Example sentences of "[noun] it [adv] do " in BNC.

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1 The importance of affirmation With regard to football it perhaps does not matter very much — people who like playing it or watching it are not likely to be seriously affected by our negative comments ; they will just think that we are stupid and go on playing and watching as before .
2 It was an intelligent , thought-provoking script , but in Whitaker 's eyes it just did not work .
3 For all the good it ever did for your sons .
4 But to her mind it still did not excuse his neglect of everything else .
5 In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose .
6 It 's great in theory , but in practice it sometimes does n't work .
7 This change may reflect a disillusionment with the cost-benefit approach and the realisation that while this attitude might be helpful in manufacturing industry it certainly did not work in the service industry to which most of the Highlands were exposed .
8 Easy-to-run homes and a host of electrical aids mean that heavy housework does not take the toll it once did .
9 I I think it 's just words that briefly talking about that issue office states because I think in terms of management it just does not make any sense .
10 Mario , however , had a contract with Chapman and that contract had stipulated , as at Mario 's insistence it always did , that he was to be the team 's Number One driver .
11 When photographed with adequate equipment it really does recall the outline of the North American continent ; it is dimly visible with the naked eye in the guise of a slightly brighter section of the Milky Way , and binoculars show it clearly as a large region of diffuse nebulosity .
12 Read this little name fifty fifty engine it just does n't get you along very good , does it ?
13 As golf is another favourite Hastings sport and an ideal means of relaxation it probably does n't help his back problem that he gives the ball such a lick as to threaten to land it in the next kingdom !
14 For most of them sex happens in the same places it always did .
15 Once again they 'd reached an impasse , but in truth it really did n't matter .
16 in a couple of years it never done a thing and now it 's growing .
17 But for present purposes it really does n't matter which if either of them is the right definition .
18 On that occasion it certainly did !
19 It looked like an eye Jo it really did .
20 This attitude has provoked strong reactions from various gallery holders who have benefited by the system , some of whom accuse Mr Job de Ruiter , the chairman of the Arts Council , of wanting to dictate the taste of the public by forcing on it a type of art it simply does n't want .
21 It takes at least five Americans to write a book erm they 're all multi- authored volumes erm for , for most of your purposes , for almost all your purposes er and certainly for basic reading for , for lectures and , and tutorials it really does n't matter which one you read erm there are , I mean there are in the library I think the last time I counted them about twenty five or thirty general textbooks on American politics , it does n't really matter er which one you read .
22 We begin with an exploded concept , for ‘ mind ’ no longer signifies the entity it once did .
23 If you use a ruler or some sort of straight edge it really does help because it 's very
24 Whilst there is still some pressure for further reform , it is generally recognised that the Lords do perform a useful function and the abolition lobby no longer enjoys the political significance it once did .
25 Well he 's got so many debts Lynn it just does n't seem right he 's , he 's living in cuckoo land , I mean when are you ever gon na feel secure with somebody like that ?
26 Yeah because I mean if there , if you 've got a high instep it still do n't matter because you only widen your laces do n't you ?
27 If it gave Eva pause for thought it certainly did n't show in any relaxation of the pace she set herself .
28 It takes honestly it takes so much willpower to grow your hair it really does .
29 Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow .
30 If there are any storylines it surely does n't help to wipe out the people who make them — .
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