Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] does n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whipped Cream are Scandinavian but even the odd accent does n't drag this version far enough from the original to make it an interpretation rather than a facsimile . |
| 2 | Only the Persian engineer with the sloppy eyes does n't see me as exotic , because he 's that way himself . ’ |
| 3 | As for the Giggs/Kelly incident at the beginning of the game it looked like a perfectly fair challenge after all it 's not as if Girly Pallyster does n't make contact with the person he 's marking ( and that 's in both senses of the word marking ) . |
| 4 | As for the Giggs/Kelly incident at the beginning of the game it looked like a perfectly fair challenge after all it 's not as if Girly Pallyster does n't make contact with the person he 's marking ( and that 's in both senses of the word marking ) . |
| 5 | But a dry shave does n't always give him the results he wants . |
| 6 | But a dry shave does n't always give him the results he wants . |
| 7 | He always chooses posh words does n't he ? |
| 8 | and they 've got it in but it wants it at different times does n't it ? |
| 9 | Stavrogin ca n't , and in our definitive text does n't , claim to be a decent man or to have any other thing to be ; all his letter indicates is a deathlike mime or sleepwalk within behaviour patterns determined by upbringing , class , and kind . |
| 10 | A Hannoverian duke became our own George I. This historical link does n't mean Hannover is any more British than Buck House is German , but then nobody visits Hannover for cucumber sandwiches . |
| 11 | What educated French writer does n't ? |
| 12 | Rediscovering and making heroes of overlooked Old Mistresses does n't challenge the exclusivity of art history , the way it masquerades as a specialism — so it talks only about form and sources , influences and patrons — while collaborating with the class of owners and dealers in art as rich people 's commodities because it never talks about social conditions of race , class , gender or sexuality . |
| 13 | The midfield three got into the game , the two fore backs started pushing and joining with joining in , it makes it a different side does n't it ? |
| 14 | Mark , 19 : ‘ In our parish , Corpus Christi , the OMI priest does n't wear a collar , he wears a shirt and jumper , and you can approach them more easily . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she answered lightly , and turning to Leith , ‘ I 'm afraid Travis does n't always surface to join us for breakfast on Sunday morning . ’ |
| 16 | It is tempting to write ‘ If I had my way , I 'd fire all the staff and start all over again ’ , but top management does n't usually look very kindly on this kind of approach . |
| 17 | We know this from the fact that on the evening of the day Pope John announced his Council , Cardinal Montini rang his old mentor , the Oratorian Giulio Bevilacqua , and said : ‘ This holy old boy does n't realize what a hornet 's nest he 's stirring up . ’ |
| 18 | If the old fool does n't die soon enough , or they get the chance of a better deal , it usually ends in divorce. , |
| 19 | The old fool does n't know what he 's talking about . ’ |
| 20 | What Pound did to English literature and British sensibilities does n't seem forgivable , and I really think that the English were more offended by Pound 's political obsessions than were the countrymen he ostensibly betrayed . |
| 21 | When Schniedau says , ‘ What Pound did to English literature and British sensibilities does n't seem forgivable ’ , he doubtless has in mind certain passages from How to Read , which was originally addressed to the American readers of the New York Herald Tribune Books on 13 , 20 , and 27 January 1929. for instance : |
| 22 | Besides , three-quarters of forensic scientific work does n't require all this sophisticated instrumentation . |
| 23 | The image of Neil Young as the wayward eccentric does n't tell the whole story , not by a long way . |
| 24 | We accepted there the idea that facts can be causes ; the difficulty there that universal facts can not cause universal beliefs does n't matter here , because universal beliefs are unlikely to be basic . |
| 25 | And old Ralf does n't know I know how to get to it . ’ |
| 26 | Old Red does n't do that . |
| 27 | He eats funny things does n't he ? |
| 28 | He does know that they 're powerful : ‘ I got used to playing around with Tony 's guitars , and although the fact that he sometimes detunes and uses very light strings does n't help the output , these pickups are very powerful — a fair bit more powerful than conventional humbuckers . ’ |
| 29 | If a weekly ride does n't satisfy your yearnings but lack of finances prevents you from riding more frequently , try putting an advertisement in a local paper offering your services to exercise other people 's horses . |
| 30 | Old age does n't seem to have much to offer , yet I desperately hope to attain it . |