Example sentences of "[noun] do [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When miners , chemical workers or railwaymen do actually defy the ban and strike this winter , he will need to be reminded or disaster will ensue . |
| 2 | However , not all change of state verbs can be expected to occur with adverbal adjectives even then ; for instance , murder and burn do indeed produce a change of state that can be described by an adjective but one which is so intimately linked to the nature of the verb and so banally obvious that the adjective describing the object is otiose . |
| 3 | The Conservative Group do indeed congratulate the Government for it 's far-sighted legislation to make our schools more accountable to the people they serve . |
| 4 | How many of the bowlers who work furiously at rubbing holes in their pants do actually swing the ball ? |
| 5 | Nor did early twentieth-century state welfare provision do much to alleviate the position of working class wives because it too assumed the existence of the bourgeois family model and a family wage . |
| 6 | Four out of 10 shoppers believe that supermarkets selling " environment-friendly " products do so to exploit the market and not out of a genuine concern to protect the earth , according to Mintel. 10 per cent of respondents in the Mintel survey believed that companies were hiding behind a green " front " , and those who went out of their way to buy green products did so " in spite of corporate public relations efforts " . |
| 7 | Although organisations recognise that employees may not always be able to refit old carpets or curtains in the new property , policies do often include a statement to the effect that staff should make every effort to adapt their existing possessions rather than buy afresh . |
| 8 | Bouge De La do however have an act to follow . |
| 9 | It is less easy to see , for instance , how the meaning of a loss such as bereavement could be so readily reinterpreted , or whether such attempts do much to reduce the risk of depression . |
| 10 | Many of the programmes do little to stimulate the mind and sitting in a chair staring at a screen is not too good for the body either . |
| 11 | I think one point that erm , I was n't sure if you were gon na mention it , is that the proposals do actually encompass the allowance for additional parking for erm , the residents and proportion of garaging as well , and that 's something that Moat are including within the er , within their construction contracts . |
| 12 | The leaders of our nation do however have a charge to stimulate discussion and ideas if none is forthcoming from the industrialists . |