Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can you stop the damage if you do burn ? |
| 2 | This had little to do with the computer but it did spur us into action . |
| 3 | I 'm gon na pull out the minutes cos we did have a meeting , we had a meeting at which was present and that 's how we defined it |
| 4 | However , I did not make the wedding but I did get some of the grog and a piece of the cake , and kissed the bride by proxy ( her maid of honour was stand-in ) . |
| 5 | I remember the wedding and I do believe that Mr Foster was a bit younger than she , but he was a very sincere and deeply caring person . |
| 6 | Apply the brakes before you let go of the pushchair , even on the flat . |
| 7 | It gets less rain , they say , and the snow if it does fall never lies long . |
| 8 | The Pro Q really gives some interesting tonal variations to the sounds generated by the preamp but it does smack of overkill . |
| 9 | Show some compassion for your members from the lower divisions and prove to the fans that you do care for the game itself , otherwise , after Wigan 's performance recently , rugby league will get some extra support . |
| 10 | In some cases , especially among people of higher status , the letter is regarded as a more polite way of asking for the interview and it helps differentiate the interviewer , when he or she calls , from marauding salesmen . |
| 11 | But he did n't move from the doorway until she did look up . |
| 12 | This does not necessarily ensure wide application of the research but it does provide various ‘ models ’ of development in different environments which increase the likelihood that , by identifying with one or another model , other schools adopt and adapt the work to suit their particular needs . |
| 13 | She did n't fall over the wheel and she did pass her test . |
| 14 | And we need to use the reserves that we do have in the balance sheet , we need to spend them wisely in order to achieve our objectives , our objectives for change , and we must recognise that they can only be spent once . |
| 15 | I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry . |
| 16 | If the parties , when they wish something to be made of the essence , say so in terms , then obviously it is of the essence if they do say so , and the probability is , that where they do not say so , it is not intended to be of the essence ( Amherst v Walker ( James ) Goldsmith & Silversmith Ltd ( 1980 ) 254 EG 123 ) . |
| 17 | But he had a rather military approach to the work and he did run some rather tough courses for some of the boys , so one of the parents complained . |
| 18 | We are grateful for imaginative erm ideas that come up anywhere in the Council and we do consider them , but on reflection this seemed not one that was worth pursuing in Oxford . |
| 19 | Or the need to race to the phone like a lunatic every time it rings ( for someone else ) and to blame your mother because you were at the pub when he did phone . |
| 20 | Let's have a look at the Aberdeen cos I did work on the Aberdeen |
| 21 | The criticisms that we make derive strength from an analysis of other jurisdictions with similar common-law backgrounds and the same liberal democratic traditions as the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | No new rights to such material are given by the Act but it does standardise the procedure for applying for a warrant to obtain such material . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll clap her in the guardhouse when she does arrive , ’ said Joe . |
| 24 | After all , there was no other woman on the scene and he did desire her . |
| 25 | It is , rather , that the errors that they make permeate their philosophy of mathematics , their account of its foundations , of what their subject is about , and in what direction it should develop . |
| 26 | Fortunately Diana was not seriously hurt by the fall although she did suffer severe bruising around her stomach . |
| 27 | Chris believes that the constant temperatures provided by heaterstats are not good for the fish and he does have a point — where in the world does the water temperature remain stable all year round , both day and night ? |
| 28 | Encouraged by the response from publishers Martin Lee commented : ‘ We are not talking about the death of the hardback but we do want publishers to find the appropriate format in which to promote their author . |
| 29 | Both for not being prepared , not giving the opening of this course the importance that it did deserve , and obviously for the embarrassment that er you must have felt having to sit there while I made a total fool of myself . |
| 30 | It is a visual equivalent of flowering , she thought , as the last petal jerks back and the calyx lies open , defenceless , the pollen blown , come to its end ; and of the flowering of the body as it lets go , and offers up its clenched treasure , in the rush through narrow flight , in the relief of its settling , falling , dying , coming to its end . |