Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] do [verb] that " in BNC.
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1 | And I really do think that is poor . |
2 | I I really do think that . |
3 | I really do think that one of the things that I 'm unhappy about this evening is that people are concerned that our profession is n't caring . |
4 | That has been our major worry and I think for us now to go away and just allow it to go ahead , twenty years on , without any improvements , without the link road and without improvements to Hill I think is an abdication of our duties and I really do think that . |
5 | And I really do think that ! |
6 | I really do understand that . ’ |
7 | I really do like that hat ! |
8 | ‘ I really do find that hard to believe . ’ |
9 | ‘ I never did trust that new Mayor Mutton nor none of his creatures neither , ’ said she . |
10 | She probably did remember that incident on the beach . |
11 | There was no attempt to glamorise her visually but by words and performance she really did become that desirable lady , one who would indeed swim naked with a Greek boatman . |
12 | Her smile widening , she queried , ‘ You really do think that 's why I followed you ? ’ |
13 | ‘ Maybe you really do have that fast , incisive mind I 've been hearing so much about lately ? ’ |
14 | by the way if we ever did do that stay with aunty Mary , right , then she came back with us |
15 | ‘ We 've never closed a store , but if we ever did close that one , we would be happy to restore the land for industrial use . ’ |
16 | ‘ We never did finish that weeding , did we ? |
17 | We never did establish that for the simple reason we were in a terrible quandary ourselves wondering which version was the right one . |
18 | But there is something of a tension in Mill 's view , because he thinks that erm it 's very important that if there is plural voting then the people who only have one vote should be prepared to accept the situation , so that the reasons why these people are given extra votes should be reasoned that the public , the uneducated accept past critics have pointed out if that 's going to be the case , why is it necessary to give these people extra votes , give the educated actual votes , because if the uneducated accept that the decisions of the educated are worth more than their own decisions , the opinions of the educated are worth more than the opinions of the uneducated , if they really do accept that , what 's to stop them just following the decisions of the educated in their own vote ? |
19 | Right , he probably does think that , but is n't it interesting er does n't this illustrate the point we 've been making that he felt he needed to have a play that , strung that historical cord as it were . |
20 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |
21 | He never did answer that one . |