Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] [adv] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also wants to exercise to improve muscle tone during this period ; she can then see what shape she is in at the end of the year before she decides whether or not she really does need to lose those extra 4 lb ( 1.8 kg ) . |
| 2 | Unfortunately Shackleton died whilst still in the Antarctic on 5 January 1922 , and so he never did search for the treasure . |
| 3 | Arguing from silence is dangerous , but had he played a significant role in Cnut 's Scandinavian wars of c.1025-8 ( see below ) information about it might have been expected to survive , and so he perhaps did disappear from the scene soon after 1023 . |
| 4 | ‘ I shall look forward to it , and now I really do have to do some work . ’ |
| 5 | And yet they eventually did talk about ‘ the leg ’ and then ‘ the disease ’ and Iain heard the word ‘ Spinabifida ’ ; a word previously heard only on TV when charities were appealing for money . |
| 6 | And yet we always do sell them , er we always have Anglepoise lamps in the shop |
| 7 | Any production of ‘ A Midsummer Night 's Dream ’ with a host of well-known film stars , plus music by Mendelssohn , could not help but be of interest , but apparently it never did make a box-office fortune for MGM . |
| 8 | I mean I know that now because I never thought I 'd be on the scrap heap , but sometimes I really do feel as if I am |
| 9 | But unfortunately they sometimes do kill themselves , too . " |