Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] does " in BNC.

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1 The problem , for instance , of Pound 's admiration for Brancusi , and of how that fits or does not fit with his other proclivities and principles , can not for much longer be left where Alexander leaves it .
2 ( I mean , afterwards who cares a damn what Narouz thinks or does ? )
3 A great storm that suddenly appears and is soon over ; if the condition lingers or does not have much intensity , it is not Aconite .
4 Whatever she has or does , I try to stay ahead .
5 Aye , oh he loves that does n't he ?
6 Christ , however , has and does .
7 The Seller shall be under no liability , whether at contract or in tort or otherwise , in respect of the quality of the goods or their fitness for any purpose , save that , if the Buyer is a natural person , in accordance with the provisions of s 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , the Seller accepts and does not seek to limit or exclude liability for any death or personal injury caused to the Buyer by reason of the Seller 's negligence .
8 It 's a case of pushing the float up until it holds and does n't drag under .
9 It comes and goes that does n't it ?
10 Not involving yourself at all in anything whatever to do with " how or when or how much the primary sufferer eats or does not eat .
11 In Heseltine 's case , it must already be approaching the danger level ; he needs to be vigilant that nothing he says or does reinforces it .
12 The young doctor learns a great deal from what the older doctor is , not simply what he says or does , and from the sub-culture of the little group of medical students to which he or she belongs .
13 But you know what I mean ; when a marriage or relationship is going wrong and it 's like everything that one person says or does n't say , or does or does n't do , seems to rub the other one up the wrong way .
14 ‘ No matter what he says or does , no matter what happens to force me towards him — I 'd die rather than marry Damian Flint ! ’
15 Nothing she says or does is persuading her husband to change .
16 ‘ For the purposes of this section , no consent is obtained where the complainant submits or does not resist by reason of ( a ) the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant ; ( b ) threats or fear of the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant ; ( c ) fraud ; ( d ) the exercise of authority . ’
17 Apart from this , Thomas neither says nor does anything of note until after the Crucifixion .
18 my Lord that that 's with respect right , erm certainly what , what he says that does n't necessarily lead to that conclusion all it does is have void what maybe authority between
19 Since the problems at Strangeways , prison violence has rarely appeared in the headlines , but John Bartell , chairman of the Prison Officers Association says that does n't mean violence in our jails has decreased .
20 Interviewees may be over-suspicious of the interviewer , waiting to be trapped , and they may read too much into what the interviewer says and does .
21 Adrian Mole says and does things we would not expect from an adolescent .
22 What Donaldson has taught us , however , is that at the heart of the experimental situation is a child who is actively trying to make his or her own sense of the situation — and in particular , trying to understand , from what the adult says and does , and from how the materials are manipulated , what the adult 's motives and intentions might be .
23 A guide is self-controlled in all she thinks , says and does .
24 With such a fast metabolism and the high level of energy behind everything he says and does , I had to ask , is he a workaholic ?
25 The RSPB goes to great lengths to research the topics in which it involves itself , so that people will take notice of what the Society says and does and treat its views with respect .
26 Much of what he says and does is just to shock .
27 It is an exciting garden , the hedges and paths divide it so that you come upon different parts almost by surprise , such as the scented garden , the woodland garden , built around some of the trees that Colonel Mitchell left behind him , with a sturdy wooden tree-house for the children , and the patio garden where the Prince sits and does paperwork during the summer months to the soothing sound of water , which springs from a sculpture he commissioned of stone whales .
28 This is often exactly what the panic attack victim thinks and does when they have no idea what is really happening to them .
29 I am not concerned in what the next man thinks and does , that is his business but I must do what my own conscience dictates .
30 It is possible to harden the heart against a Ballesteros in these moods but then he goes and does something sublime on the course , hits a shot that no one else would conceive , let alone execute , and one realises here is genius in sport .
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