Example sentences of "do [vb infin] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did throw out a hint- ’ I stopped . |
| 2 | If the courts did throw out a case that you 'd dealt with , you stood a chance of being sued over it . |
| 3 | The son of Topsider did make up a lot of ground in the closing stages , but by then it was far too late . |
| 4 | Erm , we do know quite a lot about erm , why it is that when you diet you start to think about food all the time , and why it is that certain things happen , and I think that there 's more and more information and knowledge being gathered and yes , the na , the desire to change has to come from the individual but perhaps , having clinics available where people can go when they 're ready to change or where they can get help . |
| 5 | You do know quite a lot but you 're thinking , phworgh where does he get that from . |
| 6 | It will be the first time Michelozzo has tackled 1 ¼ miles , but he did win over a distance of 1 mile and 50 yards at Nottingham in April . |
| 7 | We did win away a couple of times ( one was a 4–1 win at the high flying aston villa ! ) . |
| 8 | Of course the young girls , they sometimes started off very enthusiastic and perhaps did do quite a lot without realising the implications and effect of it but the older women often had trouble keeping up . |
| 9 | But while Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the English team 's make-up , one game does n't make a tournament . |
| 10 | And to qualify for that grant , you have got to submit two er your programme for the year and you 've got ta give the secretaries , you 've got to give a report and you 've got to give your balance sheet and er , Jean is always , I must say , very pleased with mine because erm you know , we do give quite a lot to charity . |
| 11 | Of course I did study quite a bit of Chopin in my early years , and there was a brief ‘ middle period ’ during which I played one recital in Vienna consisting entirely of Chopin Polonaises and Liszt Rhapsodies ! |
| 12 | ( iii ) Lastly , non-causal nomic connections are stated by numerical laws different in that they do specify how a magnitude varies with time . |
| 13 | Erm I did give out a plea about two hours ago that I lost my umbrella at the music festival this weekend . |
| 14 | But when he came into the picture it had been cast and the script had been done , and he did bring about a lot of changes . |
| 15 | The Green Revolution did bring about an increase in the production of food , which is needed for both urban and rural populations . |
| 16 | Yeah , but they do grow out a bit too . |
| 17 | But for finance houses , as for other main lenders , home interviews as a matter of regular routine would be prohibitively expensive ( though some , as a check on the performance of their normal more remote assessment process , do carry out a sample of home interviews — say , one in twenty ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid I do look rather a fright . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm rather fond of this outfit and it did cost rather a lot of money . |
| 20 | But er , there was n't really any even though it was quite , we , we , we did have quite a lot of glasses . |
| 21 | Recently I did take up a form of gardening , indoor gardening . |
| 22 | I only looked , I did take quickly a look at them but , you know I thought oh I ai n't got I did n't really have time to mess about for long you know . |
| 23 | For your call , we do have quite a number of callers on the line at the moment , if you could just be patient with us , because the time now is half past twelve . |
| 24 | But I do have quite a lot of tall plants , Water wisteria , Hygrophila and Polysperma as well as some bushy plastic plants . |
| 25 | I mean I got er the only th part erm I did mess up a bit was the the part here . |
| 26 | And fashions of the eighteen-forty did rely quite a lot on very close fitting garments , so I do n't , I think that 's the reason why they were n't more popular and did n't develop faster than they did . |
| 27 | Mbuna do scratch quite a bit , but regular flicking is a sign that all is not well . |
| 28 | She did go away a lot but normally told somebody first so it was odd . |
| 29 | Sheila and Annie did go on a bit last time . |
| 30 | He did go out a lot . |