Example sentences of "[noun prp] do [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , Freud did detect a providential , protective element in the superego . |
| 2 | If TI did produce a good underwriting result , one would question whether TI was taking on any risk ? |
| 3 | Stylishly made but inherently daft , unlike the other ghost movies Flatliners does tackle the unpaid debts of the past , but only to write them off in the most superficial way . |
| 4 | The RIE does escape the financial resources requirements which would apply to an ordinary authorised firm , but for futures exchanges , capital matters are in any case delegated to the London Clearing House . |
| 5 | And for another , it 's about the only one that England do have a vague chance of winning . |
| 6 | But Darwin did draw an explicit analogy between this teleology — of population pressure and sorting , as ensuring adaptation of plant and animal structure to changing conditions — and Malthus 's theistic teleology of superfecundity , as ensuing the energetic dispersal of ancient tribes beyond the original Asian seat of the human species . |
| 7 | Bridgend did score a good try through Gareth Thomas from a tapped penalty , while at the other end Jones should really have kicked a second penalty after Jenkins had been penalised for treading heavily on Yendle . |
| 8 | Such measures are often not independent , for many lawyers advise clients what it is ‘ reasonable ’ to want , and thus supply the criterion by which they are to be judged ( although Rosenthal did construct an independent measure ) . |
| 9 | Though pond fidelity was what the researchers were primarily interested in , the marking and measuring of individuals in Dorset did provide an unexpected bonus : the largest toads ever recorded in the UK , a male 85mm long , and a giant female 113mm long , almost 15 per cent larger than the previous record . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't really say about that , ’ she said , ‘ but — ’ launching into a text learned by heart — ‘ although guilty of many deviations from Marxism-Leninism and Socialist legality , Stalin did lead the heroic resistance of the Soviet peoples in the anti-Fascist war . ’ |
| 11 | It is apparent , however , that at the " Music and Tragedy " stage of his thinking , Nietzsche did envisage a larger role for specifically Wagnerian matter than eventually materialized . " |
| 12 | This current England side is excellent and , yes , England did complete a back-to-back Grand Slam which Wales did not . |
| 13 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 14 | Droning Dot and nurdish Nigel do have the odd laugh , but there 's never been a character who you could call easy going and game for a laugh . |
| 15 | There was no sign of one , but Ace did discover a locked section of one case which , upon being broken open , proved to contain the sort of books which one certainly did n't find in the local W H Smiths . |
| 16 | Yeo did announce a further three years funding worth £440,000 for First Key , the charity which advises councils on aftercare services for young people . |
| 17 | ‘ The point is , I rang the accommodation warden just to check ; Matthew did visit the old boy every Sunday but he never spent more than half an hour with him . |
| 18 | ‘ He does add a different dimension to our play and Duncan does have a natural instinct for football but we have still , with Jim McLean 's help at Tannadice , to develop his knowledge of the game . |
| 19 | Er well Martin does have an elderly mother , she 's not financially dependent on us as such but we do try and keep a track of her finances and if she needs help we , we erm help her out . |
| 20 | But all the jollity does n't totally obscure his illegal activities ; Lovejoy did begin the previous series with a spell in jail . |
| 21 | Dame Catherine did have a lecherous look in her eyes . |
| 22 | Although the IAAF do have a three-month ban for minor offences like using ephedrine , manipulation of a test is equivalent to a fully-fledged steroid offence — a point Mr Emig twice missed during the proceedings . |
| 23 | That apart , South Africa did give the best two sides in the world a game . |
| 24 | Edberg and Sweden did stage a solid comeback — their first from a 0–2 deficit in 46 years — but not before Nestor and the ABB Canadian Davis Cup team had captured the public 's imagination of a northern nation better known for its ice hockey , snow skiing and figure skating , than for its tennis exploits . |
| 25 | But there were moments when he almost wished that what was happening between Maisie and Mr Malik did have a sexual connotation . |
| 26 | ‘ the burden is upon the defendant , Mr. Smith , to satisfy the court on the balance of probabilities that Mr. Winterbone did have the necessary capacity . |
| 27 | So Parr did have a Christian name . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , Messrs Jarvis did produce an ingenious creature which , with its standard outer case , would have fooled even Burke and Hare . |
| 29 | Mind you , Ralph did go the whole hog with it : he got Gaby Sturmer as PR doing photographs and write-ups and turned out some lovely leaflets . |
| 30 | I should imagine Catherine does look a right tart . |