Example sentences of "[noun prp] does [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless Stavrogin does contemplate suicide , and the notebook entry ‘ to be or not to be ’ bears the date 16 August , so it belongs to the summer when the ‘ tendentious ’ political story gets tugged back into great-sinner orbit , growing physically and imaginatively larger and more formidable all the time . |
| 2 | If Hong Kong does espouse democracy , Martin Lee will be unbeatable . |
| 3 | However , lapis from the region of Lake Baikal in Siberia does contain wollastonite , although this source was not worked until the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Oh Malcolm does like turkey so we 'll have turkey tomorrow . |
| 5 | In his essay , ‘ In Defense of Anarchism ’ ( 1970 ) , R. P. Wolff does give responsibility a central place in his brief analysis of autonomy . |
| 6 | Bill does spend time dead heading , and picking off dead leaves — up to an hour a day in the summer . |
| 7 | If Mansell does put pen to paper , our own local Williams team should be right on the pace come the first Grand Prix next year . |
| 8 | France does have legislation against age definitions in job advertisements , but it is understood that this is not enforced in any way . |
| 9 | In Dusun ( Philippines ) this would be impossible , as a verb is always signalled by affixation ( Dusun does use change of stress for other grammatical features ) . |
| 10 | Jeremy does play croquet , but very infrequently . |
| 11 | The EC does need exchange-rate stability to promote intra-regional trade and investment , and to prevent competitive devaluation . |
| 12 | ‘ Because John does shift work I get very lonely and would like to write to someone in a similar position to myself , preferably living in the Sheffield area . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Macbeth does murder sleep ’ , BH 11 ; OCS 56 . |