Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [vb infin] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 2 | But when I let go of these weapons , how can I fight for my people ? ’ |
| 3 | Sir , when I do present to each training do you think that 's |
| 4 | I do apologise for such a long letter , but I had always believed that ZZAP ! was the inferior C64 mag . |
| 5 | Erm I do apologise for this but er unfortunately we have no choice I suppose . |
| 6 | I do apologise for this noise . |
| 7 | The majority of the training is within the Options Agency , erm , achieve a positive outcome , and I do apologise with all the jargon that will creep in , erm , positive outcomes in terms of these programmes are that they achieve jobs . |
| 8 | ‘ I do feel like that . |
| 9 | It becomes I I do touch on this at one point in my submission , it becomes even better if it has links . |
| 10 | And I do plead with this Committee to erm , let this go forward because it does mean that we will get our community centre up and running erm , in the spring with the assistance of this Committee . |
| 11 | I do know about that , but this is someone else , a man I know slightly . |
| 12 | Well I do know about this one . |
| 13 | ‘ Whenever I do play with any kind of distortion , if I go and sit in with somebody , I find it 's so easy . |
| 14 | But I say I believe in in one respect alright , she 's got the car she can whip in and out but I do believe in another respect she 's got to the point where she ca n't be bothered ! |
| 15 | Now , I know colleagues some would like to stay till Sunday , or maybe even Monday next week , but we 're not in that situation , so I again , I do appeal to all colleagues , all colleagues , you know , to assist in formally seconding , and to thank those that have done it so far . |
| 16 | I I I do differ with that in some respects , in that er until we 've arranged the agenda we 're not always sure whether there will be specifically highway matters , er and er I must confess , although not on the agenda very often , highway matters are things that that that that do get commented on , er but er none the less , it 's just the principle , I mean er it 's a bit difficult to start saying , well do we send it because we have particular things , er or or |
| 17 | Now , I do agree with that , that if you phone up and somebody phones you and they just talk to you and then for about five minutes later , the person at the other end of the phone says , ‘ I 'm in a meeting ’ , and you just thought ‘ Well , why on earth did n't you say that in the first place ? ’ , so there is another side to that one . |
| 18 | Although I do agree with some of his points — the need for more public courses and more emphasis put on rules of etiquette — I was somewhat alarmed to read that in the interests of quicker play , we high-handicappers were being relegated to a boring , 9-hole course until we improve our game enough to join ‘ the big boys on the big-boys ’ course ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I do wonder about that . |
| 20 | But as I say , I do apologize for that , it 's unnecessarily complicated . |
| 21 | I did dream about some kittens the other night , there was |
| 22 | ( I did think about that one . ) |
| 23 | Truth be told , I ca n't really remember what I did do in those six months . |
| 24 | I did consult with many other people ; my thanks to all of them even if their suggestions could not be taken up . |
| 25 | Secondly I did write to all the members of the Council about the issue of the British National Corpus and their desire to have a record of English as she is spoke and their is a gentleman from here today , if you would care to stand up to identify yourself please . |
| 26 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 27 | I did deal with that matter er originally and I believe that the the state , the er answer to the question was available precisely at three thirty today . |
| 28 | I did touch on this problem a good many years ago in an essay I wrote on the death of a great music-hall artist , Marie Lloyd . |
| 29 | I did wonder about that . |
| 30 | Yeah well I did wonder about that |