Example sentences of "[noun prp] do [vb infin] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about this time Mr. Tee did have some connection with Winchester , but the extent of that connection and what was to remain of it are matters in dispute between the parties . |
| 2 | But Euric did take some of the advice offered . |
| 3 | Her poetry indicates that Leapor did have some friends before meeting Freemantle ; Octavia , for example , respected her enough to listen to her advice , even if she probably did not accept it . |
| 4 | The view for which Katib Celebi 's list forms the basis thus differs , broadly , in two important respects from the traditional account based on Mustakimzade : first , on the question of the origins of the office , by naming Hizir Bey , in Istanbul , as the first Mufti and by implication denying the Muftiliks of Molla Fenari , Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi ( though d'Ohsson does make some attempt , if an inaccurate and and unpersuasive one , to take account of the tradition of an earlier Muftilik ) ; and second , on the question of how and when Molla Husrev became Mufti , this question involving also the circumstances of the Muftiliks of Abdulkerim and Molla Arab . |
| 5 | But despite the fact that he has been ‘ steadily critical ’ of successive governments ' housing policies , Prof Greve does see some hope for the future — and even for some of the tower blocks . |
| 6 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 7 | Wilson did put some flesh on the bones in a television interview with Norman Hunt , only to have it torn off in strips by the venerable Bridges , long since retired but still a determined advocate of a unitary Treasury dominating economic policy from the centre . |
| 8 | Although the GHS did include some attitudinal questions , its emphasis was not primarily subjective . |
| 9 | Jackson did promise some attention to the matter but it seems that nothing was granted . |
| 10 | In the event the opera came to nothing , although Mozart did write some of the music for a ballet entitled Les Petits Riens . |
| 11 | This does not necessarily disprove the contention that TNCs exploit women workers in particular in the Third World , though it does modify the thesis to the extent that in some developing countries TNCs do provide some good jobs for women that help them to fulfil relatively freely chosen cultural needs . |
| 12 | Although the book as a whole is unsatisfactory , Ornstein does have some sensible things to say . |
| 13 | If Zbo did rescue some of the earlier work , that may explain some of the muddle about the authenticated chronology of Modigliani 's work . |
| 14 | Joe does earn some money on the after-dinner speaking circuit , and has addressed an assortment of lawyers , writers and bankers since his release . |
| 15 | ‘ So Ryan did have some uses . ’ |
| 16 | Weismann did offer some direct experimental evidence for the non-inheritance of acquired characters , and a great deal more is available today . |
| 17 | While the planned closure of both Digby and Exminster did mean some transitory inter-hospital transfers , both the chronic long-stay population and elderly people with dementia were considered to be better cared for in the community . |
| 18 | By contrast , France did have some strong incentives to work with the other five . |
| 19 | The BMC does have some good ideas . |
| 20 | We have heard various explanations of who these people might be and Lord does take some comfort erm from Amendment number twenty-seven in the Bill , but looking at that Amendment , I 'm afraid My Lords it does n't really take us very far . |
| 21 | But traditionally such people would have done , er and perhaps in earlier times you know , er maybe Mrs Thatcher does say some prayers , I do n't know , but maybe prayers would be said . |
| 22 | Dean did lose some of his form . |
| 23 | The excesses of Vathek do have some emulators — in Matthew Lewis 's The Monk ( 1796 ) , and even in the Victorian novels of Sheridan Le Fanu — but it is the polite feeling of Otranto that flourishes in the hugely popular Gothic novels of the Regency . |
| 24 | He then following this on by adding that when people die , their evil deeds tend to be remembered and the virtues are forgotten , which indirectly is saying that Caesar did have some good in him . |
| 25 | He had to admit that the charge-sheet read out by Angela Cartwright did contain some remarkable offences . |
| 26 | ‘ As it happens the Zantac did contain some ranitidine [ the active substance ] but other counterfeits have been completely inert , ’ Mr Peter Lumley , association spokesman , said yesterday . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the USA did make some efforts to modify the brutal conduct of the Iraqi armed forces during their campaign against the rebels . |
| 28 | This suggests that Elizabeth does have some freedom to shape her life , although society will always place limitations on that freedom . |
| 29 | Although the USA does manufacture some conventionally woven Wilton carpet , it does not manufacture much good-quality Axminster carpet . |
| 30 | You can indeed Daphne , so there you are Rosemary do plant some shrub roses and even if you have n't got room for all of our suggestions I hope you 'll find room for two or three of them . |