Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't fall over the wheel and she did pass her test . |
| 2 | I mean , I was there er , I left yesterday afternoon , I mean , I had to go in early and we had erm an auction and I helped do that . |
| 3 | I boil it like a tea and it helps hurry the process up , if the woman is ready . |
| 4 | In some cases , especially among people of higher status , the letter is regarded as a more polite way of asking for the interview and it helps differentiate the interviewer , when he or she calls , from marauding salesmen . |
| 5 | Consultancies are an integral part of the PR industry and they do possess certain advantages of experience , independence and specialist skills that may not be evident internally . |
| 6 | Debenhams probably , but the John Lewis 's were excellent , and some some of them were tin and I do wonder if you 're eating on your lap a tin tray might be rather cold but on the other hand , you let the heat from the plate through to your poor little legs . |
| 7 | I hope it will be in all your club bars one of our bottles , we have distributed special bottles er sailor proof bottles I hope they are er which you put money in er very simply without any impediment and I do hope that all clubs will use those bottles and , and gather lots of money . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I told Spruce a bit about Amy and Hereward 's marriage and I did mention that I 'd seen her here on Friday night and Saturday morning . |
| 10 | And the vicar did pick this up in his sermon and he did mention the Co-op Womens ' Guild and so we were very proud that we 'd been mentioned you see , you know . |
| 11 | But he had a rather military approach to the work and he did run some rather tough courses for some of the boys , so one of the parents complained . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the story did have a happy ending and it does emphasize an important point . |
| 13 | for oxygen and he did drive a car . |
| 14 | Erm , there 's a question of a rally in Central Hall , now in order to organise this pensioner 's rally there short of funds , erm , I think the executive will be discussing this and as , as before we did give them quite a considerable donating , because it costs a thousand pounds to hire the centre hall and we do want to erm take part in a very big rally , like the last one was . |
| 15 | It is quite surprising how many of my particular clients do take out that particular plan and they do tend to mention the same type of er of benefits that y that er that you just mentioned there , it is er I think it is a good plan , universally appreciated . |
| 16 | But I said I would not become a cabbage and I did survive it . ’ |
| 17 | But I said I would not become a cabbage and I did survive it . ’ |
| 18 | Diana replied : ‘ Well I must admit , partly make-up and I do drink lots of water . ’ |
| 19 | Erm having said that , I I will mention briefly again the strategic sites issue and we do feel that there should be additional flexibility through that sort of policy to allow for er the possibility of different types of developments to come forward . |
| 20 | We are grateful for imaginative erm ideas that come up anywhere in the Council and we do consider them , but on reflection this seemed not one that was worth pursuing in Oxford . |
| 21 | After all , there was no other woman on the scene and he did desire her . |
| 22 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 23 | I mean the Sierra , it 's a good offer on the Sierra but it 's , it 's like the basic engine and I do like a car that you know , you can put your foot down and it |
| 24 | ‘ What if there 's a scrap and I do have to fire at them and they return it ; for after all , as I 've said , we do n't really know whether they carry guns ; all we know is they have n't used them yet . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But what I am talking about , because it is my business , is mainstream commercial cinema and I do maintain that mainstream cinema should be looking towards its audience . |
| 26 | Despite the way I sometimes rag her , she is my sister and I do love her , so do n't take this as being disloyal . |
| 27 | Erm , we wo , I would wish to thank Vera cos it 's a lot of work for erm , a lot of worry and I do hope that you all enjoyed it . |
| 28 | No , it 's not his fault , she said silently to Dunya ; he 's a good husband and I do love him , I suppose . |
| 29 | Plastic mirror is another possible substitute and has the advantage that it wo n't steam over ; on the other hand it can crack very easily when it is being fixed into place and it does seem to give a more distorted reflection . |
| 30 | You may remember that we were talking last autumn about gas prices hopefully continuing to rise natural gas by to rise during the rest of the year and in fact that did take place and it did have some impact on the domestic rig count in the United States which went up quite strongly in the last part of the year . |