Example sentences of "[pron] do [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I do think that sex is so private it 's almost impossible to write about . |
| 2 | I have never subscribed to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of your life , but I do think that student days are among the happiest . |
| 3 | It is perfectly possible to catch rabbits while ferreting with snow lying on the ground , but I do think that snow makes long-netting impossible as the net becomes clogged , wet and inoperable . |
| 4 | I ca n't fault it in performing the basic functions that you can reasonably expect from a spreadsheet , but I do feel that Lotus has tried to sell 1-2-3 for Windows on the back of the original DOS version , which misses the point of an Windows spreadsheet entirely . |
| 5 | And again , I do feel that pressure , you know the girls come to me and say oh , I really fancy ‘ X ’ over there and I say , go and ask him out you know . |
| 6 | But I do know that great-aunt was not exactly popular after the incident of the farm sale , and eventually John Bell left her so her brother , Great-Uncle William , came to work the farm . |
| 7 | No , perhaps that 's unfair ; I do not know precisely who , precisely when , precisely what ; though I do know that Gustave was never tired of double ententes about la pipe . |
| 8 | ‘ I do believe that girl 's beginning to grow up , ’ observed Brian , reaching for the jam as Camille left for the streets . |
| 9 | Ultimately I do believe that life is priceless and a great joy and that view is bound to seep through into my work . |
| 10 | On the other hand , I do believe that English speaking referees who are exposed exclusively to the opinions of a mischievous English press are likely to be adversely influenced . |
| 11 | However , this is clearly not what is going on in anorexia nervosa , although I do believe that emptiness is being used as a metaphor . |
| 12 | I was n't partisan politically but I did think that choice was important , whether it was which brand you chose or which person you decided to deride . |
| 13 | I 'll tell you who I did see that night I wished I had n't . |
| 14 | But I did know that Gyggle was the shrink for me the minute I saw him . |
| 15 | Specifically , I did predict that oil would be pumped into the waters of the Gulf . |
| 16 | Frightened them , judged Alice , pleased this had been so , for she did feel that Jasper was sometimes a bit too casual about things . |
| 17 | Although functionalists emphasize the importance of value consensus in society , they do recognize that conflict can occur . |
| 18 | And they do say that Flame is very like him . ’ |
| 19 | Nor will it do to argue that state socialism is a perversion or corruption of some pure source , for the source has been so consistent in what it has given rise to , and so wrong in its predictions , that the suspicion of some intrinsic connection between theory and practice can not be evaded . |
| 20 | To be honest , she could n't really blame him if he did feel that way , though none of her own actions had been deliberate . |
| 21 | Still , he does realise that service companies will feel the pinch too , and wo n't be immune from the effects of the personal computer price war . |
| 22 | But he does say that mind is nothing essentially different from body , and is , in fact , ‘ nothing but the motions in certain parts of an organic body ’ . |
| 23 | It does mean that law is not a fixed , precise and immutable set of rules ; and that not only its content but also its form are subject to interpretation , adaptation and change as part of and in response to social change . |
| 24 | Never mind if it does mean that lunch is ten minutes late . |
| 25 | But it does mean that cross-addiction is a factor that may possibly be of some influence in all of this and that it is a factor that may need to be taken into consideration in the long term in attempting to improve the over all quality of recovery . |
| 26 | An awareness of this structure does not mean that strategic intervention is either useless or impossible ; but it does mean that analysis of how resistance actually operates , in what conditions it succeeds or fails , needs an altogether more complex model . |
| 27 | This does not impugn the value of student ratings as a basis for relative judgements ; but it does suggest that caution should be exercised in making absolute interpretations . |
| 28 | But it does suggest that racism is too deeply embedded in the whole experience of growing up working class to be the sole responsibility of skins . |
| 29 | While this should not , of course , be taken to imply that female listeners lack intelligence , it does suggest that radio is not perhaps a suitable medium for putting across complex ideas or instructions . |
| 30 | This is not to say that people will not give the support ( as we know they do and invariably at great sacrifice ) ; but it does suggest that care by the community is seen as a less attractive option than care from professionals , but with the support and involvement of the family . |