Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , in this case I do inherit a new form , do I ? |
| 2 | But I do detect a slight flaw or two in his reasoning . ’ |
| 3 | Chairman , can we have your guidance on this , we have a report and we have a short video , by which I do mean a short video , do you wish to see the video , or do you wish to deal directly with the report ? |
| 4 | I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’ |
| 5 | Er , have , having that criticism gentlemen , for which I apologize , I , I , I think it is a most useful , but I do think a little bit of future , holding on might be helpful . |
| 6 | I do want a little break really and truly , but I , would do it if there was nobody else . |
| 7 | I do feel a rumbling deep in my stomach , but it is a restless churning rather than an empty one , much like the overturning of soil by an ambling tractor . |
| 8 | ‘ I do feel a profound antipathy to firing any type of gun inside a ship I 'm piloting , ’ the Navigator said loftily . |
| 9 | I do put a red rinse on my hair but I ca n't remember which shade it is ! |
| 10 | So I have that advantage , that er , I do know a little bit about you . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I do teach a first-year course that includes some — ’ |
| 12 | I 'm not a heavy gambler , but I do enjoy a sizeable bet and waiting for the result . |
| 13 | ‘ I do like a good Jeffrey Archer , ’ said Hyacinth . |
| 14 | I do like a good organist , particularly when a traditional organ is used . |
| 15 | I do need a new pair of shoes . |
| 16 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 17 | I was beginning to get fed up with men and their tantrums but I do need a strong arm about , I 'm no good with a battleaxe like Boudicca . |
| 18 | One job has led to another but I do remember a particular film audition which I walked out of , much to the concern of everyone , my agent , and the casting director . |
| 19 | I do remember a little girl called Lucy , a classmate of mine then . |
| 20 | I do get a social life out of it . |
| 21 | Dealing with one or two specific points that have been raised , particularly with regard to size , in my view the balanced community which can be envisaged within a new settlement will provide for housing , employment , community services , and recreational opportunities , it will not simply be a peripheral housing estate transferred to the open countryside , in my submission I have already stated that I do believe a new settlement of up to fourteen hundred dwellings should indeed be viable , and commercially attractive to the development industry . |
| 22 | I do allow a slight discretion in these matters . |
| 23 | ‘ But I do have a real feeling of joy ! ’ |
| 24 | If I am disenchanted by the indifference of literary criticism toward examining the range of that concern , I do have a lasting resort : the writers themselves . |
| 25 | ‘ I do have a certain amount of work to do , ’ Alice said , ‘ but I can fit in with your plans , Harry . |
| 26 | ‘ I do have a casual attitude to everything , yeah , that 's true . |
| 27 | ‘ But I do have a first-class ticket from Cardiff to London in my fist . |
| 28 | As I play football , I do have a practical use for the shorts and socks if I get them . |
| 29 | Whilst I admit that not everyone of my class members have joined I do have a good percentage mostly I feel sure through loyalty to me as their teacher . |
| 30 | er comment about erm the chap not getting any any work , erm I think I can attribute most of my work to the fact that I do have a bald head . |