Example sentences of "[pron] do [vb infin] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ No , I can honestly say that the facts are correct : I am thirty-two , I did live for many years in Scotland , and yes , I do head one of the largest investment corporations in the country . ’ |
2 | All that I can honestly say is that after collecting the facts I do decide one way or another , without having any reasons which will satisfy you if you do not share the same standards . |
3 | ‘ I do foresee one or two slight difficulties … ’ |
4 | yeah , you know quite hopeful so what I as I say what I 'm really looking for is I 've got a preference for older properties but you know try not to pin myself down to too much at the moment , I 've got about a hundred and thirty to spend so ideally I 'd like a cottage old style but I do need three bedrooms |
5 | ‘ I do remember one weekend , during the flu outbreak , must have been early April — yes , a girl in prolonged labour , we were all getting worried about her , she nearly lost her baby . |
6 | Well , I ca n't claim complete recall but I do remember 91–92 like it was only last year ; - ) . |
7 | In fact I do believe one team was here till about two thirty doing it |
8 | But , in the following discussions , I do take two leading new historicist writers , Louis Montrose and Stephen Greenblatt , as representing the current field , so it is probably inevitable that they will appear as paradigms for New Historicism as a whole . |
9 | I do have two children though so |
10 | I do have one or two owners who do what they 're told . |
11 | Mine does n't have Lace Sensors on it , although I do have one guitar with those on ; my model has pickups just like on the Stevie Ray Vaughan one , and they become a little more powerful as you go towards the bridge . |
12 | Gillian I suppose I do have one worry about Stuart . |
13 | Perhaps a new issue of tickets was ordered rather than an alteration to the printed price , although I do have one example of an altered price . |
14 | erm I do n't make presentations as such but erm I do have one to one discussions with on the sites on what plant they need and stores |
15 | I do have one seat left in the stalls . |
16 | I do I do have three or four interviews lined up and obviously I would have having been afforded the opportunity of of the interviews I would like to follow up . |
17 | I do point five for Mrs Martineu . |
18 | I do recall four out of ten released . |
19 | I do notice one or two places , though , where Ciccolini departs form the Durand text — e.g. he plays the fourth and sixth quarte of the study in fourths as E and A instead of G and C , and the second quaver in bar 10 of the final ‘ chords ’ study is a G minor chord where G major is printed ( though we get G major in the reprise at 4′18″ ) . |
20 | For those who do smoke 25 or more cigarettes a day , the death rate from lung cancer is increased 20 times . |
21 | Yes you do have four other colleagues on the side . |
22 | In high winds there is always the fear that they will buckle or blow away , but , in their favour , they do provide very easy access to the seating and , for a change , you do get two of them . |
23 | Very rarely do we distribute demo 's of commercial games , but as a service to our readers we do make one or two exceptions . |
24 | We are unable to pay the artist for the use of his or her painting , but we do offer 200 complimentary cards . |
25 | We are unable to pay the artist for the use of his or her painting , but we do offer 200 complimentary cards . |
26 | We do suggest one small change , to allow an employee 's payment method to be changed at the discretion of his employer , if at the time that he entered that employment , he had agreed to accept that change at some future time ( not necessarily specified ) . |
27 | Certainly for cause and effect we do need two things , things that in the most fundamental sense are two in number . |
28 | The point is that I made a mistake — oh , I do have a feeling for him , that helped to confuse the issue , we do like one another — what I have come to see is that my falling for Lewis was not what I took it to be . ’ |
29 | Well ca n't , he said look have a word , and he said to me , you know , do you mind if we do like eight till eleven o'clock as a wedding party |
30 | Can I say that we are now organising quite tightly the business of street collections , and I think if committee are minded to reduce the number of collections that we allow , we should decide that before we come to this meeting , because I think it 's very difficult in practical terms to do it at this stage , and therefore I would suggest that we do agree twenty-one , not withstanding what Graham said , we can take on board some of what he said , and maybe the month before we are asked to take this decision , we have an item on the agenda where we discuss the principle before we get down to the practicalities . |