Example sentences of "[noun prp] do [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain LEAs do indeed seem to have reduced their overall awards budgets this year , but most are continuing to grant awards at about the same levels as in previous years . |
| 2 | It is soundly led and NCM did well to place the bulk of its existing portfolio into the reinsurance market — not an easy feat . |
| 3 | During 1986 , Mr Scott did once enter the kitchen , and when he did not see his wife assumed she was visiting relatives . |
| 4 | Oldfield did well to ride that challenge from Pearce . |
| 5 | United had one more chance six minutes before the end when Martin Foyle did well to turn on the ball ; in the edge of the penalty area he hit a shot low and hard towards the corner of the net but it just drifted wide of the far post and United 's chance had gone . |
| 6 | PETER Ackroyd 's novels Hawksmoor and Chatterton do much to explain one another . |
| 7 | Now my relationship with David did actually include sex , but it was never initiated on that basis as he 'd come to my flat only as a lodger and during the course of the time he was there , we slept together . |
| 8 | Irish keeper Tommy Wright did well to shove over a fierce shot fired in by Altin Reaklli after just 30 seconds . |
| 9 | As the packaging suggests , Rex does indeed have a problem . |
| 10 | But in September there were obviously fresh instructions : ‘ The United States does now place a reservation upon all of its pre-Geneva substantive positions , ’ said the delegate . |
| 11 | erm she 's got a family Margaret , she said she wo n't go there any more she I , I do n't know whether that er Jean does so Did n't she just cotton on quickly , she said do you know that , I said why do I want anybody wandering in my house and my kitchen , I said it 's a bit like it 's clean , why should I have somebody sort of , well I mean just because I 'm doing cooking , she said you would n't stop fancy one , you never know , she said well unless you want to stop at the , please do n't , you 'll let me still have your jam wo n't you ? |
| 12 | Returning briefly to Dublin , she next went to Rome and Athens to do more studying before coming to work in the British Museum , and going to live in Knutsford , Cheshire , where she did her greatest work , the bust of Archbishop Alexander , Primate of All Ireland , which stands today in Armagh Cathedral . |
| 13 | Considering that , Ireland did well to win a game at all ! |
| 14 | In tough conditions , Trower did well to record 1 hr. 8 mins. 22 secs. against the winner 's 1–3–54 and gain 18th place out of 52 starters . |
| 15 | By the time Ellie did finally remember she was supposed to be meeting someone in Dublin , the afternoon was well advanced . |
| 16 | Turner did indeed renew the lease but , ( having been suitably bribed beforehand ) , in the name of Buller . |
| 17 | The tyrants of classical Sicily did indeed behave like the kings of hellenistic Greek history , intermarrying ( with a vengeance : they practised polygamy ) , shifting populations around ( Gelon 's transfer of capital and population to Syracuse ) , and building on a heroic scale . |
| 18 | Mick did well to hold a cross from Tony McGovern before , with a minute of the first half remaining , City scored their third . |
| 19 | By the end of that evening , after she had sat through a dinner in the large school refectory , listened to Madame Chardin 's opening speech of the term and lain in the dark listening to her new roommates , Katherine did indeed begin to feel if not at home , then at least marginally more comfortable . |
| 20 | The Justice Department , and a number of private litigants , argued that attention should be focused on sub-markets of the computer industry , in many of which IBM did indeed have high market shares . |
| 21 | Stations like those at Atbara , Port Sudan , and El Obeid did indeed have the look of an English country or Scottish Highland station , with the building on an island platform , adorned with travel posters and fine lamps . |
| 22 | On this last point , it is worth emphasizing , in advance of the evidence , that Nietzsche did certainly reject a quantity of material before the final draft , but that few of the " suppressed " passages are at all long and none are strikingly impressive . |
| 23 | The queen of England did no come , but she met instead her husband , Prince Philip , and her daughter , Princess Anne . |
| 24 | England did finally come to terms with their first-half lineout problems . |
| 25 | England did actually begin with a victory , Miller and Willey rather unexpectedly bowling out the Young West Indies XI on the last afternoon . |
| 26 | Although Mr. Philipson demurred when the suggestion was put to him , it is palpably clear that his submission amounts to a direct challenge to Mr. Barnes ' affidavit , which contains the clearest possible evidence that the Bank of England did indeed require these documents for the purposes of its own supervisory functions ; this will of course involve collaboration and co-ordination with the Federal Reserve Board 's supervision , on which , as he states expressly in paragraph 13(b) , the Bank of England is in part dependent . |
| 27 | Diego Maradona did most to restore Napoli to the top , creating headed goals ( 18 and 45 min ) for Andrea Carnevale and scoring a virtuoso third ( 84 ) . |
| 28 | What was discussed between the two has not been revealed , although Tcherkassoff did modestly state to the press that ‘ the cheloviek in the white hat has a bigger following than I do . ’ |
| 29 | If Andrew Orkney does indeed lead over Anchor Bridge , jumps the last two obstacles cleanly and wins the great event it will be a story entirely appropriate to its ridiculously romantic pattern . |
| 30 | Courtney ‘ Chris ’ Fairclough does indeed play a Batty role now in defensive midfield and does it quietly and efficiently . |