Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] do n't work " in BNC.
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| 1 | or to Jesus and to confuse their language that they may not listen to one another 's language and accordingly Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth so , and that was God 's purpose for them to be er spread out all over the earth cos God knew that city life would only break down and all these centuries have passed since then and there 's urgent proof throughout the year , the cities , the cities do n't work so God had his own way , give it , the one , his way is the only one that works and thus when we pray for this king of |
| 2 | It 's the spears do n't work |
| 3 | ‘ I 've taken it off , but the brakes do n't work ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ on which a part of ( the means of operation of ) the braking system , fitted thereto ’ This point can be proved by showing the brakes do n't work by a simple test such as pushing the vehicle along the road with the brake(s) set . |
| 5 | I pinpointed where he lived : this dusty old mansion block of flats on the Edgware Road , where a lot of ex-husbands fetch up , where the lifts do n't work , and where there are Anita Brookner women behind lace curtains . |
| 6 | Encountering unsympathetic staff in a physically depressing environment ( ‘ It 's a depressing place , cold , the clocks do n't work ’ ) , many women found the experience alienating and impersonal : ‘ I just sign my name , feel like a convict , lining up and all that . ’ |
| 7 | To hell and back via Bank Breakdowns , queues , filth , cancellations — even the escalators do n't work . |
| 8 | Partly because there are communication difficulties , not that the communications do n't work , but there are obviously |
| 9 | But unfortunately , in international relations , you have to er work with , with the grain , and if it is a case that the Iranians are taking a fairly er tough line on Iraq , well this is clearly to be encouraged because Saddam Hussein must be er surrounded , he must be isolated , the sanctions must work , and I 'm sorry to say this , but the country of Iraq must suffer in order that those sanction work , because if it does n't suffer , and if the sanctions do n't work , there is a danger of war , and that will be immensely costly to our side as well as being the end for Saddam Hussein . |
| 10 | It 's not something I particularly thought an awful lot of until I came on crime prevention , because before that I was in police uniform with marked cars with the radio , although half the time in Harlow , the radios do n't work cos we 're getting . |