Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] does [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsag Bailey SpA has acquired Ferranti International Controls Inc of Houston , and according to the Financial Times , Ferranti International Plc is in process of getting out of the US , where it does some $100m a year , some 25% of the total , and employs about 1,000 people : it is winding up a Pennsylvania company , Ferranti International Simulation & Training and will sell the rest . |
| 2 | I 'm not sure whether it 's a good thing that everyone does that . |
| 3 | He is annoyed that she does little cleaning and that the burden of getting Keith and Amy up and breakfasted is always his responsibility . |
| 4 | But it may be that what we do is is as you say that we Does that guidance thing give general broad headings ? |
| 5 | It also claims our allegiance because it offers to protect our lives , limbs , and property , although it does little to protect us from predatory corporations . |
| 6 | One of the chief attractions of the Reader 's Digest DOUBLE PAYOUT PLAN , however , is that it does more than offer you family financial security in the event of your death . |
| 7 | It 's nice that he does that — you know , comes and feeds the birds like that . |
| 8 | was of a description which it would be reasonable to expect him to obtain in the ordinary course of that business , and that he does that thing in good faith in the course of that business . ’ |
| 9 | If somebody does that to me they 're right up my arse and something came like that , or even just on a single carriage road , or anything I 'd just touch my brake slightly |
| 10 | In Enzo 's mind , there is no one else at his level , so that any such pretensions are just lèse majest é'; , and lèse majest é'; , we know , is just a step up from insolence , and who does this little Austrian think he is ? |
| 11 | And she does all her own shopping . |
| 12 | and I have a maid for one day a week and she does all my backing up , wet the walls and |
| 13 | and she does all that sort of work for me |
| 14 | ah with the walnuts and she does that |
| 15 | Right there 's enough parcels to make a nice little round so and she does that round . |
| 16 | And she does this by telling the stories of her different heroes in a series of ever more tense situations of suspense , situations where the outcome is fearfully doubtful . |
| 17 | Cos she does that , now she 's give up her |
| 18 | If she does that , I get on with the jigsaw . |
| 19 | Yeah I do Stefan , I mean i it 's very vigorous int it , when it gets established and it grows very upright as well and of course it 's deciduous erm some people call it a shrub , some people call it a tree but I , I will think that er Mrs is doing the right thing by cutting it back , especially if it 's a small garden , it would make a better bush in the garden I think if she does that and the these little white flowers really in are nice are n't they ? |
| 20 | If she does this correctly she has learned the concept . |
| 21 | If one does that , the background absorbs the outline and the figures appear unnaturally thin . |
| 22 | And this how li , this is how God spreads the gospel , this is how he spreads his message through his people through using his pe , using in the very best sense of the word , he does n't make use of us he involves us in his work , and so , he saves us , he satisfies us and then he sends us forth , and he does that with this woman . |
| 23 | Where he comes in and he does that piss and he 's and Madonna 's standing there looking at him like this and she 's just looking at him and she 's going , anyone who can keep it up that long and he 's just sitting there going er no he 's going er and she 's going , she 's going , and she 's coming round like that trying to look at him , I could n't stop laughing . |
| 24 | Rochlin ‘ feminizes ’ masculinity to just the degree required to rehabilitate it as the dominant term in the masculine/feminine binary , and he does this through the by now familiar move of positing homosexuality as the inadequate yet threatening third term . |
| 25 | Then , in Capital , Marx attempts to break through and out of the veil of economic ideology , and he does this by showing that the way the economy is usually talked about hides the real basis of society and served to maintain the exploitation on which it rests . |
| 26 | Robbins 's purpose here is to define theatre as the quality of his narration as well as the subject-matter , and he does this by introducing three author-surrogates . |
| 27 | I point out some nice pink stocks and he does this huge shudder and goes ‘ Uuuuuugggh . ’ |
| 28 | The ‘ proactive ’ fishkeeper will medicate with malachite green and formalin , every spring and autumn , to bring down populations of protozoan parasites , and he does this irrespective of whether or not the fish are showing signs of discomfort . |
| 29 | Mind you , he runs the skittles and he runs football and he does this and runs that . |
| 30 | I , I need it to help me to get to Hanley or something like that and , and he does this all the time , and I look at him and I think well you know fancy being like that , surely we 're in a welfare state , there 's no need for that , I do n't know what his circumstances are , he may be homeless , I do n't know where he comes from and he just appears there and he carries on as if he loves the job , and that 's only in this country , but if you go abroad , many of you have been abroad have n't you ? |