Example sentences of "[noun sg] really do [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not because I actually felt at home with all the ‘ weirdos ’ in there but because the shop really did look like my nan 's house . |
| 2 | The group really does operate as a group and you can attend all the social functions without feeling that you have to pair off . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've grown to realise over the past few weeks just how much the place really does mean to you , ’ he said quietly . |
| 4 | She points out that the cash squeeze could be relaxed quickly if Brazilian inflation really does perish from a single shot . |
| 5 | But , let's notice that , first of all , the Lord really did speak to this woman ! |
| 6 | For centuries , as we have just seen , commentators argued that grammatical gender really did relate to the immutable realities of sex difference . |
| 7 | Well I had a hysterectomy when I was forty nine and to me life really did begin at fifty ! |
| 8 | But to do this the bank really does need to be very steep and , being a slightly hit-or-miss approach , is one more suitable to match-play than stroke-play . |
| 9 | Many years later , biochemists showed that his discrete model really does occur in the molecular structure of living cells . |
| 10 | Steam really did come to an end on BR when the state-owned narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol was sold , not without tears , to the Brecon Mountain Railway . |
| 11 | If this flurry of activity really does lead to changes , expect a marvellous , Gilbert-and-Sullivan row . |
| 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 | So to Pešek 's Taras Bulba — and more than anything on the disc , this rhapsodic triptych really does warm to his touch . |
| 14 | Kylie really does seem like a very sweet person , and it is , after all , quite remarkable for a woman with all the sex appeal of Andy Pandy and the vocal panache of Bosco to have achieved so much , so young . |
| 15 | It can be a bit daunting dealing with a single grain and this is one way of ensuring the patient does n't have to worry whether the poppy seed really did drop into the bottle and similarly the practitioner can be reasonably confident of eliminating this danger in assessing any lack of reaction . |