Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb base] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 A bit of oversell occurred with the hardback at £9.99 , but it turned out alright , and I do think this is very much a paperback title .
2 Darlington councillor Peter Jones , Tory spokesman on the transport committee , said : ‘ Obviously it 's a waste of space and I do hope such an excellent facility can be brought into service as soon as possible .
3 Obviously a basic knowledge of local geology is helpful , and I do urge all who wish to follow my example to PLEASE avoid denuding the countryside of lichen and moss-covered rocks which will leave scars and deprive various creepy-crawlies of their homes .
4 Sometimes I 'm rather greedy and I do eat more than I should , and then you pay for it in the end .
5 I know you mean well and I do appreciate all you 're doing , but I really am in the middle of a thought and it 's very difficult for me when you keep … look , if it 's really , really important , then please do interrupt me — but only if it 's urgent , OK ?
6 And I do have such doubts but , being a modest person as you know
7 and I do like that sewing stripe down the middle
8 ‘ But what I am talking about , because it is my business , is mainstream commercial cinema and I do maintain that mainstream cinema should be looking towards its audience .
9 It is wonderful to lose yourself for a little while and you do meet such nice Medau people who do n't mind if you ca n't do it quite right and nearly drop your club on their foot !
10 erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there .
11 It just shows , I think , how vigilant Councillors need to be when you get all these documents , and you do get many of them if you 're a District County Councillor , and how necessary it is for you to read them and study them and to remember because these things are very very important when they 're put in when it goes to higher authority at that time .
12 Erm and you do get this growing awareness that not all of that while all liberals might be nationalists .
13 I mean , I 'm scared of anything up , they 'll be some conflict and you do get these kind of people in college as well it frightens me
14 With this business of embargo , Liz , I 'll agree with that but the , the off the record , one wants to get the local people very well and you do develop this , this trust , and if you can in fact give them a lot of scope that you know what to use .
15 I think there is a problem in that , I mean , as you know , at the university now we could actually send our mail , and we do have this facility on certain displays and you just put in mail and you see if there 's any waiting for you .
16 After the hearing a company spokesman said : ‘ Kwik Save has a vast number of stores throughout the country and we do take this area very seriously .
17 ‘ At times of recession , contractors are trying to maintain their market share and they do operate some contracts at a loss . ’
18 However , such groupings do exist and they do have some effects on , and are affected by , the political practices of the TCC in most countries .
19 It is the latter which are relevant to the chemical-sensitive patient , and they do provide some interesting and revealing parallels .
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