Example sentences of "[coord] do [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Best of luck with your researches — and do make a point of coming for a gin , an omelette or something if over in Edinburgh . |
| 2 | we had , we had to swim to the bottom and do like a handstand |
| 3 | True plants are unable to perform this trick , but many can and do use a scent to avoid danger . |
| 4 | In essence Ward J. found that the physical and mental state of Miss T. on the Sunday afternoon and evening were such that , although she was undoubtedly under the influence of her mother , she was capable of reaching and did reach a decision as to her own treatment . |
| 5 | But he could and did hold a fringe meeting with the Bow Group , where he gave the becoming speech of a statesman . |
| 6 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 7 | The RUC said the notes were of poor quality and did have a water mark . |
| 8 | What is certain is that there is some truth in the portrait : the director of this rapturously successful English a cappella ensemble did go to Winchester and St John 's , Oxford , and does write a column about cricket . |
| 9 | And does include a question about their educational achievement ? |
| 10 | At the in which he is involved and does have a part in shaping : these processes will appear to him not as broad generalities , but as a collection of micro-processes , the technicalities and particularities of daily life . |
| 11 | It has its fair share of crash , bang wallop and does take a mite too long to wrap itself up , but Sneakers is very funny , hugely entertaining and always ingeniously wacky and it 's good to see that reports of Mr Redford 's celluloid ‘ death ’ have been been a touch premature and certainly exaggerated . |
| 12 | But doth suffer a sea-change |
| 13 | He believes rescue missions should be carefully planned but do serve a purpose . |
| 14 | Their figures for the Eastern Caribbean are less clear cut ( also predictable as Barbadian Creole is itself less distant from Standard English than Jamaican ) , but do show a tendency for teachers to categorise them as " mixed " speakers . |
| 15 | Of course , all programmes may creak and require alteration as the term moves on , but do make a programme in diary form or on a bar chart , or both . |
| 16 | I 'm going up country tomorrow , but do leave a message for me here if you would like any more information . ’ |
| 17 | To sum up : do n't be afraid of repetition , but do use a degree of change , enough to suit the mood and effect you wish to create . |
| 18 | In high season a variety of specialist restaurants are available ( opened at the managements ' discretion ) at no extra charge but do require a reservation . |
| 19 | They are mainly from France , Germany and Italy but do include a couple from Down Under . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know whether you 've really read all those extensive notes your researcher made for you , but do take a look at the last couple of lines . |
| 21 | We have no name for the killing of an older man , but do have a name for the killing of one 's father . |
| 22 | Organise your affairs so as to get to the patient quickly , or decide not to go to the patient and use routinely the 999 service , but do have a practice policy . |
| 23 | Used properly , bothies are places of great convenience and delight , but do remember a couple of important points . |
| 24 | She emphasised that , as far as she was concerned , headhunters were rarely useful to high-quality , prestigious companies — such as BA , presumably — but did serve a function for low-profile businesses with image problems , whom they could puff up , and flatter candidates into joining . |
| 25 | Most Western ambassadors boycotted the firework display but did attend a reception on Saturday hosted by the Prime Minister , Li Peng . |
| 26 | The Hepburns proved hardly more reliable , but did keep a hold on the castle and — so far as anyone could keep a hold on such a region — the lordship of Liddesdale . |
| 27 | At £11.99 , it may seem expensive but does feed a lot of people . |
| 28 | Its remuneration in the form of wages may not be very high , but does offer a measure of security , in that wages are contractually established and regulated under existing labour laws , which means that in theory they can not be arbitrarily withdrawn or altered . |
| 29 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 30 | This peril is not subject to any special exclusions but does provide a number of problems . |