Example sentences of "[adv] do [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | much d' ya want ? |
| 2 | How long d' you reckon we 've got while your mum 's round there ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ No , Frank , do n't give them brandy , ’ begged Bathsheba , ‘ it will only do them harm ! ’ |
| 4 | That sort of dream can only do you harm . " |
| 5 | So you I mean do you so do you do you go to jumble sales at all or ? |
| 6 | If you took them in the daytime , they 'd come back , but taking them in the dark , when they were asleep into the woodlands , they 'd settle much better do you see . |
| 7 | And going to England one place we did n't enough do you see , so we were going Then we went to Northampton and different places like that , shifting about for a while . |
| 8 | Henry was an exacting master , possessed of so much energy that it was popularly rumoured that he could fly , so swiftly did he travel from place to place . |
| 9 | After a time I found myself frequently addressing him as ‘ Father ’ , so naturally did he touch the gentle docile side of me . |
| 10 | much do I get from the bank ? |
| 11 | much do you want on that if you see what I mean to describe about dreams that |
| 12 | Not merely did he claim to present to livings retrospectively in his own reign but even to vacancies which had occurred sede vacante in his father 's reign ! |
| 13 | Only once we were inside did we appreciate the immense scale of Wolio . |
| 14 | if you do n't want it all did I see Robert with you the other day ? |
| 15 | Only when these fish are place together do they cause trouble ( to say the least ) . |
| 16 | We 'll just looking at the big book together do you want to come and join us ? |
| 17 | So greatly did they enjoy the celebrations that they stayed for three days . |
| 18 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 19 | Not only did we want to improve something but we have created the wealth to make more resources and improvements available for social needs . |
| 20 | Not only did we care , we did something about it . |
| 21 | Not only did we call for a ‘ Welsh Centre for Sustainability ’ to help translate global commitments to sustainable development into practical action suited to Wales , but we also ran many persuasive campaigns highlighting the true environmental costs of a range of development proposals . |
| 22 | Ma was always at her most unreasonable on do-days , and I must have known it was a do-day because not only did we have extra help in the house , but Nanny had been co-opted into the kitchen to make pastry . |
| 23 | ‘ Not only did we have to show that economically our project needed a reasonable gas price , but we also had to demonstrate that this new policy did not result in huge changes in Pakistan 's domestic consumer price . ’ |
| 24 | Davidson emphasises above his own role in Provincial 's response a team effort , not only in the sense that he had to delegate a great deal in such a multi-faceted role — although ‘ logically planning goes together with finance and not only did we have the capacity to take on overseas but control of subsidiaries fits too ’ — to his deputies , and , but that the whole company was involved . |
| 25 | Not only did we try to influence the views of those in positions of power through detailed submissions and meetings , we also sought to mobilise public opinion through the news media and our own publications . |
| 26 | Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up . |
| 27 | Not only did they bring stretches of water into country often lacking in them , as in many parts of the Midlands , with consequent changes in bird and plant life , but they also brought — mostly for the first time — aqueducts , cuttings and embankments , tunnels , locks , lifts and inclined planes , and many attractive bridges , and they greatly influenced the growth and appearance of many towns . |
| 28 | In the Greek Church , the mystical writings of the fifth century author who wrote under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite achieved near-canonical status : not only did they inform the devotional and liturgical life of the people , but they also influenced the development of Orthodox theology which became hostile to any rationalistic or naturalistic ways of interpreting the reality of God and religious truth . |
| 29 | But in nineteen ninety in London not only did they hold on , they won dramatic victories in a number of London boroughs . |
| 30 | Not only did they make the move , but they also managed to negotiate some funding and an arrangement whereby their staff could continue to be trained on E&Y courses . |