Example sentences of "[conj] do n't work " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're still better off than the other Arabs , the ones that do n't work for the French . |
| 2 | Not only is it allowing certain health authorities to waste millions of pounds on computer systems that do n't work , it also allowed the London Ambulance Service to put lives at risk with a system that had not been fully proven in practice . |
| 3 | Now ‘ I sound very much like dis ’ and have spent a small fortune at the chemists on cold remedies that do n't work . |
| 4 | It 's not that ‘ they 're saying , ‘ We 've got these things that do n't work well and we 'll dump them on unsuspecting countries . ’ ’ |
| 5 | The ones that do n't work . ’ |
| 6 | He says well I 'm not paying you for it , he says you put it on and it do n't work , he says well we want it back , he says well you take it back and put my parts on that you took off , he says we ca n't , he says well I 'm not paying you hundred and forty pound for a part that do n't work and he says , anyway he says er , are you sure it 's a hundred and forty pound he said , an oil filter cost ten pound at some places but they 're actually only two so if you di divide it by five that 's forty pounds , he says I 'll pay you forty pound , but I 'm not paying you no hundred and forty he said . |
| 7 | Now that do n't work on its own . |
| 8 | strips it all down , gets the book out , do this , no , that do n't work , put the book away |
| 9 | It was small and poky , the carpet stank of sweat from all the bands that had rehearsed there over the years , the floor was rotten and covered with fungus More unpleasant smells came from the toilet that did n't work and the leaking skylight which let in so much rain the whole place was always damp . |
| 10 | The only thing that did n't work was the understanding that we had to be big time very quickly . |
| 11 | I tried this , but much to my disappointment that did n't work either . |
| 12 | At some point you 're gon na have something happen that you would n't want repeated , something that did n't work out . |
| 13 | ‘ He had to cut everything together , leaving out the improvisations that did n't work . |
| 14 | The only thing that did n't work for him was his marriage , perhaps his wife will give you a different side … do n't tell me that you did n't know he was married and separated , Mr Millet … bit bloody thin on the groundwork , are n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | She had very high blood pressure , and was given two epidurals that did n't work . |
| 16 | So you ca n't do five lots okay that was you that was trying five that did n't work so try six what will happen there . |
| 17 | There was a tidal wave of pessi — mistic literature on this theme — The Future that Does n't Work : Social Democracy 's Failures in Britain ( 1977 ) ; The Politics of Economic Decline ( 1979 ) ; Britain : Progress and Decline ( 1980 ) ; and , most evocatively of all , Is Britain Dying ? |
| 18 | We know that does n't work very well — it has n't stopped people smoking . |
| 19 | It can , none the less , cut out many of the worst frustrations : material that takes hours to trace , is never found , or is unavailable at the right time ; teacher-made material that takes too long , is botched in process or inexpertly designed ; equipment that does n't work , or works badly , or is preempted by someone else at the crucial moment ; timetables that do n't , when it comes to the point , allow sufficient flexibility ; help that one feels ought to be available but somehow never is . |
| 20 | Plus your own gifts are far more useful than a plastic moustache , or a magnifying glass that does n't work . |
| 21 | But I mean , a lot of people do n't glorify on the jobs they do , I mean Dinda she said you know , it 's awful being the one who 's getting all the all day long , kind of explained and help them with their problems , sympathise with , with something that does n't work she 'd much rather be outdoors than being a or looking after , but she said you know , it 's , it 's a secure job and these days I think well I 'm not I run my own car and they do n't really think that |
| 22 | Well we 've got one that does n't work |
| 23 | I ca n't see the point of having a bathroom that does n't work . |
| 24 | What do you mean , a bathroom that does n't work ? |
| 25 | No not if if did n't work if it did n't work once it wo n't work again . |
| 26 | ‘ I felt we played a little bit like an end of season game and did n't work for each other . ’ |
| 27 | She learned that Maxim had an elder sister — oddly , she 'd always assumed he must have been the first child — who had married a Quaker school-master and lived up North , had three children and did n't work , ‘ Except at disapproving of the Army , ’ Maxim added . |
| 28 | Ever been told , ‘ I will give you the name and address of the manufacturer and you can contact them ’ ? when that long-awaited item finally arrives , and does n't work ? |
| 29 | Present it to us yes and does n't work |
| 30 | Oh and does n't work , well |