Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] do [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm I perhaps do have some sympathy for Harrogate 's position . |
2 | What I ever did to annoy Old Saul , whether it was the heat that made him especially cantankerous , whether Agnes really had kicked him in the head when she arrived , as Mrs Clamp says-none of this do I know . |
3 | Well I always do come this way ! |
4 | Although visibility remains a problem I really do think this repositioning is an important step forward . |
5 | I really do appreciate all kindness you have given to me , Jean . |
6 | I really do see this age as a time to widen horizons . |
7 | I really do believe sexual possessiveness is something we should struggle against , no matter how difficult we find it . |
8 | I really do like that hat ! |
9 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
10 | I never did have any ambitions really — I never did want to do anything . |
11 | ‘ You always did have strange ideas . ’ |
12 | ‘ By the Lord , Jimmie , you always did have rose-edged ambitions , but like sunsets they fade . ’ |
13 | She probably did remember that incident on the beach . |
14 | Its advanced design ensures you really do enjoy improved picture performance . |
15 | ‘ You really do need some sleep , do n't you ? ’ |
16 | They will want to be sure that you are prepared to give your time to care for the children , that you will provide for all their needs and take them out regularly , and that you really do like small children ! |
17 | You really do have green fingers . |
18 | And if you really do have any feelings left for me , then you wo n't try to stop me . ’ |
19 | What are you presently doing to reach this goal ? |
20 | Erm , if we can just talk a bit about the the the activities , the question of the demonstrations against unemployment , what did you actually do to aid those demonstrations ? |
21 | And you actually do get two types of of of threshold erm confidence in these sort of systems . |
22 | by the way if we ever did do that stay with aunty Mary , right , then she came back with us |
23 | ‘ We never did finish that weeding , did we ? |
24 | If they ever do reveal controversial findings , as occasionally happens if a government sets up a committee to examine the activities of its predecessor , the report often merits little more attention that a small paragraph in Le Monde . |
25 | That , and we 've had this in the past , where I would say that people that live in Yarbury North and South probably do earn less and live in houses that probably are , do n't have as big gardens and things like that , so the natu the nature of the is that they probably do earn less money erm but I I do n't consider those to be ghettos at all . |
26 | And from Alan the new flats here , Norman helped by Dave and other members has been constructing substantial timber stroke hardboard flats although a bit heavier than the conventional canvas they will last for years and they really do provide superb sets as has been proved with all three plays presented this year . |
27 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |
28 | What 's funny about it is , they actually do like each other ; they just do n't realise that both of them have the same views in everything . |
29 | They certainly do produce different behaviour patterns . |
30 | Recently re-appointed vice-chairman of the Teesside Development Corporation , he still does exercises each day but has stopped bike riding ‘ after nearly getting killed a couple of times in London . ’ |