Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 2 | ‘ But presumably the Commander does n't think she ran away ? |
| 3 | Luckily the boatman does n't know them all , ’ he muttered . |
| 4 | Major Burrows had dealt with the matter so effectively the father did not need to administer any further punishment . |
| 5 | Hang on the line do n't put the phone down and June from Mansfield sixty two gives you a list of prizes numbers between one and ten choose three of them . |
| 6 | This also contravenes the model , or rather the model does not fit what common sense tells us . |
| 7 | Apparently the Company did not possess an additional bamboo pole for Selby Road , and the one from the Robin Hood had to be carried there resting on the backs of the seats of the upper deck of a car when required . |
| 8 | But er basically the message did n't get passed on to him when I left it er the last time and he then did the tour Monday not knowing that we could have been recording it because |
| 9 | Sure , there are a few areas where quality control could be bettered , but basically the instrument does not suffer in any way . |
| 10 | Naturally the poem does not mean the same thing for him as for Bilbo . |
| 11 | Naturally the radio did n't work as the aeroplane was in several pieces . |
| 12 | She was still shivering and her head felt muzzy , but now she was lying down the boat did n't seem to be doing quite so much heaving and rolling . |
| 13 | But perhaps the child does n't have the skill or experience to do it alone . |
| 14 | ‘ Then perhaps the battery does n't have enough electricity , ’ said Grimma helpfully , trying to see over their shoulders . |
| 15 | When we 're talking about the negligence factor , obviously the insurance does n't cover the negligence of of a repairer , erm any faults inherent at the time of purchase are obviously not our responsibility and I do n't think any reasonable person would expect us to cover that because obviously we 're we 're in insurance , we 're not taking on risks already , we 're taking on a risk of mechanical failure of items after they 're sold , not obviously before they 're sold . |
| 16 | Obviously the Squat did n't place much faith in any such techno-theological procedures , the efficacy of which was perfectly evident to Jaq and to most right-minded people . |
| 17 | So the public do n't do that but I just thought I 'd like to show you how how . |
| 18 | If there is too much liquid left in the pan , pour it off and reduce in a separate pan ( so the meat does not overcook ) . |
| 19 | This , as we have seen , explains the impossibility of the infinitive in * To snow would be pleasant as against its possible use in I want it to snow : if the generalized person of the infinitive of weather verbs is not specified as referring to the only support with which the notion denoted by these verbs is conceivable , namely it , then one feels a possible reference to any of the ordinal persons which can be referred to by the infinitive 's generalized person ( " you " , " me " , etc. ) , and so the sentence does not make sense . |
| 20 | If you put it in really carefully so the water does n't get in , you watch what happens , watch what happens ? |
| 21 | So the varnish so the varnish does n't get scratched ? |
| 22 | So the varnish does n't get scratched . |
| 23 | The board itself has been soaked beforehand so the wood does not absorb the dampness too quickly ; in fact it feeds it back to the clay , enabling it to stay fresh for longer . |
| 24 | So the plan did not work and the emphasis switched from stage set to soapbox . |
| 25 | But Rita in her own department has got the document that she sends so the researcher does n't have to take the bit of paper round to everybody and get their research approval form signed . |
| 26 | Er some neighbours cut each other 's lawn while they 're away so the grass does n't grow too long and make sure that the mail 's moved away from the letter box . |
| 27 | So the matter does n't arise . |
| 28 | Then everything must go in plastic bags so the car does n't get wet . |
| 29 | And it stays like that throughout , so the baby does not use its mechanism to control the temperature , it 's kept at that constant degree of warmth and it 's only when the baby comes out that it has to start looking after itself . |
| 30 | Fill in using a lipbrush , blending carefully so the pencil-line does n't show . |