Example sentences of "do [vb infin] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I do think give fourteen days for the first payment sir . |
| 2 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 3 | I do prefer to wear smart clothes for work ; it 's still not easy for women in business to be taken seriously — I like to look the part . |
| 4 | … first of all … they do need to acquire manipulative skills in order to play a xylophone , french horn , synthesizer , whatever … so they learn these as and when they need them … through to recording techniques and so on and so on , but always when they need them … |
| 5 | We do need to fill all spaces for outsiders in order to subsidise the Medauhalf . |
| 6 | Oh well we do need to get some armbands for Andrew I think whatever I think we should buy the armbands cos Chris erm Andrew needs them |
| 7 | I think we do need to make some adjustments , in the light of that , if we remain in our present staffing level . |
| 8 | Pupils do ask questions of truth , do seek to establish moral foundations for their lives , do quest for a spirituality which will assuage their own sense of rootlessness and hunger for meaning as well as teach them how to live compassionately and courageously on our fragile planet . |
| 9 | And those farmers who do survive face further changes . |
| 10 | Children do appear to assume different words contrast with each other in meaning , and they impose contrasts in meaning where there are differences in form . |
| 11 | ‘ Firefighting has traditionally been a male preserve but we do expect to see more women joining our ranks , ’ said a brigade spokesman . |
| 12 | However , do remember to use these products with tap water only — not stream , pond or river water . |
| 13 | Hilary Wainwright did begin to raise such questions in stating that truly radical television would have to address the needs of its audience if it was to be able to ‘ imagine the real messy , [ business of socialism ] ’ . |
| 14 | But , even supposing we do begin to awaken these sentiments in ourselves and other people , erm major problems are still ahead . |
| 15 | Well , I do 'appen to 'ave good legs , and I 've been complimented on me knees too . ’ |
| 16 | The 1962 Hospital Plan ( MoH , 1962 ) and the 1971 Formula ( DHSS , 1970 ) did attempt to reduce these inequalities at the regional level , but the evidence indicated that inequalities within regions exceeded those between regions ( Cooper and Culyer , 1970 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ When I started , ’ he recalls , ‘ I did try to follow old patterns , but it was n't easy , so I followed my imagination . |
| 18 | Mind you , there was a lot of us , but still we did have to work long hours . |
| 19 | But the credits she did have outweighed such difficulties . |
| 20 | ‘ I do have to ask some questions . |
| 21 | Although female cetaceans do have paired mammary glands , twins have been recorded only very rarely , and even then one or both have died . |
| 22 | Young whelks , however , do have to bore large barnacles . |
| 23 | that is a luxury I think erm to be able to do it , if you want to write and earn money , which I do as well as , as socialize while I 'm working erm you 've got to find ways of , of , of doing that and erm just writing books and poetry just would n't , I , I , I could n't survive on that , I really do have to find other ways of , of earning money which is enjoying more and also uses of my skill and erm I would think you 'd need to be in contact with the situation rather than you not knowing , being able to write about that . |
| 24 | Some of these apparent anomalies are due to the fact that people do happen to hold contradictory beliefs . |
| 25 | If you do happen to swallow any bits they should pass straight through without any ill effects . |
| 26 | It is an apt and evocative name — but do try to see potential purchases in bloom before you buy , as it is not always reliable and can disappoint ( see pages 139 and 140 ) . |
| 27 | Do try to support these events as this not only encourages the organisers but also we are sure you will enjoy them . |
| 28 | When women do try to make such claims , this sets up predictable antagonisms between brothers and sisters . |
| 29 | We do try to have general repairs done . |
| 30 | Thus discourses associated with government will receive more coverage than those associated with , for example , the Green Party , although in Britain at least there are alternative publications which favour the ‘ green ’ view , and newspapers which , if they do n't publish official Green discourses , do attempt to cover environmental issues from other approaches . |