Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terms underemployment and ‘ disguised ’ unemployment have a negative ring about them and do little to help our understanding of this type of work . |
| 2 | Jolyon Jenkins ' selective and tendentious ramblings through old news ( ‘ Crying out for Argentina ’ , 3 April ) do little to provide your readership with the sort of balanced and impartial view of the Falklands they surely deserve . |
| 3 | Her discovery did , however , although belated , do much to help her understanding of the conversation : references hitherto obscure became suddenly clear . |
| 4 | However again , in the field that 's frequently not and you do literally drop your probe in a bucket . |
| 5 | We will continue to veto any proposals that do not match our culture in this country . |
| 6 | Do not regard your record of baseline behaviour , your seven to ten-day preparation phase , with an overly pessimistic , critical eye . |
| 7 | ‘ Women ’ , announced one phrenologist , according to the Phrenological Journal of 1835 , ‘ do not extend their reasoning beyond the range of the visible world , nor do they make any great or daring excursions into the realm of fancy . ’ |
| 8 | Many , many , of course , recognise this and do not show their gratitude with gifts , much and all as the staff might greatly be surprised by it . |
| 9 | As one reporter said when talking about the Baptist minister and ex-butcher , William Cuff of Shoreditch : ‘ When God calls into His vineyard men who are not scholars , we do not show our wisdom by disapproving of the choice . ’ |
| 10 | For my part I wish to make it plain that I do not base my judgment on any reservation as to the correctness of the law long ago enunciated in Stilk v. Myrick . |
| 11 | If we do not review our knowledge from time to time it becomes lost to us and we find ourselves thinking within a shrinking field . |
| 12 | Many teachers express concern that even their more able pupils do not fulfil their potential in the subject . |
| 13 | However , these creatures do not perceive their time on Earth in the same way . |
| 14 | ‘ In Norman Lamont we have a quiet man , but do not underestimate his contribution to getting the country out of slump . ’ |
| 15 | And Barclaycard followed suit in June with the introduction of an £8 annual fee and the abolition of the interest-free credit period for those who do not settle their account in full at the end of each month . |
| 16 | I would normally set up an area to the right of the input range but for ease of taking screen dumps I have here gone lower down — do not copy my example in a real database that is going to grow bigger ! |
| 17 | ( We do not specify its value for other values of b . ) |
| 18 | Conversely , supervisors may feel that their contributions to published papers are undervalued if their citation frequencies do not reflect their influence on research programmes . |
| 19 | She looked Flavia full in the face , ‘ I do not mean your feeling for me , though you have hardly talked about that either . |
| 20 | I said how depressing asylums must be , but he said quickly " I do not mean my picture to be depressing . " |
| 21 | Companies like Bull and Digital will quite happily provide services , such as network and communications management , for systems which do not involve their hardware at all . |
| 22 | Then another command : ‘ Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him ; for now I know that you fear God , seeing you have not withheld your son , your only son , from me . ’ |
| 23 | Solomon might have replied ( the records do not give his side of the story ) that it takes two to quarrel . |
| 24 | Do not give your camera to a passing stranger and ask him to take a picture of you , so many times it has happened that the stranger has then run off with it . |
| 25 | If the five senses do not give us knowledge of reality ( as opposed to appearances ) , what does ? |
| 26 | ‘ though I do not possess your expertise in these matters . |
| 27 | ‘ Your grandmama will be proved correct , Miss Dawson , if you do not watch your use of that knife , ’ Auguste pointed out quickly . |
| 28 | Men blend their behaviour less than women , but their androgyny and blending do not affect their susceptibility to traditional gender schemas ( Heilbrun 1984 ) . |
| 29 | I do not want my use of pronouns to slip by unnoticed : I want readers to think about it , and to act on their conclusions . |
| 30 | Robyn generally favours loose dark clothes , made of natural fibres , that do not make her body into an object of sexual attention . |