't — it shows you whether you were thinking correctly and is a fascinating test of your own mind . |
21 | Either it works or it does n't . |
22 | It works or it does n't . |
23 | It is not obvious why the Court was concerned with the possible application of Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 to the activation of the suspended sentence in this case ( although it concluded that it did not apply in any event ) . |
24 | The surprised way he had looked at her when she said it suggested that it had not occurred to him before . |