Example sentences of "[indef pn] [that] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the improvement from IBM 's personal computer business , overall profits were weak in the company 's hardware operations : the gross profit margin on hardware sales for the first quarter was a dismal 29% , compared with 48% a year ago ( a decline of 19% has been bandied about , but that came from someone that does n't understand percentages — it 's a fall of 19 percentage points or 39.6% ) ; the overall gross margin was 39.5% in the first quarter , down from 50.8% a year ago ; IBM 's tax rate was 25% in the first quarter , below the 45% rate IBM had indicated earlier ; IBM told analysts to continue to expect the 45% rate for the rest of this year . |
| 2 | Kevin and I had a bit of a scuffle , but it was nothing that did n't happen all over the park and certainly nothing to warrant our marching orders . |
| 3 | There was absolutely no way of getting from Wandsworth to Wanley except by car , or none that did not involve at least four methods of public transport . |
| 4 | Oi is a spiritual purge on everything that does n't sound like the voice of the Mob with its back against the wall . |
| 5 | Anyway , he waffled on for a little while about everything that did n't matter and then … ’ she swallowed ‘ … then he got down to it and told me about everything that did . ’ |
| 6 | The telephone companies may have ‘ purchased something that does n't exist ’ , according to John Kessler , a consultant in Newport , Rhode Island . |
| 7 | Where 's the reason in pursuing something that does n't exist ? |
| 8 | But what impressed most viewers of the deliberations at Thomond Park was the crisp passing of the Garrowen backs when the opportunity arose for spreading the ball wide , something that does n't often occur in local derbies at Thomond Park . |
| 9 | ‘ I can give you something that does n't cost a quarter of that . ’ |
| 10 | Erm I mean some people say , quite wrongly , that it 's something that does n't take any part in the reaction but speeds it up , but how can it do that . |
| 11 | But I 'm beginning to see that there is n't much point in trying to hold on to something that does n't belong to me . |
| 12 | ‘ So that 's how you spend your time , is it , ’ he grated , ‘ speculating with that fertile little imagination of yours on something that does n't concern you whatsoever ? ’ |
| 13 | There 's just something that does n't seem right about it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You better wear wellingtons and something that does n't matter . ’ |
| 15 | Something that does n't add up . |
| 16 | You have something that does n't belong to you , and I want it . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The realisation of a £190m investment is something that does n't happen every day . |
| 18 | I think I mean , it 's something , a pension mortgage is something that does n't crop up every day . |
| 19 | Yeah never mind So Adam said buy something that does n't break . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Better lob something that does n't notice . |
| 22 | And so far , with our results , it looks as if it does not seem to have a major impact on our patients , so we may be doing something that does n't er particularly help the patients , and this is very important since we spend a lot of time doing these sorts of er procedures in our patients . |
| 23 | And that 's something that does not happen in the real world . ’ |
| 24 | If the baby needs to go on taking medicines or vitamins , ask the doctor to prescribe something that does not contain any colouring or other unnecessary ingredients . |
| 25 | Still , there 's nothing secretive or lacking in discussion on the new laws in operation — and how refreshing to mention something that does not invoke the subject of money . |
| 26 | After all , paying for something that does not work is presumably more likely to produce frustration than receiving the same ineffective care ‘ free ’ . |
| 27 | There are many cases where bride and groom have the same postal address at the time of marriage something that does not indicate premarital living together , quite unusual among the respectable working class of Edinburgh at the time . |
| 28 | So , while you may well have some trait or peculiarity about her that will give her a mark of distinction , this must be something that does not disqualify her from maximum general sympathy . |
| 29 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |
| 30 | Both the vet and the keeper came to the same conclusion — that Sam had eaten something that did n't agree with him , as he had n't eaten much of his food from the day before . |