Example sentences of "[vb mod] [conj] [verb] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others may and do think otherwise . |
| 2 | The evidence from Charles the Bald 's reign is surprisingly clear : he could and did intervene thus — on numerous occasions and in counties that were vitally important politically and militarily . |
| 3 | These were sturdy little cars and although used mainly on the Norbury — Purley and Thornton Heath lines in the early days , they could and did work anywhere on the system . |
| 4 | The new bishop 's credibility could and did gain much from the discovery . |
| 5 | Shoreditch eventually found it in a dictionary of American slang : ‘ A horse who wins a race by prearrangement ; a person , team , candidate , etc , who will or did win easily . ’ |
| 6 | However , elite collusion can and does entail far more than agreement on the ‘ rules of the game ’ . |
| 7 | The inner game approach rests on the belief that the correct technique can and does develop naturally and painlessly given the opportunity and the right environment . |
| 8 | Death can and does come suddenly in any Home . |
| 9 | We are committed to making any changes that may be required to ensure that we can and do regulate effectively . |
| 10 | However , problems can and do arise even with statistical calculations , one of the commonest being the build-up of rounding errors . |
| 11 | The better off may use some private systems from time-to-time but they are still supported by a network of public systems they can and do fall back on . |
| 12 | But there are other manifestations which , properly planned and resourced , can and do yield well . |
| 13 | But how to explain the collective , and indeed international dimensions of capitalism and racism , which can and do operate independently of any local patterns of linkage ? |