Example sentences of "do [vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , we do know quite a lot about erm , why it is that when you diet you start to think about food all the time , and why it is that certain things happen , and I think that there 's more and more information and knowledge being gathered and yes , the na , the desire to change has to come from the individual but perhaps , having clinics available where people can go when they 're ready to change or where they can get help . |
| 2 | And to qualify for that grant , you have got to submit two er your programme for the year and you 've got ta give the secretaries , you 've got to give a report and you 've got to give your balance sheet and er , Jean is always , I must say , very pleased with mine because erm you know , we do give quite a lot to charity . |
| 3 | But for finance houses , as for other main lenders , home interviews as a matter of regular routine would be prohibitively expensive ( though some , as a check on the performance of their normal more remote assessment process , do carry out a sample of home interviews — say , one in twenty ) . |
| 4 | While the part-time handymen do tidy up the area from time to time the amount of time they can devote to this is strictly limited . ’ |
| 5 | For your call , we do have quite a number of callers on the line at the moment , if you could just be patient with us , because the time now is half past twelve . |
| 6 | But I do have quite a lot of tall plants , Water wisteria , Hygrophila and Polysperma as well as some bushy plastic plants . |
| 7 | So that you can enjoy your hobbies and , and , and , and you know , you can take on hobbies that do , do require quite a lot from you , if you 've got the stamina . |
| 8 | ‘ I do get quite a lot of fan mail I suppose , ’ he eventually concedes after much probing . |