Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] do not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this new emphasis that causes such anxiety and guilt to those for whom self-healing does not work . |
| 2 | My heart did not leap with joy , it turned cold with panic . |
| 3 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 4 | Secondly , although the anecdotal nature of my illustrations do not add up to a seriously informative lecture , with full classifications and statistical support , I do hope they identify areas of particular neglect in our English language studies , and suggest the fruitfulness of these topics for further work . |
| 5 | My temperament does not allow me to refuse a challenge , especially if my race is insulted . |
| 6 | My Mum also ran in the Mum and Dads race which my mum did not do too well . |
| 7 | Rather self-deprecatingly , he reveals that : ‘ It became clear to me that my talents did not lie in selling . ’ |
| 8 | My Department does not forecast the balance of payments . |
| 9 | Danielle was all smiles in the arms of her beloved nanny and much to my distress did not have the good grace to shed a single tear as I walked out of the door and out of her life … for a whole day . |
| 10 | ‘ Hurry , Wolfprince , for my work does not wait for such as you , ’ he said in his sibilant whisper , but now Nuadu detected a lick of pleasure in the voice . |
| 11 | The existence of my plan does not mean , however , that I shall stick rigidly to it come what may . |
| 12 | However , my Committee does not believe that that is the best way to deal with legislation . |
| 13 | The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place . |
| 14 | Install a hard drive instead of one of the floppies — the advantage of this is that it is the least expensive but the major disadvantage is my complete lack of technical knowledge and the need to purchase and install the controller which I understand my machine does not have . |
| 15 | ‘ My parents do not share the same repulsion of apartheid that I do . |
| 16 | However , my concerns did not begin with coming to North Shields in 1977 . |
| 17 | Despite valiant efforts by our physiotherapists , my hamstring did not recover in time for the 200 metres . |
| 18 | My cellar does not date from Numa pompilius , |
| 19 | But my confidence did not remove all my fear , and I stayed hidden in the high grass until after midnight . |
| 20 | Your comment that the central thesis of my lecture does not stand up stems from a misunderstanding of what I was trying to say . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State for the Environment 's speeches today and during the Queen 's Speech were full of jokes and banter , but many of my constituents do not view the costly shambles of the poll tax as much of a laughing matter . |
| 22 | I want to ensure that my constituents do not lose the money that they are supposed to invest . |
| 23 | ‘ My missus did not like . ’ |
| 24 | My joy did not last for long . |
| 25 | My husband does not do anything . ’ |
| 26 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |
| 27 | My husband did not have enough marks to pay the bill , so he offered to pay the equivalent amount in Sterling . |
| 28 | Stella Fearnley replies : In response to Richard Harwood 's comments , I feel I should point out that my article did not imply that the only perception of district societies is that of a practitioners ' club , and that this perception emerged from market research carried out among our members last year , not from my own opinions . |
| 29 | Thirty-five years ago my lecturer did not see fit to use the word profession . |
| 30 | My agenda does not matter ( though I maintain my status in not revealing anything about myself ) . |