Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What name have you given to the Water Hen which migrates to us yearly — or which did migrate last year and the year before . |
| 2 | A bit of oversell occurred with the hardback at £9.99 , but it turned out alright , and I do think this is very much a paperback title . |
| 3 | Darlington councillor Peter Jones , Tory spokesman on the transport committee , said : ‘ Obviously it 's a waste of space and I do hope such an excellent facility can be brought into service as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Obviously a basic knowledge of local geology is helpful , and I do urge all who wish to follow my example to PLEASE avoid denuding the countryside of lichen and moss-covered rocks which will leave scars and deprive various creepy-crawlies of their homes . |
| 5 | Adolph was my friend , and I do feel responsible . |
| 6 | ‘ I realise that I come into the picture as a relative , and I do feel natural interest and concern for my great-uncle . |
| 7 | Sometimes I 'm rather greedy and I do eat more than I should , and then you pay for it in the end . |
| 8 | And I do prefer slow cooking methods . |
| 9 | I know you mean well and I do appreciate all you 're doing , but I really am in the middle of a thought and it 's very difficult for me when you keep … look , if it 's really , really important , then please do interrupt me — but only if it 's urgent , OK ? |
| 10 | And I do have such doubts but , being a modest person as you know |
| 11 | I declare a bias immediately ; I am a practitioner , and I do have large grants in this field . |
| 12 | and I do like that sewing stripe down the middle |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | It 's earning the pennies to pay the bills at the end of the month ’ and I do get upset if it 's come out perfectly . |
| 15 | You can talk about the nature of art — blah , blah , blah — and I did do some dribbling off into text and stuff , but now I know that movement says more to me than any of this other tosh . |
| 16 | Well , I , I , mean I have been in before and I did say last time we were n't very happy , . |
| 17 | And I did enjoy that volley from just outside the area he scored for Wednesday in the League Cup a few seasons back … now who was that against ? |
| 18 | I mean if it is helpful and Mr and I did have this discussion in the pre-meeting that we had , er certainly if you wish to recommend that the d that the stars on the the diagram were to be changed er just simply to show one star instead of a route , then I for one would be quite happy with that . |
| 19 | And I did have some of the as well so . |
| 20 | I 'm just wondering er the statutory instruments we 're passing tonight er and I did raise this point to the minister about the drain on the private sector every time a rule and regulation is passed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | One issue which the people did discuss , and which did have military implications , was relations with Egypt . |
| 23 | It is wonderful to lose yourself for a little while and you do meet such nice Medau people who do n't mind if you ca n't do it quite right and nearly drop your club on their foot ! |
| 24 | erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there . |
| 25 | You find yourselves together every day of the week , all over the world , all through the winters , getting changed to go out riding … and you do become close . |
| 26 | It just shows , I think , how vigilant Councillors need to be when you get all these documents , and you do get many of them if you 're a District County Councillor , and how necessary it is for you to read them and study them and to remember because these things are very very important when they 're put in when it goes to higher authority at that time . |
| 27 | Erm and you do get this growing awareness that not all of that while all liberals might be nationalists . |
| 28 | I mean , I 'm scared of anything up , they 'll be some conflict and you do get these kind of people in college as well it frightens me |
| 29 | Yes erm one of the questions which we have n't addressed on our leaflet is well actually , what , you know , how do you receive this programme erm and you do need special equipment erm Eurostep |
| 30 | With this business of embargo , Liz , I 'll agree with that but the , the off the record , one wants to get the local people very well and you do develop this , this trust , and if you can in fact give them a lot of scope that you know what to use . |