Example sentences of "[that] they do [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was easy for Draper and White to mock the church fathers for their naiveté on matters of natural philosophy , forgetting that they did have higher concerns — forgetting , too , that their naiveté often reflected the pagan wisdom of their day . |
2 | S so then the evidence is that they did know each other , begging what know exactly entails , but that 's not in dispute . |
3 | And I felt that they did need some kind of ongoing support . |
4 | ‘ Maybe I 'll make it a condition that they do marry each other , the two of them . |
5 | There is still ample talent for England , given sensible selection , to demonstrate that they do possess organised strength in depth and that the national structure , so precarious in other years , has a substantial base . |
6 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
7 | Although they face daily and substantial fluctuations in demand for their output , they wish to ensure that they do have sufficient staff available to help them satisfy this demand . |
8 | No , but it 's up to the every individual to try and make sure that they do get that level of service . |
9 | Miss and Tony you have to kinda pretend that they do like each other so that erm the mother does n't suspect her of liking Hastings . |
10 | Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls . |
11 | Others , however , would rather maintain that these charges have sometimes been exaggerated , but that they do highlight genuine dangers of which one ought to be aware in reading Barth : dangers which lie partly in what he actually says , but also partly in what he can very easily be taken to be saying when his real meaning is subtly but significantly different . |
12 | The Government should halt the issue of licences to build further gas-powered stations until it has been demonstrated that they do produce cheaper electricity . |