Example sentences of "[noun prp] do [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CEGB did eventually carry out its test drilling on the farm at Luxulyan . |
| 2 | ‘ When Warren did eventually turn up he was marvellously witty and entertaining — but unfortunately that was only when the cameras WERE N'T rolling . |
| 3 | Filmer did eventually come down , but with Daffodil . |
| 4 | The team was regarded by many , including James Michener , as having a negative impact : ‘ I strongly suspect that the Harlem Globetrotters did more damage racially than they did good , because they deepened the stereotype of ‘ the loveable , irresponsible Negro ’ ’ ( 1976 , p.145 ) . |
| 5 | The evidence that the continents have drifted , that South America did indeed break away from Africa for instance , is now literally overwhelming , but this is not a book about geology and I shall not spell it out . |
| 6 | True to his predictions , the population of Europe and North America did indeed grow dramatically in the 150 years that followed . |
| 7 | High-church men such as Gladstone and Wilberforce did indeed stick closer to the literal text of the Bible than their twentieth-century successors would ; they saw all its books as an inspired unit , ‘ Holy Scripture ’ . |