Example sentences of "[pers pn] does [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah no but she does wear fake tan cos she goes streaky round her cheeks . |
| 2 | She does make funny faces does n't she ? |
| 3 | The Commissioner is not there to canvass for work , but she does consider that publicity is a valid function of her office . |
| 4 | She does have strong views on women 's role in employment , on child care facilities and on the effect on part-time employment of the Social Chapter . |
| 5 | Katharine wo n't actually be making any speeches on his behalf but she does have some tips for the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | So he/she does have some faults — they still have the positive qualities you saw before . |
| 7 | Yeah , but he does talk broad Yorkshire ! |
| 8 | He does go some way towards outlining counter-arguments and replies , but his style is the playful one of a cat with a mouse . |
| 9 | When he does specify precise quantities or times he is often wrong . |
| 10 | ‘ He has a wheelchair and a minder at school who helps him and he does do short distances on sticks . |
| 11 | If he does make another comeback though , it would not be surprising if he wins a fourth title because , if he can get back behind a wheel six weeks after being so close to death , there is no knowing what the courageous Austrian can do . |
| 12 | ‘ Yet he does show great uncertainty in the face of her determination . |
| 13 | When he does produce these propositions he does so through ironic positive politeness , more precisely through superficially observing the approbation maxim : Anderson 's irony here is much more successful than that which he uses when arguing with the captain in scene six ( where his ironic statements concerning human rights in Czechoslovakia actually prompt the captain to ask further awkward questions ( pp. 70 – 1 ) ) , because he exploits the potential ambiguity of the academic discourse appropriate to a lecture . |
| 14 | If he does become prime minister ( with the aforementioned majority ) , I will eat one copy of the edition of the New Statesman in which you are reading this article . ’ |
| 15 | He has sole responsibility for Belfast , but he does have regional directors going to but Brian tends to cover a general manager role and with with erm Dick ma , . |
| 16 | And I rung this Glen er wherever that is erm and he does have these Portakabin things . |
| 17 | Granted , he does have five- bedroom house in Bayswater ; he is married to one of the most powerful women in publishing ; but his children go to state schools , a good deal of the time he wears clothes from Marks & Spencer and he does not drive a car . |
| 18 | It was marvellous when he rang , but since I ca n't have him ringing here again , I told him , in a moment of my feelings getting the better of me , that if he does have any message for me he could contact you , and you 'd pass it on . |
| 19 | What is beyond the boundaries of his own home ground is an outside world composed of impersonal structures and processes over which he has no control , of if he does have some control , it is only by virtue of some formal authority vested in an office that he occupies . |
| 20 | It is true that sometimes he does attack innate ideas ; but this is merely an indirect strategy . |
| 21 | ‘ The Hennessy was no fluke and he has obviously been under-rated but he does need soft ground , ’ said Murphy . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , he does report many developments in the American social scene , which obviously owe a great deal to the careful monitoring of many local newspapers . |
| 23 | is an externalist conception , because condition 4 is one which a might be entirely incapable of recognizing or pointing to when asked whether he does know that p . |
| 24 | He is very good , Mr , and he has been a county councillor in I think Staffordshire , before the days of pindown I have to er , hasten to add , but he does know both sides of the er , street as it were . |
| 25 | He does enjoy some come-back . |
| 26 | It does present some problems , as once ordered the concrete will come irrespective of the weather . |
| 27 | It does mean more effort . |
| 28 | Although Quality has no offices in Europe , it does generate some revenues from this region , using a ‘ rifle-shot approach ’ — seminars , mailshots , recommendations from consultancies , and from selling to multinationals . |
| 29 | However , it does give instant information and — ’ |
| 30 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |