Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Geoff did buy me some sherry glasses he says oh , you give me two |
| 2 | ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago . |
| 3 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 5 | She did tell me some things in her letters , but not enough . |
| 6 | ‘ The doctor did warn me certain things can happen when the machine is switched off , but he was a good lad . |
| 7 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 8 | Mr President Ladies and Gentlemen as the Chairman of South Cambridgeshire District Council it does give me great pleasure to welcome the Institute of Environmental Health Officers to Girton College here in South Cambridgeshire this morning . |
| 9 | I would , I would hope that as erm , as a committee we can support all these objectives , er , it does give me some cause for concern , that our own government is objecting to these provisions . |