Example sentences of "do [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | To do so we make use of theatrical structures , which are built on contrasts ; the contrasts between light and darkness sound and silence movement and stillness . |
2 | In doing so he avoided confrontation : the State continued to be guided by a primary concern for the interests of the landed nobility . |
3 | In doing so he expressed thanks also to CSD staff and pointed to the construction work currently under way on the new European Technology Centre at Royston as a demonstration of our showing confidence in the future and JM 's determined intention to maintain leadership . |
4 | In doing so it reflected Brooke 's belief that the nation was on course to solving the problems of crime through a combination of diligent police methods and technology , the observation and classification of offenders , better informed sentencing decisions , improved treatment regimes in penal institutions , and social work with young offenders and ex-offenders in the community . |
5 | To get the ideal session , that 's what we need , we need a we need an exercise , we need participation and Martin was saying that earlier , that essential anyway cos people learn best by doing well we need activity and we need to make it practical to satisfy the pragmatist to real-life issues , problems , things that on the job . |
6 | First , there is a demand for a clear and complete self-consciousness about what we are doing when we form beliefs about the world — a philosophical account of knowledge provides a perspicuous account of knowledge which means that we pursue inquiries knowing what we are doing , knowing why it is rational to proceed as we do , and understanding how we can obtain knowledge . |
7 | ‘ What were you doing when you found Hirondelle , Breakspear ? ’ |
8 | If it really is the case that all I am doing when I have beliefs about the world is to have dispositions to behave , then it ought to make sense for me to think of my believing in those terms . |
9 | He explained without the slightest embarrassment , and while he did so he looped lengths of the rope clothes ' line by his feet . |
10 | One morning when he did so he found Harriet cleaning two newborn cubs . |
11 | As he did so he lost control of the vehicle which rolled over smashed into a lamp-post . |
12 | If they did , they were assessable to Hong Kong profits tax but if they did not they escaped assessment . |
13 | Did not you hear Miss Rhymer say that it was poems , my dear ? ’ |
14 | Do not I fill heaven and earth ? ’ |
15 | Do not I fill heaven and earth , if heaven and earth are words on my page ? |
16 | So we shall have lemon chicken , stuffed mushrooms , we had something else did n't we last time ? |
17 | Did n't we get Whelan from Auxerre , or am I thinking of somebody else ? |
18 | Did n't we have P C Quick before ? |
19 | Did n't we have fun , well , did n't we ? |
20 | Did n't we hear father talking it day and night round the house in the days before Corpus Christi ? |
21 | Did n't we see David Thomas off last time he attempted a comeback ? |
22 | ‘ Did n't they give chase ? ’ |
23 | ‘ Did n't they mention Patterson on the programme ? ’ |
24 | People came with books for Miss Poraway , tattered green-backed Penguins , Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham , Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh , half of Why Did n't They Ask Evans ? , the greater part of Death and the Dancing Footman . |
25 | ‘ Why did n't they make Ashi write it ? |
26 | ‘ Did n't they want Britain to go in ’ she asked . |
27 | Did n't they have character those coins . |
28 | ‘ Did n't they have school in London ? ’ |
29 | Did n't they have homes to go to , these people ? |
30 | The Jews , the Jews , she said : did n't they have names then ? |