Example sentences of "[pron] do [vb infin] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 2 | However , those differences which do exist point to JC rather than any other Creole as the focus . |
| 3 | These were meat eaters who did pay attention to their intake of salt , sugar and caffeine and were also concerned about calories . |
| 4 | At the end of our statement sir we we did make reference to the er er removal possible removal of the article fourteen . |
| 5 | And I think we did draw attention to the fact that er there may well in some instances be a conflict in terms of what Selby district wants and what current P P G advice suggests . |
| 6 | If we do pay attention to his thought we feel we are listening to a public orator of unimpeachably orthodox Christian principles , a Poet Laureate in training — he did not in fact attain this honour until the reign of Queen Victoria in 1843 . |
| 7 | There is , for example , no Annie 's Bar where we may gossip with the mighty over a vodka — although we do have access to a well-stocked cafeteria , where the waitresses are uncommonly polite . |
| 8 | Now I do n't know whether they actually broke the door down in the end , but they did gain entrance to a flat very near us , erm and they had dogs with them that night . |
| 9 | Because the insulating characteristics of timber-frame houses are so good they do give rise to the problem known as ‘ interstitial condensation ’ , as was revealed in the television documentary . |
| 10 | They do give weight to the judgements of the most aware , those who have educated themselves to discriminate between flavours most accurately . |
| 11 | Thus , even when they do provide employment to otherwise unemployed people , they do so primarily to unregistered part-time job seekers . |
| 12 | It is in fact NACAB policy that advice workers should be able to carry out some limited counselling functions and they do run training to that end . |
| 13 | They do run counter to the views about national sovereignty held by most peoples in Europe , not just the British . |
| 14 | Coverage of all kinds can be both favourable and unfavourable — no matter whether politicians are in government or in opposition — and politicians themselves must bear the prime responsibility for ensuring that when they do get access to the media they present their own case well . |
| 15 | He did give power to schools and parents , but that made him enemies . |
| 16 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 17 | Staring from the window , her mouth curved in a smile , she wondered what he would say if she told him that if he did make love to her he would be the first . |
| 18 | But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships . |
| 19 | Supposing he did say goodbye to his commission , supposing he was selected , supposing he went off to Russia or Finland or wherever it was without even seeing her . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I wish he did have cause to be jealous of me , ’ I said , and took the opportunity to draw her towards me and fold my arms around her . |
| 21 | However , it did draw attention to an important point that seemed to have eluded positivist correctionalism : crime does not have a blanket , objective status that enables us automatically to be against it regardless of what ‘ it ’ is . |
| 22 | And I did not ‘ warn ’ for the simple reason that I radically differed and differ from comrade Preobrazhensky in my estimation of his article : he does lay claim to the above mentioned analysis , but in my opinion there is absolutely n o analysis itself . |
| 23 | The compromise of an extendible lead gives him some freedom to wander but it does give rise to ‘ incidents ’ . |
| 24 | It does give reference to the main publications which contain the background theory and the formulae . |
| 25 | We have now erm at least the World Met Organisation has established a world global trunk communication system , and this can transmit information and it does transmit information to right round the world at very , very high speed . |
| 26 | But it , it does provide background to it ? |
| 27 | This may be rather a purist definition , but it does direct attention to the role of key settlements within the wider settlement system . |
| 28 | The main problem is that while the software can generate the presentaion very quickly the slides themselves do take time to image , it 's not like taking a conventional photograph . |