Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to Paula 's triumphant delight the suit was snapped up the moment it went back onto its hanger — a solicitor 's wife who had stopped for a coffee had fallen in love with it , even if the skirt did have to be taken up four full inches to make it fit her less-than-willow tall frame . |
| 2 | Following the children 's departure , the Social Work Department did go to Miss McLeman , the Head Teacher of the primary school in St Margaret 's Hope . |
| 3 | ‘ The transfer talk did get to me , I admit , and for a time I did n't know whether I was going or coming . |
| 4 | But any additives in the pepperoni do have to be declared . |
| 5 | But if naval patronage did prove to be of considerable value to the Elphinstone family interest , reinforcing the impact of the Indian patronage distributed by Keith 's brother , William Elphinstone , the fleet could only provide patronage for those officers fortunate enough to be employed in a command in a suitable station far from Great Britain . |
| 6 | Hare did admit to Ian Wright , who caddied for Seve Ballesteros , that he would feel intimidated if Wright carried for him at La Manga . |
| 7 | Hare did admit to Ian Wright , who caddied for Seve Ballesteros , that he would feel intimidated if Wright carried for him at La Manga . |
| 8 | What is certain is that there is some truth in the portrait : the director of this rapturously successful English a cappella ensemble did go to Winchester and St John 's , Oxford , and does write a column about cricket . |
| 9 | Sometimes avoiding action did have to be taken . |
| 10 | Teacher appraisal did appear to be part of the accountability process , but , as we shall see , this has changed to some extent . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) If an employee does consent to being transferred to the purchaser he will lose all accrued statutory rights . |
| 12 | However , gravel does stick to muddy boots , and weeds seem to be able to grow through it , even where there is not real soil to support them . |
| 13 | After all , Water Gypsy does belong to you . ’ |
| 14 | The positioning of the reference card does need to be fairly accurate if it nearly fills the space allotted . |
| 15 | The following have been found where the complement does seem to be entailed : ( 101 ) She was charged with receiving the mink-coat knowing it to have been stolen . |
| 16 | For example , bread loaves have to be either less than 300g ( in which case a weight does not have to be declared ) or multiples of 400g ) when the weight does have to be shown ) . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , in its emphases on Aegidius and on the Thuringians , the story of Childeric 's exile does seem to be drawing on real events . |
| 18 | Ophiopristis does seem to be similar in appearance to Ophiologimus H. L. Clark , 1911 but differs mainly in the form of the tentacle pore which is slightly smaller with larger tentacle scales than Ophiologimus . |
| 19 | Judicial review does lie to the visitor in cases where he has acted outside his jurisdiction in the sense that he did not have the power under the regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute , or has abused his power , or has acted in breach of the rules of natural justice ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1125H , 1126C–D , 1129H — 1130A ) . |
| 20 | Judicial review does lie to the visitor in cases where he has acted outside his jurisdiction ( in the narrow sense ) or abused his powers or acted in breach of the rules of natural justice . |
| 21 | ‘ And do n't try telling me that you 're his boss because that little toad , for a price , croaked who the complex does belong to and Enrique Armangual does n't spell Fernando Serra ! ’ |
| 22 | Unfortunately , the glider did start to take-off , it did drop a wing and swing , and there was a collision . |
| 23 | Sometimes this is difficult to state so that , for example , although the common law did refer to the owner being under an obligation to hire out goods of a reasonable fitness , the level of care associated with this obligation was uncertain , being mainly the product of dictum rather than decision . |
| 24 | Belgium 's most prestigious museum did benefit to some extent , but far less than anticipated . |
| 25 | The Act did tend to homogeneity , to the exploitation of meritocratic notions in pursuit of pragmatic ends , but it created little in the way of innovation or social levelling . |
| 26 | The Data Protection Act did apply to the doggy database , he added , and all details would kept confidential . |
| 27 | In all cases , however , the work did seem to be informed by a personal identity and experience which is clearly female . |
| 28 | A favourable monsoon season and a record harvest in 1988-89 of 172,000,000 tonnes of food grain were not enough to prevent the need to continue to import rice and wheat in order to maintain distribution and to provide food for the country 's growing population ; however , the improvement in the agricultural sector did contribute to a major increase in gross domestic product ( GDP ) , of 9 per cent in real terms in 1988-89 , helped by increases in industrial and manufacturing production . |
| 29 | Was there a major breakthrough when this confession did come to light ? |
| 30 | If the PB is identified as being that the child does not go to bed until very late , the most suitable way of setting a baseline is to note over a week or two the actual time the child does go to bed . |