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 . |