Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With the result that he really did keep away , ’ Lucy had pointed out . |
| 2 | he 's survived all the er heart condition that he ever did have |
| 3 | And in the far distance beckoned the possibility of marriage , a state so close to paradise that he hardly dared imagine it . |
| 4 | The longer-term recovering member is able to give the newcomer a sense of identification that someone really does understand the problem from the inside and also a sense of hope that recovery is possible . |
| 5 | He was clearly so fearful of the answer to his father 's unasked question that he scarcely dared pose it himself , but then summoned up the courage . |
| 6 | ‘ We feel that the whole country is willing Tim to win this battle and it really does help us because without that we would have started to disintegrate over this last couple of days . |
| 7 | In the end the student asked the lady if she really did mean that her grocer was a counter-service shop and the old lady replied , ‘ Oh yes , it 's counter-service all right . |
| 8 | Yeah , they had them come and fit their kitchen and they really did pay thousands of pounds for it , and erm , there was a chip erm , one of the units on the top and they , they just fitted it like it , and my , their dad called them back and said , look you know , I 'm paying thousands of pounds for this . |
| 9 | He saved one of the Signals Waafs from getting into trouble through not turning up for duty on time , simply by staying at his post until she finally did appear . |
| 10 | In the case of displayed material , for example , it would be open to a shopkeeper prosecuted for displaying a magazine entitled ‘ The British Heritage ’ to show that he believed that it was concerned with the stately homes of England rather than the racist propaganda that it actually does contain . |
| 11 | Couple of chaps at the school got booted out for that stuff and I never did get round to it . ’ |
| 12 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 13 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 14 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 15 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 16 | There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 17 | So that 's me got four and I 've got another five to do and I had a telephone call from field controller in Edinburgh last night and I really do think I do n't know how I managed to keep my tongue still . |
| 18 | I know it 's a cliche but we really do have to take it from game to game — it 's the only way . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah yeah I went , well eventually but like you say it was long wh it was a long while before I actually did get to sleep but got there eventually I 'm been to solicitor today Annie . |
| 20 | Oh dear , a prediction there , well the team boss , Frank Williams says he 's delighted with the decis , decision , the decision and he now wants to help Mansell achieve his ambition of becoming world champion before he finally does hang up his helmet . |
| 21 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 22 | The first is that my tree really has become an old mate and I really do go out into the garden and hug it . |
| 23 | ‘ I know I 've been lucky in my career but I really do believe that something will always turn up , ’ she says . |
| 24 | How could I commit such an offence when I really do love my parents so much ? |
| 25 | Disgust vibrated in her voice as she suddenly let go of some clearly banked-up and held-back emotion . |
| 26 | He left during pre-production and it is said on the South Bank that nobody even dared tell Birt 's successor , the more ruggedly populist Greg Dyke , of the project 's existence . |
| 27 | Rhynchosaurs did not diversify — radiate — into so many different forms and niches as many other major groups of animals , but they are known from many parts of the world and they certainly did change and evolve with time . |
| 28 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |
| 29 | by the way if we ever did do that stay with aunty Mary , right , then she came back with us |
| 30 | ‘ Not to me , ’ Robyn murmured , hardly daring to hope that his lighter mood might have something to do with the fact that he really did like her work . |