Example sentences of "[pers pn] do come [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And I do come to your place . ’
2 One second I 'll come to you , we 've got more talking to do before I do come to you .
3 ‘ It 's not like I 'm trying to get people on my side , but I do come across as likeable and vulnerable on stage .
4 OK , I have the name Silver , but no relation ( although I do come from Leeds )
5 Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’
6 ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’
7 I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster .
8 Sir , if you do come to the view , however , that one or both of these sites may have some as it were residual greenbelt functions , then we ask you to bear in mind the matters raised , in particular Mrs 's appendix nine , about the need in the longer term , that is , beyond two thousand and six in particular , for a strategic reserve .
9 But you do come to a limit with long sentences .
10 My mother did n't go to the moon but she did come to my bedside .
11 As Mary re-iterated to the police , she 'd had a job to wake her up out of a dead sleep that night , and when she did come to she just could n't take in what had happened : she did n't seem able to speak for ages and she 'd had to help her into her clothes .
12 She did come to me in the first place . ’
13 In one area , however , she does come into her own , since she has spiritual strength and moral superiority .
14 Yes , they 've sti they 've stayed together she still , mark you , in the letter she does come across as a misery guts .
15 She does come from Croydon , ’ said my mother .
16 These are judges who accept ‘ no grovelling on the part of prisoners ’ , even those who play on having a relative in the RUC ( and we did come across a policeman who believed that his brother had been treated leniently in court as a result of this connection with the force ) .
17 As there is no soil at all on this rocky islet vegetation is almost non-existent , but we did come across a few tenacious rock plants growing from the guano in rock crevices .
18 If you feel comfortable going in second one of these and these alone , that 's fine by him do what we did come in the first place , you can go in , take your briefcase pop it down there , this says to them , this is where I 'm gon na work from , is that okay with you ?
19 And when we do come to the end of it , we can take our rest — our eternal rest . ’
20 There were , how ever , considerable practical problems for the Central Authority in disciplining this instinct by devising measures of performance alternative to the profit yardstick , The Area Board barons liked to keep the Central Authority distant from their own fiefs , but they did come to court to bargain on the issues which had to be resolved between them ; and when they did this personal and political factors could be as important as commercial or economic ones .
21 It is now going to be very difficult for the Lions to win this series , although they did come from the same position to win the series four years ago in Australia .
22 Well obviously the , you know , the easiest way if you like is if they do come on courses , erm not everybody , of course , will go on courses .
23 If they do come at us , I 'd rather face 'em out in the open .
24 The divide between the two groups is considerable yet , increasingly , they do come into contact with each other .
25 In fact , some people when they do come into the salon they say , ooh it 's like an operating theatre !
26 They do come within that definition , although this is open to intepretation ’ he said .
27 I have often wondered where they do come from but confess that I have absolutely no idea .
28 But , they also go on headed note paper which says Oxford City Council Environmental Health Department and all the other stuff we put on the top , erm and it 's perfectly clear that they do come from the City Department upon your behalf .
29 WHAT IF THEY DO COME IN THREES ?
30 A couple of months later he did come to the Hammersmith Odeon with Bernie and me to see them play I could seethe relief on his face when he realised they really were a band .
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