Example sentences of "but it [adv] do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does the picture add nothing to the text but it also does n't convey as much about the incident as the text . |
| 2 | However , this not only removed local accountability ( the original motive for introducing the new system ) but it also did not affect many areas of the country which were faced with high community charges . |
| 3 | But it just does n't operate here . |
| 4 | ‘ Believe me , ’ says Keith , ‘ if we could plug into a box and get all these sounds , we 'd be doing it , but it just does n't work that way . |
| 5 | I 'm in the middle of a government grant on my house and by the time I get that together and spending money , which I should n't be doing , on junk , y'know , and I want to start a family and that , y'know , and try and be respectable , but it just does n't seem to be available under this health service , this National Health Service , although I do know people who have it prescribed . |
| 6 | but it just does n't want to get too soft because that old hill you know it it does get a big of a drag . |
| 7 | Trying to keep our old boss happy and trying to keep the receivers happy but it just does n't work like that , you ca n't keep everybody happy . |
| 8 | but it just does n't seem to be working very effectively . |
| 9 | Nick Thompson , a 28-year-old mechanic of Morpeth , said : ‘ The idea was quite good but it just did n't come off . ’ |
| 10 | But it just did n't go right . |
| 11 | But it just did n't seem to be a time when you could er get an entry . |
| 12 | I tried to start a blues band , but it just did not work . |
| 13 | What else they saw in and near the city they did not record , but it evidently did not include on this occasion the famous caverns at Wookey Hole . |
| 14 | Not all the time , of course , but it honestly did n't cross my mind until the police had finished questioning me and then the moment did n't seem opportune . |
| 15 | ‘ It makes it better for you if you do , but it probably does n't matter to the film , ’ he says . |
| 16 | Well , I park in Hackney , but it probably does n't count . |
| 17 | But it probably does not matter much anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid so , but it probably did n't last long and he may not have cried out . |
| 19 | She herself had not yet fully recovered from the trauma of those moments in the lift , but it probably did n't matter . |
| 20 | This might well be the case , but it still does not answer the question whether it can be said that there is no morality without religion . |
| 21 | But it still does not feel like proper work . |
| 22 | The exception is the Boston Consulting Group ( BCG ) matrix with its precise ‘ Growth'/'Share ’ axes , but it still does not use DCF . |
| 23 | My order to attack undoubtedly saved a lot of other innocent lives but it still does n't give me peace of mind . |
| 24 | and it 's , it 's better than it was , but it still does n't have |
| 25 | I 'm fascinated by the political innuendo , but it still does n't make sense . |
| 26 | it looks alright , but it still does n't look quite right . |
| 27 | I tried this on from various directions , but it still did n't make sense . |
| 28 | He pushed again , but it still did n't give . |
| 29 | Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker . |
| 30 | But it still did n't stop me having a perfectly valid opinion on the parlous state of contemporary kits . |