Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [subord] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That particular luxury did not appear until M. Georges Nagelmackers had copied Mr Pullman and introduced them in 1883 , and even then they were for the rich who could afford to travel on the ‘ Orient Express ’ . |
| 2 | But the fact was that the world did not change as de Gaulle had predicted . |
| 3 | He did not budge as Mr Gubb raised the cane above his shoulder and fixed his eyes on the boy 's fingers with the concentration of a golfer addressing his ball . |
| 4 | These results did not differ when acid output was expressed as mmol/h/kg lean body mass or mmol/h/kg fat free body weight . |
| 5 | The success did not come because Mr Major mastered technique . |
| 6 | Dr James said he did not know if Tayside Health Board is to continue providing money for treatment . |
| 7 | ‘ But in May 1945 I did not know that they would be killed and I did not know until Count Tolstoy drew it to my attention in 1979 , 1980 and 1985 . |
| 8 | Other holders , like individuals , pension funds and foreigners , do care about dividends but did not worry while share prices were booming . |
| 9 | ‘ But Janet and John do not care whether Mr Wayland knows their name . |
| 10 | I do not remember if Sir Thomas had quail , ’ he said unhappily . |
| 11 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |
| 12 | I do not know if Gibson Keddie was serious when he invited users of 30 watt bass combos to write to him ( review of the Carlsbro bass combos in the June edition of Guitarist ) , but I accept the invitation . |
| 13 | Not a bit of it — do not know if W. J. Jakimiuk who was responsible for the Chipmunk 's lovely qualities also devised the Beaver 's agile handling , but I should not be surprised if he did , for it flies like a smaller aeroplane , with light forces and a roll-rate much better than that long high-aspect-ratio wing might suggest . |
| 14 | Carrie asked but Albert did n't reply because Mister Johnny suddenly spoke from the doorway . |
| 15 | He did n't pause as Dessie Burns called out to him from the hardware shop , he did n't notice Mr Kennedy looking over his glasses at all the bottles and apothecary jars in the window display of the chemist 's shop . |
| 16 | Christopher Lamb ( Jack Chesney ) , and Jonathan Markwood ( Charles Wykeham ) set the opening scene rather woodenly , and the play did n't lift until Lord Fancourt Babberley ( Mark Curry ) was bullied into his amateur dramatics costume to be the long-awaited aunt , Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether Pettitcoat Lane , but I know he went up to London |
| 18 | I do n't know whether Tillie Olsen lived near a mine in her childhood . |
| 19 | I I do n't know whether M A F F would object , but they did lay down for the selection of their site . |
| 20 | I do n't know whether Mr Rocke fell in love with the Yorkshire moors on a visit to Wakefield for that exhibition ; but for most of the years since that time he has lived and worked in Yorkshire as senior art adviser to the West Riding County Council . |
| 21 | The police do n't know whether Mr Johnson was involved . |
| 22 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |
| 23 | But by the nature of the staff that we have in this school , I do n't know whether Mr Goddard deliberately tries to surround himself with fools so that the school will collapse when he leaves , but the quality of the people that he has , in terms of having a broad idea of education is just a non-starter . |
| 24 | Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it . |
| 25 | Well I do n't know because North Yorkshire 's pretty sort of erm er pretty rife as far as black magic is concerned . |
| 26 | Well , I do n't know if Marlborough tobacco was around in the time of Jesus Christ , but erm I think if Jesus Christ had the second coming today one of the first things he would condemn is this week that is the cause of death and destruction throughout the world , and if he would n't condemn that I would certainly be a bit dismayed . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know if St Jovite is running but I hope he does as we would like to have one more go at him . |
| 28 | We do n't know if Fred Day 's claim is true ; we do know that he 's not alone in believing it to be . |
| 29 | This may well be the reason why the rebound hunger problem does not arise when carbohydrate foods are consumed in their natural fibre-rich form . |
| 30 | That political will does not exist because public opinion has not yet begun to be aware of the scale of possible changes that governments will ask their publics to accept . |