Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The only trouble is , my sister Faye does think her time is more precious than other people 's . |
| 2 | My slide shows did go down reasonably well , if only because while the lights were out , they had the chance to change places under cover of darkness in the hope of confusing you know who . |
| 3 | The Democrat-controlled House budget committee , therefore , had little opportunity to redraft the budget in a radical fashion , although overall its budget proposal did redirect some $13,0000 million of the spending embodied in the Bush plan . |
| 4 | But the company said its investment programme helped raise its visibility in a relatively lifeless marketplace and , in the American laboratory market in particular , helped shield it from the worst effects of the recession . |
| 5 | If the Americans with their peace talks do get the parties together , their first business will be to arrange a truce so that food can move . |
| 6 | Its workstation figures do include sales of server systems , but only servers that are dedicated to workstation environments , plus tools and utilities software such as operating systems , compilers , software engineering tools and graphics libraries , certain peripherals — such as personal computer co-processor boards and laser printers — service , maintenance , custom consulting and systems integration fees . |
| 7 | Ooooooh , how her leg muscles did ache from holding her skirt in this proper fashion — with blue flowers on it . |
| 8 | In the 1970s a temporary oil facility was established through which oil exporters made finance available , via the Fund , to assist the balance of payments problems caused by the sudden rise in the price of oil . |
| 9 | They enjoyed huge success from ‘ 63 to ‘ 68 , not only because of the Ventures connection but also because they looked cool and had great-sounding handwound Alnico pickups ( Moseley purposely slanted his rhythm pickups to help balance out the treble and bass response ) . |
| 10 | Brunnson clearly follows the line of those who question the need for a totally comprehensive , rational planning system , but his management methodology does contain a considerable element of rational analysis , despite the title of his book . |
| 11 | He spoke well to the children and er his sermon message did have a , a reasonable amount of substance in it . |
| 12 | He became chairman of the repertory club , and his business sense helped set it on its feet . |
| 13 | At the beginning of Mary 's reign Sir Ralph Sadler was not saved from ejection from the office of Master of the Great Wardrobe ; yet his life tenure did preserve him as Keeper of the Hanaper in Chancery from 1535 until 1587 . |
| 14 | During the early years of his reign Charles did intervene actively in the Thirty Years ' War by leading England into another war against Spain . |
| 15 | A young man in his late teens by the time of the council of Whitby and the son of the reigning king in Bernicia by Eanflaed , daughter of Eadwine , Ecgfrith was almost certainly in a position to attract support not only among the Bernicians but also among the Deirans in the territory of Ealhfrith , and in the last years of his reign Oswiu did make him sub-king of Deira . |
| 16 | Just before his death Poulantzas did come to accept that the state could be a field of political struggle and that this ‘ institutional ensemble ’ was not unified but was subject to conflict and disunity . |
| 17 | In a letter published in ‘ The Times ’ on 2 March the Cardinal said , ‘ Whatever stance individuals make take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states . |
| 18 | It is often surprising what information companies do have , but how little they actually use it , so a good researcher will try hard to find what is available . |
| 19 | It 's amazing what strength people do find . |
| 20 | What production control did achieve was the combination of blue and white collar labour in ways that reflected the essence of enterprise unions . |
| 21 | What time unu did reach home ? |
| 22 | And then if your blood pressure does go down a bit it does n't matter cos you 're lying down . |
| 23 | So if you take the first one immediately before you go to bed , if your blood pressure does go down rather a lot , it does n't matter cos you 're lying down , you 'll |
| 24 | Our test tractor did have some difficulties in keeping the revs constant down at the 700–1,000rpm mark , but this was an early model and Same UK says the problem has been cured on current machines . |
| 25 | You should keep this chart with your cleaning equipment to help cope with an emergency . |
| 26 | Very briefly Chair , to say I think nothing 's perfect , as I said , I mean there are areas that still need to be improved , and I think our , the image and in a sense our marketing section does need to be improved , and I think no-one would deny that . |
| 27 | Did you erm oh you 've still got your job description to do have n't you ? |
| 28 | Though the nephew may have exaggerated his aunt 's powers of concentration — Lizzie and Jane in Pride and Prejudice each have a room of their own and servants to build a fire for them — there is no doubt that our working conditions do influence the quality of our writing . |
| 29 | Although most of our Nursery pupils do go on to the Junior and subsequently to the Senior School at Heriot 's , transfer is not automatic . |
| 30 | do not care whether the pipes , in our power stations help generate power to support human civilization . |