Example sentences of "does [adv] [vb infin] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 31-year-old ex-paratrooper 's prize for retaining his title at Wembley on Saturday night was £10,000 , which does not go far for a full-time body builder who downs half a dozen eggs after his breakfast cereal and eight to 10 chicken breasts a day when ‘ bulking up ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 3 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 4 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 5 | The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … |
| 6 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |