Example sentences of "you do [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do swim , do n't you Mr Sergeant ? ’ |
| 2 | You find yourself gradually losing track of time , the outside world is pushing away — apart from the occasional sound which pulls you back , you do sink into yourself — and time seems to become irrelevant . |
| 3 | You find yourself gradually losing track of time , the outside world is pushing away — apart from the occasional sound which pulls you back , you do sink into yourself — and time seems to become irrelevant . |
| 4 | How about telling her , and when you do tell her , start at the very beginning . |
| 5 | When you do leave the house , I will ensure that you will be accompanied at all times . |
| 6 | If you do rely on a friend or neighbour on a fairly relaxed and informal basis it is worth showing them some appreciation occasionally , a return of favours or a thoughtful gift . |
| 7 | You 're never going to get extremely rich by betting on horses at very low odds , unless you bet very large stakes , but on the other hand if you do bet frequently at horses that are two to one or two to one on , or something like that , then the statistics demonstrate that you can , over a season , just about break even , or you tend to just about break even . |
| 8 | after three or four years they thought they might move so , we said well take out a P S P cos that provides a savings vehicle , and if you do move you can use that as part of the mortgage increase . |
| 9 | Am I not right in thinking that the batons themselves are fused , therefore they are a safety device , therefore t the fuse in the baton will go if you do exceed the thirteen ? |
| 10 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 11 | And then , when you do confront them , they melt away like shadows . |
| 12 | You do record production for other bands , and you did the original demos for Van Halen , which I had n't realised until recently . |
| 13 | Okay so you do record the role play but you do not play it back and we have fifteen minutes of feedback . |
| 14 | So you do record the role play but you do n't play it back . |
| 15 | When you do speak to your target people , it is important to emphasize that all you want is the person 's opinion and that you will phone back in a couple of weeks to find out what they think . |
| 16 | But if you do speak to them , perhaps you could get them affiliated again , cos they used to be did n't they in Sister May and Paul 's time . |
| 17 | You do speak in a strange way , like the old eagles used to . ’ |
| 18 | If you do waste time the chances are good that your debtor will go under and you will get nothing . |
| 19 | ‘ So you do blame me for her blindness , ’ he said menacingly . |
| 20 | I 'm not going to advise the trustees to release the inheritance even if you do continue , so you may as well get rid of her . |
| 21 | So The other thing you 've got to think about , if you do react the wrong way , and we 've probably all been tempted to at times if we have n't done it , but if you do react the wrong way , consider who is that person coming by ? |
| 22 | So The other thing you 've got to think about , if you do react the wrong way , and we 've probably all been tempted to at times if we have n't done it , but if you do react the wrong way , consider who is that person coming by ? |
| 23 | All this did , of course , cost money , but if you 've had even a comparatively small amount of that and then lost it , you do tend to realize how transient the whole thing is and not worry so much about getting it back again . |
| 24 | Back in time for our encore at Wembley ( well , after six nights , you do tend to get a bit lax , and anyway , the tapes went on in the right order and the dry ice was great ) . |
| 25 | ‘ You do tend to get thugs looking for a fight trying to join up for my classes , that 's why you have to be very selective . ’ |
| 26 | It 's , it 's not , perhaps it 's no accident er maybe those or other factors that you do tend the lowest turn outs in metropolitan districts the big city districts . |
| 27 | And the point is that wherever you go you tend to keep your eye open and not wait for something to crop up ; you do tend to say ‘ 'Ello , ‘ ello , ‘ ello , What 's this ? |
| 28 | You do tend to rush into things . |
| 29 | Have n't you two grown ’ Well , you know you do tend to grow slightly between the ages of 8 and 16 , or 14 and 22 as in my brother 's case . |
| 30 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |