Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [vb infin] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | From this has come the immense development of Justice and Peace Commissions , both in Rome and throughout the Catholic world , which have greatly helped bring to fruition a whole new dimension of church life , a social activism concerned with the service of the poor , of economic justice and of genuine peace ( Paul VI later declared that ‘ Development is the new name for Peace ’ ) . |
2 | I mean before they came to the centre I think people felt Save The Children only did work in countries abroad . |
3 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
4 | The only good thing , the only good thing about La the only good thing about Labour is that they would have brought back student grants so if I ever , if I ever do go to university then I 'll get lots of money . |
5 | Philosophy always has begun from Athens on from a recognition of the extraordinary facts of the diversity of human belief and attitude , on moral questions , on questions of social organization , on questions as to the ultimate nature of the universe , the destiny of man , and all such things , the most astonishing diversity of belief and attitude has prevailed and still does prevail amongst people . |
6 | Not everyone , however , fully accepts that TNC involvement in Third World agriculture always does lead to food insecurity . |
7 | She nearly always does go to bed with me , if I shout at her a lot or threaten her or give her enough money . |
8 | Is I think we probably do need as Mr suggested to move number one suggested resolutions , erm now if the Liberal Democrats won places in and if they 'd rather have the work noted proceed to proceed by something sinister . |
9 | He was a firm atheist and was interested in , though unconvinced by , the paranormal , and also did research on hypnosis . |
10 | right , now what you 've got to judge at the end of the day , now lets say for instance that you 've put in six lines six lines , right and you only wanted to use two of them all you 've got a number for is the rental charge is n't it ? |
11 | You really do travel in style and your holiday begins the moment you step on the coach ! |
12 | Studies of actual usage seem to show that items placed in this position really do correlate with discourse topic , or what the participants are talking " about " , although not always in simple ways ( Duranti & Ochs , 1979 ) . |
13 | And so you through this symposium today , particularly those of you who come from South Cambridgeshire , have an opportunity to learn , and we trust that through your learning you 'll be able to educate the media that we really do exist in South Cambridgeshire . |
14 | So they really do go to town in finding out your personal existing investments . |
15 | If you really do feel under stress , find five minutes to sit quietly and relax . |
16 | ‘ I really do live for Whitney . |
17 | ‘ That is , our own friends and the people who really do come to church regularly . |
18 | We really do look like shit . |
19 | I still needed evidence in black and white that the inches really did disappear from areas previously impossible to reduce — namely the hips and thighs . |
20 | The intriguing point is this : if the Germans really did land in East Anglia in 1940 , and there was an elaborate cover-up , it is surely inconceivable that Ealing would have been allowed by the censors to portray such an accurate reconstruction only two years later . |
21 | Either he was so upset that he did n't look where he was going , or he really did jump on purpose . ’ |
22 | if you were a fairly radical cadre , if you erm really did believe in land reform etcetera this would , this would give you the go ahead to promote land reform . |
23 | And if peptides really did code for memories , should there not be many more of them in the brain than one actually finds ? |
24 | I may believe it is possible that the dead Giselle really did communicate with Alberic , but that in fact she did not . |
25 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
26 | Although it once guaranteed good quality , now no one company holds an exclusive licence over the use of the name and the quality of the knives really does vary from brand to brand . |
27 | If this flurry of activity really does lead to changes , expect a marvellous , Gilbert-and-Sullivan row . |
28 | Ruth stayed still , kneeling on the yellow shore , and presently let go of Fand 's dead hand . |
29 | Erm I , I er much of the compliment that you paid t to me and the department in terms of the efficiency that we 've , which we 're dealing with the correspondence , I , I am conscious of the fact that in something of this nature those er members that you mentioned , some of them are , are here this morning erm are , are not er s receiving er a regular erm series of er erm letters or , or pieces of information from the department and it 's very much an ad hoc situation erm and at the moment as far as is concerned , we are waiting for the the completion of some of the reporting before we erm er submerge them with er a , a , a , a lot of paper , but if there are any particular issues that erm any of those members or indeed any other members erm particularly wants to pursue , er th th the position is as it is on , on any matter , please do get in touch . |
30 | We will try to keep our er flow of paper outwards , but if we er are failing or if there are any questions as to well why have n't we heard anything from w for a while , please do get in touch . |