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Example sentences of "does n't " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He 's infected with the virus causing AIDS , but does n't know .
2	But often the person infected does n't notice anything wrong .
3	A paper round or weekend job does n't pay enough .
4	This reduces the risk of infection — it does n't eliminate it .
5	It does n't matter if your Executor stands to benefit from the Will .
6	‘ Raised ’ from the ruck , originally , by his family 's wealth , he does n't want to ‘ sink ’ , and rejects ‘ the idea of defeat ’ that prevails in the Third World : ‘ I 'm tired of being on the losing side .
7	Here the confusions or uncertainties are the point of the passage : it does n't matter that the particulars of the caption are missing since this sort of thing was always happening .
8	The shrugger does n't care whether he lives or dies — and the designer duel arranged for himself by this divided and indifferent man is a form of Russian roulette .
9	Zuckerman Unbound ( 1981 ) reaches its climax at one of Roth 's frequent funerals — in this case , that of Zuckerman 's father — after which Henry charges Nathan with killing their parent by writing ‘ that book ’ , the liberated Carnovsky , and with believing like the bastard he is that fiction does n't have consequences .
10	These mistakes mattered — whereas ‘ in the arts it does n't matter if you foul up . ’
11	Those she does n't like are ‘ cursed ’ or ‘ afflicted ’ .
12	His brother Gavin frets him , and he has a longing for Gavin 's wife , together with a more urgent one for a teacher at the school , Alison Houston , who could be felt to lead him on a bit but does n't want to have a ‘ relationship ’ with him .
13	His work as a teacher does n't involve much in the way of teaching .
14	Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama .
15	Ophelia is often ignored for audition material simply because she does n't seem to have much in the way of a sustained speech until she goes mad .
16	Part of the time he may almost be unaware that he is speaking to another person — after all Gila does n't understand English very well and it is unlikely that she would fully understand the references to Rupert Brooke and the poem ‘ The Old Vicarage , Grantchester ’ .
17	It does n't mean that your regional accent is going to be bullied out of you , so that you are unable to use it ever again — on the contrary , your accent may in all probability be your most interesting and valuable possession .
18	But being in an overcrowded profession does n't mean that you wo n't be considered .
19	To speak of further training programmes now may sound like a mere desperate remedy , but it does n't mean anything as arduous or as expensive as the full training of your drama school .
20	After all , becoming a provisional member of Equity does n't give them work , it merely gives them the opportunity to work in the career for which they have trained .
21	I think there is always an element of typecasting that is sensible , I mean it does n't have to be restrictive .
22	That does n't happen any more with young actors coming out of drama school .
23	It is a privilege ; and one does n't forget that .
24	You keep waiting for more but it does n't come .
25	Sense of excessive energy , no outlet , as though he 's going to burst into a million pieces if some inner pressure does n't abate .
26	They can always start again and it does n't matter .
27	Even Bacon can destroy what he does n't like and start again .
28	Strange how certain areas seem to call out to me , wrote Harsnet , and working on them does n't seem like work at all , more like simply breathing .
29	It does n't concern me , I told him .
30	THERE 'S a saying in the computer industry : ‘ If in doubt , press a few keys ; if that does n't work , ask a colleague ; if in deep trouble , consult the manual . ’