Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [vb base] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing as we 've had those words for about a week I should think we do know them then . |
| 2 | Another said , ‘ I have been thoroughly happy with this diet , though I must admit I do enjoy bread , fruit and salads in the normal way of things . |
| 3 | At this point , we must admit you do have to press a few buttons to get Delta service . |
| 4 | I must say I do miss that thing . |
| 5 | erm On social security and health together it 's about ten percentage points higher in West Germany erm and about six percentage points higher in France than in the U K And I must say I do wonder why in West Germany erm you 've got half as many again doctors per hundred thousand of the population of the U K and only about two-thirds as many nurses , which does suggest , you know , differences in national approaches to things like health care . |
| 6 | They will call us citizens but we will be something less , perhaps I should say they do call us citizens but we are something less . ’ |
| 7 | Well temperature , of course , is a very complicated thing , but let's assume we do understand what temperature means . |
| 8 | WHAT YOU MAY HAVE I DO NEED |
| 9 | ‘ If I say we know your brother has been with you , then you can believe we do know . |