Example sentences of "[pron] do [vb infin] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I do manage to find some spare time I 'll be studying Spanish because you need something to take your mind off the racing . ’ |
| 2 | But I do want to stress that ‘ confusion ’ and ‘ defence ’ are two of the key words in anorexia nervosa , and that the disease could serve as an illustration of Lomas 's belief , being a process in which the two concepts are inseparable and mutually reinforcing . |
| 3 | There are traps you can fall into if you do too much television — although I 've been on a lot since '89 , I do tend to turn most things down . |
| 4 | I certainly would not want to attempt a summary of the route we have taken all the way from the mind-body problem to children trying to win chocolates ; but I do need to make some concluding comments to justify the bold claim in the first paragraph that constructivism makes the mind-body problem less intractable . |
| 5 | ‘ I do have to ask some questions . |
| 6 | Two , two , one and , and the groups tell us who the representatives are , and I , I wo n't serve on the committee , I think I 'll er , that I 'll , you 've given me enough to do anyway , there 's a limit , and unlike our officer , I do have to do some cooking . |
| 7 | ‘ I do have to check all the details . |
| 8 | I did intend to do that at first . |
| 9 | I could hardly refuse , but I did refuse to take any payment , although I really needed the money . |
| 10 | ‘ I did want to do this run without books . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , erm if I could here , I did want to add some cos obviously I think everybody was taken by surprised . |
| 12 | I did manage to lose half a stone ( 7lb/3kg ) , but I was so hungry all the time that I would not keep the diet up for longer than a month . |
| 13 | But anyway I did have to do some of them . |
| 14 | But part of her did want to repair some of the damage they had done to each other . |
| 15 | kind of if you do , if you do manage to get some , some feedback on some of the stuff you 've done so far it may turn out that it was n't as bad as all that , you know |
| 16 | If you do manage to overcome this one , the next problem is to simulate the migratory tendencies of moving upstream to fresher waters where they are reported to be pelagic egg-layers . |
| 17 | If you do decide to do this and are in receipt of housing benefit , a widow 's or supplementary pension , you must find out first whether having a lodger would affect these benefits . |
| 18 | If you do decide to keep this fish , and have difficulty obtaining stock , then I may know someone who has one or two to spare … |
| 19 | You do need to put this matter right as a horse with a dipping foreleg will generally be more prone to ‘ pecking ’ i.e. tripping on landing after a jump . |
| 20 | If he gives you that , if he gives you F of F , then he can give you F of G , and I 'm pretty sure that you do need to know that , so I wo n't bother checking . |
| 21 | It is that is a paper from somebody , I know not who , but can I just explain , if we 're having one franchise passenger service next year , which is pretty well all you can do because you do need to have that record , track record , the business operating as a separate business before bidders can bid , if we 're having one next year , to suggest as I think the quote was , that the that would cost about one point two billion pounds is ridiculous , it 's ridiculous , a single , a single , |
| 22 | However you do have to remember that with the LM system the frequency of repetition and the quantity of medicine that the patient takes is significant . |
| 23 | But you do have to make this nomination whilst you are employed in reckonable service . |
| 24 | I 've never done it but I think you do have to send that in . |
| 25 | If it 's above a hundred and twenty five thousand pounds you do have to complete that account and you wo n't get the grant from the probate registry until you have done that . |
| 26 | ‘ In the end , you do have to have some sort of juridical power if you are going to keep the institution together . ’ |
| 27 | Legally , you do not have to maintain 500 ft between you and the sea ; but you do have to keep that distance between you and any vessel on the sea . |
| 28 | A nice social job — not too much involved and you do get to see all the new designs etc. first . |
| 29 | If you do happen to swallow any bits they should pass straight through without any ill effects . |
| 30 | She did manage to read some smuggled cuttings about the fraud case , by which she was not impressed . |