Example sentences of "[subord] [n mass] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where data do exist on support between kin across households , this tends in effect to be limited to documenting the networks through which support flowed and the kind of support which was given , and can give very little direct evidence about the underlying structure of social relations which supported these exchanges . |
| 2 | Thus , although people do change their behaviour , habits , beliefs and lifestyles , why they do so is unclear . |
| 3 | Although people do run marathons week after week , I feel that you need at least four weeks , and preferably six , before you can run another one well . |
| 4 | What was really remarkable was that although people did change their ground as a result of English pressure , Henry VIII and Somerset never actually dispelled all their support in Scotland . |
| 5 | Do I I mean I do n't know whether we 'll keep the individuals on the next one , cos people did talk about group work . |
| 6 | er at the moment I was n't wanting to s s change any anything that , which is been happening up till now , I mean if people do want to come in here at weekends or late I do n't see any reason |
| 7 | I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them . |
| 8 | It does n't supersede that in any way , and obviously if people do run into problems I mean normally a major problem in the first three months or three thousand miles is taken back to the dealer anyway . |
| 9 | even if people do read these contracts , or these warranties , or these extended service contracts , they might not know what they 're buying even if it 's read to them , because it 's in a particular kind of jargon . |
| 10 | Obviously these policies are not for three months , three thousand miles , they are for a much longer period than that , and obviously if people do have problems then that 's what we 're here for . |
| 11 | Even if people do die at home , before you can say ‘ Jack Robinson ’ the men from the funeral directors are round to take the deceased to the chapel of rest . |
| 12 | Even if people do worry about energy use , how can they find out how a particular model performs ? |
| 13 | I , I agree that it is something that we must make sure that we arrange in future because people do get nervous about the cars out there unattended and er |
| 14 | While people do have private languages with which to communicate with themselves or others close to them , the main purpose of language is to communicate with others . |
| 15 | Their evidence suggests that , whilst people do exchange support with more distant kin , it is usually on a fairly small scale and whether one does this is treated as optional not obligatory . |
| 16 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 17 | As soon as Thérèse let go of them they flew apart and fumbled in the air again . |
| 18 | Though people do say he 's very like my husband . ’ |
| 19 | In so far as people do move , they move wholly in response to capital 's demand ; in so far as they are active , they tend to be seen as part of a huge block of ‘ labour ’ . |
| 20 | . Can I just ask the other question perhaps which is relevant when people do make a contribution if they actually identify themselves so that may be useful if actually know who people are representing themselves or representing an organisation . |
| 21 | Even when people do go for walks , they tend to keep to public paths and these are often also severely eroded ( Coleman , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | Yes , because you know , erm , we still save money on labour costs , erm , but there again when you get , when people do go sick , it 's er , it 's quite detrimental , so everyone 's having to work even harder . |
| 23 | When people do cross the threshold of the church , do we make it easy for them to take that step ? |
| 24 | What is clear is that when people do resort to credit to make ends meet , their anxieties increase . |
| 25 | And when people do come up to you and they have problems , about what percentage of those problems do you find you ca n't help them with ? |