Example sentences of "[noun sg] really do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practice really does make perfect , so encourage her to play with dressing-up clothes and let her dress up dolls and teddy bears ( this is equally important for boys , too ! ) . |
| 2 | In view of the interviewer 's role in the discourse , it is not clear how far or how reliably such an extended interview really does resemble spontaneous conversation ; but Labov 's schema is likely to be less demanding of the fieldworker , more economical of time and resources , and so not subject to the same range of disadvantages as the participant observation methods of the Belfast community studies . |
| 3 | The first is that it is hard to ensure that the industry really does minimize costs . |
| 4 | Nonetheless , such a wholehearted response from a major literary figure really does raise questions about Mary Leapor , this erstwhile nonentity . |
| 5 | ‘ And now that people can see that crime really does pay — more will undoubtedly be drawn to it . ’ |
| 6 | For the carnival the barrow was filled with vegetables and two wire half hoops straddled it from front to back and side to side , these were beautifully decorated with flowers by my sisters and the wheelbarrow really did look effective . |
| 7 | Even if , as is open to question , screen violence really does invite emulation , that is the wrong approach . |
| 8 | Many colonnades , staircases , doorways and corridors open on to the Central Courts and , if the bull dance really did take place there , they must have been protected in some way from the rampaging bulls . |
| 9 | Theodora really does make attempts on the Christian life , Julia thought . |
| 10 | I detect no conventional underlying plan : although certain melodic ghosts ( from La Mer , and if I 'm not mistaken from Berg 's Op. 6 Orchestral Pieces ) seem to cry like shags and gannets from the rocks at various locations around the coast , the work really does offer itself as a succession of episodes , most of them only a few bars in length ( the shortest of all is the single bar — string and brass glissandi giving onto flutter-tongue flute with gong — that represents Orfordness ) . |
| 11 | Acting in line with his belief that ‘ the people who are closest to the work really do know it better ’ , Mr Welch came up two years ago with an anti-bureaucratic device called ‘ the work-out . ’ |
| 12 | As middlemen since then , the Iranians and the Russians have pushed the UN further into the background and , at least until peace really does break out , the Americans have been happy for it to stay there . |
| 13 | In the case that telecommunications deregulation really does get forced through by Brussels , the source said , ‘ Nynex would want to become ‘ a carriers ’ carrier ’ ’ . |
| 14 | And the cost of this valuable protection is much less than you might think … premiums of Cashguard Plus start from just £6.95 a month and when you consider the amount of cover you can enjoy for that amount , the Plan really does represent value for money . |
| 15 | And the cost of this valuable protection is much less than you might think … premiums for Cashguard Plus start from just £6.95 a month and when you consider the amount of cover you can enjoy for that amount , the Plan really does represent value for money . |
| 16 | Moreover where the issue really does raise a question of esoteric university ‘ lore ’ the courts are unlikely to override the decision of the visitor , informed as he will be by the university authorities . |
| 17 | I mean , iv ivy really does go does n't it ? |
| 18 | It 's no excuse , but you may as well know anyway : in Rex 's case , paralysis below the waist really does mean what it says . ’ |
| 19 | Heaven help her if the other girl really did think she was involved with Dr Russell ! |
| 20 | A girl really did break her neck on those stairs . ’ |
| 21 | The girl really did seem perfect , and she also has some very good references , ’ Laura assured him . |
| 22 | But Carol and I never seem to get time to be able to do these things on each other , but we have had the treatment so we do know that massage really does help you to relax . |
| 23 | Not because I actually felt at home with all the ‘ weirdos ’ in there but because the shop really did look like my nan 's house . |
| 24 | To maintain the high level of accuracy required , a video of the uses of accident data may prove to be valuable in reassuring police officers that their efforts in collecting so many details about each accident really do help to prevent accidents . |
| 25 | We think you 'll agree that this cake really does look most authentic ! |
| 26 | The free wine really did put everyone in the right mood for the rest of the evening when you could sit back and be entertained or dance to the disco music outside on the terrace . |
| 27 | Okay , the first few levels are easy to complete , but later on our lad really does have to hang onto his life with both hands . |
| 28 | The evidence in terms of inch loss recorded by my trial team proves without doubt that the reduction of fat and the increase in fresh fruit and vegetables in our diet really does reduce cellulite , despite all the hormonal , stress , lifestyle and postural factors which could have caused it . |
| 29 | A high fruit and vegetable diet really does help you maintain the same weight without feeling hungry . ’ |
| 30 | The shape of the group really does give some impression of an arrow ! |