Example sentences of "they do [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CAPENHURST anglers did n't hook any whoppers , but they did manage to net enough tiddlers to ensure that the scales tipped in their favour in a challenge match against the Greyhound Angling Club from Chester . |
| 2 | They did agree to continue lower-level meetings between party representatives and Brian Mawhinney , a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office . |
| 3 | However , because their gain is high at high frequencies they do tend to exhibit high-frequency instability . |
| 4 | I suppose they get on reasonably well , but they do tend to rub each other up . |
| 5 | They do tend to have single nylon that 's a single strip that just folds round . |
| 6 | But we 've just got to wait and see , I mean , I know the sort of questions they 're going to ask , and they do deserve to hear some answers , I promise you that Jane . |
| 7 | This incapacitates them temporarily ; whilst imprisoned they can not victimize the public , although they do continue to victimize other prisoners , sometimes at a rate that exceeds community crime levels . |
| 8 | Girls choosing science are not particularly emotionally reticent or rigid in their thinking , although they do seem to have low self-esteem in terms of being socially and sexually attractive . |
| 9 | There are many different definitions of leadership , but they do seem to have certain features in common and a useful general definition is that given by Kossen : ‘ Leadership is the ability to influence the behaviour of others to go in a certain direction . ’ |
| 10 | It is accepted that individual positions are unequally rewarded , but the questions of access and opportunity now become central , and although Western capitalist societies do not claim to be equal , they do claim to offer equal opportunity to all in the competition for unequal positions . |
| 11 | … first of all … they do need to acquire manipulative skills in order to play a xylophone , french horn , synthesizer , whatever … so they learn these as and when they need them … through to recording techniques and so on and so on , but always when they need them … |