Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] do " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |
| 2 | But his skill at political in-fighting and his doctrinal tussles with Mensheviks and renegade Bolsheviks only took on the importance they did because they led his party to positions which found a response within the wider revolutionary movement . |
| 3 | Write down the things you do that you think others may find unhelpful . |
| 4 | ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’ |
| 5 | I also jot down the questions I did answer and ask myself if my answers were open or closed . |
| 6 | But by handing over the keys he did not necessarily escape his debts . |
| 7 | Castro later admitted to Herbert Matthews that when he took over the refineries he did not know whether or not Moscow would supply Cuba with oil ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) . |
| 8 | ( When we jump off the ground we do not really believe that our jump will affect the ground . ) |
| 9 | Well that 's what I was wondering that 's why I said go out into fresh air , in the hopes that they might shake off the bug I do n't think it works like that , do you ? |
| 10 | And they called me , and I crawled out , and there was this huge bear between me and my mother , very tall , sitting up the way they do , as tall as … all the way up to the light fitting . |
| 11 | When I picked up the ball I did n't see the crowd , just that basket . ’ |
| 12 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 13 | ‘ Which is why he was looking for you — although how on earth he expected to persuade you to pay up the difference I do n't know ! ’ |
| 14 | They look mean , sleek and powerful … and when you open up the throttle they do n't half shift . |
| 15 | When you when archaeologists carry out the dig they do n't dig up the whole site . |
| 16 | Yeah , but men do n't , but wo wo women at home looking out the window they do do n't they ? |
| 17 | work out the things she does if she did n't like quite funny . |
| 18 | Nostalgia for simple sensory experience cancels out the pain I did n't recognise then . |
| 19 | By 1995 , it reckons , founders will no longer have to fork out the $4.5m they do at present to keep the organisation going . |
| 20 | But the best one out the lot I do Stoke . |
| 21 | Publishing tycoon , Robert Maxwell , and his family plan to buy out the shares they do not own in Pergamon AGB . |
| 22 | Saturday work is usual in the retail trade ; however much the social disruption is stressed at interview , keen candidates may nevertheless filter out the information they do not want to hear , resigning six months later to find a Monday to Friday job . |
| 23 | Well they wear them so that when they 're putting out the fires they do n't hurt their heads . |
| 24 | Others are more subtle , if not downright clever , like the frog-hopper or spittle-bug that , instead of spitting back the sap it does n't want — like greenfly — uses it to surround itself in a frothy mass that hides and protects it from predatory birds and also prevents the soft-skinned body from drying out . |
| 25 | Lee : I have n't experienced any problem in classes , but when I 'm in the group hanging about the corridors I do , not really in class , like David . |