Example sentences of "do [verb] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ See this gob , ’ she pointed to her painted mouth , ‘ it can talk a lot and these peepers can see a lot , they 'll remember you , mind , and if there 's anything I can do to hurt you any time then I will . ’ |
| 2 | But while the show is now safely up and running in the theatre , there 's still plenty to do to keep it that way . |
| 3 | never tell , a girl we know went over at the same time as he did got it this year . |
| 4 | Well Geoff did buy me some sherry glasses he says oh , you give me two |
| 5 | This is Local Government Information unit , which is funded from all of the Local Authority Associations , and they have taken an interest in the passing of the environmental bills and they ran , we do give them some help , which we did . |
| 6 | The shock of it surprised the dog , when then bit the farmer ( modestly forbids me to mention where , but do give it some thought ) . |
| 7 | But the mid-engined layout did give us all kinds of new problems ; rear visibility , thermal and acoustic insulation of the passenger compartment , engine ventilation . |
| 8 | In these days of concern for the environment I am unwilling to use peat ( though I did try it some years ago and found my plants made little headway anyway ) . |
| 9 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 10 | Shaun did match her that day . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 12 | She did tell me some things in her letters , but not enough . |
| 13 | No , but Mr did , did tell him this morning . |
| 14 | Cos most questions really you know that you 're gon na say yes no even though like you said , Well maybe I do put it that way . |
| 15 | But they did get her another chair , and put it in the old chair 's place . |
| 16 | We did offer him some ice cream but he said no thank you . |
| 17 | I did visit it that day . |
| 18 | ‘ I can see you 're very upset , but I did ask you this morning — remember ? |
| 19 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 20 | I would , I would hope that as erm , as a committee we can support all these objectives , er , it does give me some cause for concern , that our own government is objecting to these provisions . |
| 21 | Yes it does give them more identity . |
| 22 | I sha n't be telling you all about these men , but it does give you some idea , the way we were , the chorus , the bit players in this romance which is what I really want to tell you about . |
| 23 | erm I 've arranged for an independent assessor to view this vehicle , and the view of that independent assessor is this is a straightforward claim against the insurance company , and I at the moment am pursuing that , so it 's a little bit of a conflict of interest that one , but that does give you some background on that particular case . |
| 24 | However , just the fact that you are able to insist on interest does give you some leverage when asking for your account to be paid . |
| 25 | Maybe time does give it some perspective , he agrees , but he is determined to take the blame for the controversy it provoked . |
| 26 | The whole idea of judging by one hundred days was resurrected in the Kennedy time and people applied that to Wilson and to Heath and to Margaret Thatcher , and maybe it 's just a media hype , but I think it does give us some view and I think we need more of a view on this man , because a lot of people are saying will the real John Major please stand up . |
| 27 | The round dance does not tell the recruits the direction to food , but it does tell them that food is nearby . |
| 28 | However , it does warn you that vine weevils are about , and that you should take a close look at potted plants . |