Example sentences of "do have a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would you like to do have a nice sandwich for lunch and then later on have something proper . |
| 2 | Yet even so , the dispensary was busy every day , and we did have a great deal of work , dealing with the humdrum , everyday ailments — yaws , measles , ‘ flu and accidents — accepted by the Polynesians with a philosophical resignation , as though they were saying , ‘ This is the price we pay for living in paradise . ’ |
| 3 | In the present state of research it is probably fair to suggest that although influence did have a powerful impact on the outcome of a number of elections , on the whole the electorate was not particularly easy to control , and that members of the political elite , despite all their efforts , often failed to achieve their ends . |
| 4 | It did have a central theme to it , but we 're taking more time over the next one . |
| 5 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
| 6 | ‘ While the Chris Hani case did have a tremendous impact on South Africa it has not taken away from investigations into the murders of Julie and Elizabeth . ’ |
| 7 | The restored Stuarts did not have to deal with any difficulty of this sort but they did have a general problem of making sure that the King 's authority was accepted . |
| 8 | He did have a sneaking respect for Yanto however . |
| 9 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 10 | Dame Catherine did have a lecherous look in her eyes . |
| 11 | Its bed and furniture were entirely homely , however , and perhaps not as dainty as the elegant young French lady might like , but it did have a nice view of the hustle and bustle of Newington Butts , and Mrs Beavis always reckoned that if you could see life going on from your window , you could n't grumble too much about not having dainty furniture . |
| 12 | Let Spencer help you , my dear , my youngest son always did have a good head for figures . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah he did have a good go at us through Shane . |
| 14 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 15 | But when he had been speaking of Katherine 's children , her opinion of him had begun to change , it sounded as if he did have a genuine sympathy for them and their plight . |
| 16 | Despite her irritating affectations , she did have a genuine flair for divining quality in both literature and the visual arts . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the fact that the matter had come to such a head did have a sobering effect on them both . |
| 18 | The contributing factor to the abandonment of the parish coffin in the seventeenth century was not the new and innovative trade of funeral furnishing — though that did have a profound effect on coffin types — but pestilence and the plague . |
| 19 | Unlike Guillaume , Zborowski was unbusinesslike , and a poor book-keeper , but he did have a wonderful faith in Modigliani 's talent . |
| 20 | Despite being easy trips they did have a valuable effect on crews . |
| 21 | However , the loss of income of the women studied did have a considerable impact upon them and their families . |
| 22 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 23 | Now we did have a little bit of that , I would say er leave it leave it till you 've got the other stuff pretty well sorted out . |
| 24 | Mind you , we did have a little exotica in our small North Harrow branch [ apart from Molly , Betty etc. at the Christmas party ] ; there was Swiss Knorr 's French Onion soup for the daring housewife , and if a customer really wanted to impress her dinner guests , then we had small tins of pâté de fois gras . |
| 25 | Public exposure on television and the continual attention of the rest of the media did have a marked effect on Hannah Hauxwell . |
| 26 | But he did have a long-established base on which to build — and that was the British class system . |
| 27 | It is perfectly true that Blake did have a battery-operated radio in his cell which worked on medium and long waves only . |
| 28 | There 's many factors , many factors , and I 'd like to pay congratulations to Councillor I think it was , or the member certainly that came to the Economic er Sub-committee that discussed the European report back because there we did have a proper discussion about the value of those trips . |
| 29 | I ca n't help but wonder why on earth they did have a different strip for the World Cup . |
| 30 | The conclusion seems inescapable that the electorate did have a significant impact in determining the composition of the Commons , and therefore the very nature of party strife at Westminster itself . |