Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are , then , cell signals instructive in that they tell the cell something it does not already know ? |
| 2 | All you can really do is construct something that will divert it or block its way for a while ; persuade it to do something it does n't really want to do . |
| 3 | He must have had something on his mind and he did something he does not normally do . ’ |
| 4 | And if that child is sensitive and caring and does not wish to hurt or disappoint his parents , perhaps he may even enter the medical profession and spend years doing something he does not really want to do while denying himself the opportunity of fulfilling his life in the way he would have chosen . |
| 5 | Perhaps only three or four keys on the typewriter keyboard that the computer will have need to be pressed at all , and if a child presses the wrong one it does n't all stop and funny , you know , impersonal messages come up on the screen saying he 's done something wrong , it just ignores them and waits for one of the correct responses . |