Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [vb infin] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a pretty sight alright , even if sparks do set fire to the dry grass on either side of the track , enraging landowners . |
| 2 | Erm , whilst those credit approvals do bring reimbursement to the council over time , the equivalent amount to grant in broad terms . |
| 3 | You will notice that the comments do pay attention to spelling , but that the main purpose of the response is to show the pupil that he has achieved what he set out to do , that is , to write it like a court report , and to include the main information from the story . |
| 4 | I wonder how many teachers do give consideration to ‘ what the boys will like ’ when choosing a class text , and expect the girls to be more tolerant of the choice made . |
| 5 | And yet men do have reason to be concerned if , on these occasions , women find their lonely anger or isolated oppression is understood and shared by other women , so that personal struggles take on political dimensions . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , both types do imply incidence to an actualizer of the infinitive 's event , a fact which poses the problem of the relation between the infinitive and the category of person , which must be explored in order to analyse ( 2 ) — and other uses , such as that in subject function — adequately . |
| 7 | Politicians do have access to independent sources of information and therefore countervailing arguments to those put by the bureaucrats . |