Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course with it being heavier than air it does tell you it can give a nasty headache , cause drowsiness , etcetera etcetera . |
| 2 | Certainly for cause and effect we do need two things , things that in the most fundamental sense are two in number . |
| 3 | The period between the end of the twelfth century and the middle of the thirteenth saw several crucial innovations in weaponry and armour which helped make the medieval knight what he was always intended to be : a superb fighting machine . |
| 4 | No more than the answer she gave in the Crime and Punishment which did get printed , to the not quite taunting question ‘ And what does God do for you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They clear up large areas of riverbank , and provide an early warning of problems like pollution and algae-bloom which DO kill fish . ’ |
| 6 | When the forces of conservatism take control of this country then Midwinter will be the power behind the throne … and man I do mean the throne . ’ |
| 7 | smoke and steam they do tend to keep going . |
| 8 | ‘ So what honour and reputation you do possess will be totally uncompromised . ’ |
| 9 | In virtually equating doubt and unbelief they make doubt the opposite of faith in a way that is true neither to the Bible nor to what we know of human knowledge . |
| 10 | But compared to the drawings of efficiency " and effectiveness there does seem to be a lot of frantic unnecessary activity . |
| 11 | But mum we did go in th the car . |
| 12 | When , in well-cut white satin and glycerine tears , she sobbed , Oh but Daddy I do love him , I do love him , he still tried to reason with her ; but then when he saw her hitching up the satin and running across the lawn , throwing off the veil , scattering the astonished wedding guests as she ran , and when he saw her jumping into a truck , not caring that she was getting petrol stains all over her broderie anglaise , jumping into a truck and not with the man they all expected her to love , but with the one she really loves , and then driving off with him in a cheap pickup truck to a motel in Wisconsin , shouting out , Goodbye Father , Goodbye Father ! as she goes ; well when he saw her doing that then Boy could not bring himself to disapprove . |
| 13 | But Father I did see her . |
| 14 | But sir we do have some doubts as to whether we would be able to respond to any that should arrive at , let us say , five o'clock tomorrow afternoon , by , let us say , close of play on Wednesday . |
| 15 | → A while back I did suggest that if readers found some particularly great patches they could write in , stating the model of processor and the parameters used , and we 'd print them . |
| 16 | We were impressed with the fluency with which she manipulated her thousand word vocabulary , though speech itself did seem to be a considerable effort for her . |