Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what kind of jumper do usually wear ? |
| 2 | The better explanation remains that the policy pursued by the trade unions during the winter of discontent did indeed mark a return to normality . |
| 3 | All it takes is for society to accept the conviction that the imposed form of existence does more harm than good . ’ |
| 4 | Nagging doubts do remain , though , that the level of perception does occasionally produce a feeling of calculation . |
| 5 | If the Caldwell test of recklessness does indeed apply , then this form of omissions liability could be assimilated within the general doctrine of manslaughter by recklessness . |
| 6 | And could I just say that I think that the issue of sustainability does also touch upon the need for the new settlement to be be located on a public transport corridor , preferably an existing public transport corridor , and I think again that argument for for s for somewhere where a rail link , preferably , could be provided , and that of course would tend to support all those factors tend to support a location on the Northern side of York rather than the Southern side of York . |
| 7 | He too glibly assumes that correlation proves causality and he does not show — as he could have done — that the balance of evidence does indeed suggest a causal association . |
| 8 | It may be that the correct account of knowledge does unfortunately give the sceptic the opening he is looking for . |
| 9 | Flying and owning a rare World War Two aircraft is a serious business , although the funny side of life does occasionally come to light , as Lindsey related to FlyPast : ‘ I was preparing to fly to an airshow , when I was told that the fuel bowser at Duxford had somehow got water in it , rendering the fuel useless . |
| 10 | The leasor 's father " … in his life tyme , did say that the making of a quintall of Copper did then stand but in 17s or 18s , and but of late years 25s , and yet ( in the present time ) it seemeth to be rated sometimes at 32s a Quintall , and now very lately charged with an encrease of 1s of every Quintall … |
| 11 | The debate over the Aggravating Vehicle-Taking Bill is different , not only because the Bill presumes a defendant responsible for occurrences if he can not disprove mere presence , but also because of the reasons which the Minister of State did eventually offer for this legislative formulation . |
| 12 | The money I was going to save on rent over the next month could be put towards a deposit on something — always assuming the Department of Employment did eventually pay me my due — and then I would be able to start again . |
| 13 | Gray 's ‘ Elegy ’ , of course , can be read as a lament for the undeveloped mind : ‘ But knowledge to their eyes her ample page / Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll … |
| 14 | The shared struggle against Nazism did however hold the Big Three together until victory was achieved , and there were high hopes of maintaining the alliance into peacetime . |
| 15 | I want to suggest that whatever anthropological and economic truths are embodied in these and similar statements , the fact is that there are indeed certain systematic differences in the lives of women and of men , and that this fundamental contrast in life-experience does indeed account for and to some extent also justify a difference in their moral outlook and assumptions . |
| 16 | Just now been produced erm a local study on Quakers in Lewes , and of course we have the , the Marian martyrs , and a wonderful blacksmith creature called Huntington , William Huntington , who in fact does actually mention the Muddletonians with great contempt . |
| 17 | Although the Select Committee on Energy did indeed say that some of the advantages that would flow from the privatisation of the electricity industry in Northern Ireland were not entirely dependent on privatisation for their achievement , we accepted that privatisation would accelerate that achievement , and in that sense , we certainly welcome the privatisation . |
| 18 | I thought what on earth does once mean , O N C E . |
| 19 | To slumber and snore till day doth again peep , |