Example sentences of "the [noun sg] do not work " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trick does not work , but at least it leads to the hiding of Colas in Lise 's bedroom and the awful discovery of the two of them together just as Alain has received the key and goes to claim his bride . |
| 2 | After installation , if the monitor does not work at all , check that the card is firmly pushed into its slot . |
| 3 | There seems general agreement that the mind does not work like a camera , faithfully recording everything in front of its lens , for apart from the discrimination of sensations and the filtering out of some of them , the information that is passed on undergoes considerable re-organisation and change so that there is always a discrepancy between the sensory input and what is perceived . |
| 4 | So Sarazen took on a young caddie , who , it transpired , seemed to do all the things that even the caddies of today would not dream of doing , like pulling the clubs without consultation with Sarazen , and then , if the club did not work , telling Sarazen he had just hit a bad shot — it was not his club selection at fault . |
| 5 | The word ‘ appears ’ is used advisedly because , although computers have been used to show that the equation does not work for values of n up to several thousand , no one has yet been able to prove for certain that there is no number n greater than 2 for which suitable values of x , y and z can not be slotted in to produce a valid equation . |
| 6 | Despite the effort expended on getting public areas right , many guests see only the lobby and their bedroom ; and if the bedroom does not work or the decor is offensive , the guest will not return . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the injection did not work and despite much medication to calm his heart , he passed away in the early hours of the morning . |
| 8 | So the plan did not work and the emphasis switched from stage set to soapbox . |
| 9 | For a year and a day the boy did not work and hardly ever spoke but one day when he was watching his father fashion a sword for an important chief he exclaimed " That is not the way to do it " and taking the tools soon made a sword the like of which was never seen before , and so began the famous Islay swords . |
| 10 | The heater did not work . |
| 11 | On the first run the purchaser discovered a number of faults ; the dynamo did not work and the lorry consumed petrol at the rate of 5 m.p.g . |
| 12 | On Saturday , the device did not work the second time . |
| 13 | I quickly learned that pointing the camera and flash straight at the glass of the aquarium did not work . |
| 14 | There are now two kinds of household : a minority where the wife does not work , and may have no intention of returning to work , to which the old expectations apply , and a rising majority of households with working wives for which the economics of childbearing have been reversed . |
| 15 | But the argument does not work . |
| 16 | It seems that the machinery did not work very well in discovering chloroquine . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the commission did not work out well . |
| 18 | He even gave North precious travellers ' cheques to ransom them , although the ransom did not work out . |
| 19 | Nor does he consider the possibility that some pupils may find that the approach does not work for them . |
| 20 | Town says the scheme does not work . |
| 21 | The scheme did not work as smoothly as was expected . |
| 22 | They then complain that the alarm does not work . |
| 23 | In practice , though , the system does not work quite this way . |
| 24 | The third factor pinpointed by Ford was the decline in party responsibility , ‘ The parties today are really more or less impotent , and if you do not have party responsibility , the system does not work . ’ |