Example sentences of "yet it [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat for the evening with a strange man 's hand inside her stocking , and yet it had not occurred to her that the laws of a disorganized school trip were not the laws of nature or of justice . |
| 2 | The Villa Fiesole was a fairly big house and yet it had not taken him long to find the box . |
| 3 | I think , was it Colin I was talk , we were looking at a Porsche the other day , and he was drooling over this Porsche , and yet it does n't do anything for me . |
| 4 | In genetic hyperspace , Nautilus appears to be sitting right next door to an obvious and immediate improvement , yet it does n't take the small step necessary . |
| 5 | GUIL : ( Does not move : thoughtfully ) And yet it does n't seem enough ; to have breathed such significance . |
| 6 | Sometimes I feel so strongly I want to do that — touch you — and yet it does n't seem like my idea . |
| 7 | Oat bran has been shown to increase tumourigenesis yet it does not effect colonic cell proliferation . |
| 8 | Yet it does not falsify the principle of affirmation for which I am arguing . |
| 9 | My dearest , I tell myself — what you will certainly say — that it is a landowner 's inalienable right to do what he wishes with his own land I know all this — yet it does not stifle the cries of terrified children and the weeping of their parents . |
| 10 | But although each step is random , the path has sequence and location ; yet it does not have a datum . |
| 11 | Yet it does not follow that there will be a constant growth of non-partisan tendencies among MPs , for much depends on the type of new MPs that will arrive at Westminster . |
| 12 | Yet it does not occur to them that God might have brought about the defeat as an act of judgement upon them , and unlike Joshua and the elders in the story of Ai in Joshua 7 , they do not bother to turn to God to discover his mind . |
| 13 | Yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family and being successful in my work . |
| 14 | Yet it has not democratized fashion . |
| 15 | But as yet it has not approved a timetable or set aside funds for construction . |
| 16 | But as yet it has not worked . |
| 17 | She had avoided that word all summer , and yet it did n't matter . |
| 18 | You admit you hate me , yet it did n't stop you from practically raping me when you thought you could get away with it . |
| 19 | yet it did n't feel that way to the young doctors . |
| 20 | Leo was standing at the drinks cabinet in the corner , his back to her , yet it did n't prevent his knowing instantly who it was . |
| 21 | I did have c a hysterectomy but er because there was a l malignant growth , so whether in you know I 'd done anything all those years and yet it did n't affect , you know it makes you wonder does n't it ? |
| 22 | Yet it did n't look like a photocopying machine . |
| 23 | They were both dressed the same , probably for the same reason , and yet it did n't seem to make any difference because all the action was in the eyes . |
| 24 | And yet it did not hold any of them back . |
| 25 | The importance of language to education was undeniable ; yet it did not prove possible for development to take place within conventional faculties or schools of education ( in 1975 , for example , departments within the University of London Institute of Education were unable to agree about establishing a language centre because of concern over who should be seen as central ) . |
| 26 | Christianity was a redeeming force , making possible escape from the cycle , yet it did not cut man off entirely from the primitive . |
| 27 | It was not , therefore , a purpose designed polymer and yet it did not have any serious competitor until hydrogels emerged as potential contact lens materials some years later . |
| 28 | Yet it did not require much imagination to see that it could only be one thing : the so-called " rice-water " fluid from a cholera patient , which Dr McNab claimed was so deadly . |
| 29 | The lava was therefore available and yet it did not fill , for example , Mare Imbrium until 500 Ma later . |
| 30 | Science , as we know , has tremendous potential to change the way we live ; yet it professes not to concern itself with moral issues , insisting upon its own objectivity . |