Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well I do hope that people are that interested to want to take things anyway Dennis I mean , you know . |
2 | I do not expect that in the short-term we will see our industry producing 200,000 new houses a year , but I do expect that Wimpey Homes will take an increasing market share of a more stable total market . |
3 | I know that the rules for feature-page articles are different from those for reviews , but I do think that Alan Clark , who was given large space on the Times ’ main feature page , could have got around to mentioning the book from which he had taken the material for his strictures of Churchill before his last two paragraphs : ‘ And yet , so docile and leader-oriented is the Conservative Party [ Whoops ! |
4 | And I do think that sex is so private it 's almost impossible to write about . |
5 | There was a man , totally unconnected with the event I think , running away from a flaming van in Horseguards Parade erm and it was a wonderful picture opportunity for the world 's press to carry , but I do think that memories are short from this . |
6 | We should n't understate the effect , but I do think that memories are fairly short . |
7 | erm But I do think that women need to have much more of a sense of their own power , or at least of the fact that they 're not as powerless as they think of themselves as being , and so they can say when the tutor puts his hand on their knee or something like that ‘ I 'm sorry , would you take your hand away , that 's not part of our relationship ’ or something that just so they do n't have to feel so bad about it . |
8 | PP : I do think that Ben 's treatment of that last scene , at the end of the opera , was something that was quite new … |
9 | I do think that Brie is probably still unknown to you unless you have tried an unpasteurised variety . |
10 | I do think that Ken fancied me , and he actually said he thought I was beautiful . |
11 | I have never subscribed to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of your life , but I do think that student days are among the happiest . |
12 | Looking back into the past , people are eager for an explanation to be given to them by Thames and I do think that people do n't feel that 's what they 've had so far . |
13 | ‘ I do think that men and women have different sorts of friendship and I 'm not sure that wives can ever understand male friendships . |
14 | It is perfectly possible to catch rabbits while ferreting with snow lying on the ground , but I do think that snow makes long-netting impossible as the net becomes clogged , wet and inoperable . |
15 | However , I do feel that girls like Alison need long-term professional therapy , not just drugs and brief hospitalisation , to help them learn to ‘ feed ’ themselves — give themselves the things they need , such as food or privacy or rest and relaxation — without feeling guilty , and to recognise what these hungers and desires are . |
16 | I ca n't fault it in performing the basic functions that you can reasonably expect from a spreadsheet , but I do feel that Lotus has tried to sell 1-2-3 for Windows on the back of the original DOS version , which misses the point of an Windows spreadsheet entirely . |
17 | And again , I do feel that pressure , you know the girls come to me and say oh , I really fancy ‘ X ’ over there and I say , go and ask him out you know . |
18 | I do feel that George will need some special schooling — he 's not getting what he needs . |
19 | The other thing , I think , erm I do appreciate that Phyllis has got a terrible problem running the Council with the constraints imposed on her by Central Government , and by and large I think they do it very well , as I have said . |
20 | I do know that Tommy and I managed to enter by a side door . |
21 | But I do know that England drew on an enormous well of self-belief . |
22 | But I do know that great-aunt was not exactly popular after the incident of the farm sale , and eventually John Bell left her so her brother , Great-Uncle William , came to work the farm . |
23 | No , perhaps that 's unfair ; I do not know precisely who , precisely when , precisely what ; though I do know that Gustave was never tired of double ententes about la pipe . |
24 | ‘ I do believe that girl 's beginning to grow up , ’ observed Brian , reaching for the jam as Camille left for the streets . |
25 | Ultimately I do believe that life is priceless and a great joy and that view is bound to seep through into my work . |
26 | On the other hand , I do believe that English speaking referees who are exposed exclusively to the opinions of a mischievous English press are likely to be adversely influenced . |
27 | But I do believe that Nick Serota and the Tate chairman Dennis Stevenson have the sense of purpose and the energy to make it happen . |
28 | But I do believe that women experience another , relentless denial of their powers , which begins as soon as they can speak , if not before , and makes the act of writing for them primarily an act of rebellion . |
29 | Now , I 've seen both sides and I do believe that Blackburn are going to present the bigger problem . |
30 | I remember the wedding and I do believe that Mr Foster was a bit younger than she , but he was a very sincere and deeply caring person . |