Example sentences of "it do [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did mention in the , the sort of packet that maybe feel cold with cold hands and what have you . |
| 2 | I felt that on this particular piece it did struggle through the heartwood at times , especially on the figure 's right-hand side as this was extremely hard in places , with dense interlocking grain where a branch or branches had formed . |
| 3 | The joke was hardly likely to have them holding their ribs in Helsinki but it did reflect on the inordinate importance that gambling plays in the lives of Scottish footballers . |
| 4 | It d it did depend on the t run that we had . |
| 5 | It was so radical that in later centuries it did lead to the abolition of slavery in the Western world . |
| 6 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 7 | There was no doubt that if it did spread to the nearest stack it would set the whole hayfield alight in a very short time . |
| 8 | Before very long , however , it did open in the West End . |
| 9 | In fact for only 13 per cent was it not much of a whole-school effort , suggesting that mostly it did operate in the way intended . |
| 10 | Thus , in Gregory 's Histories the Council of Mâcon in 585 was expected to deal with a quarrel between bishops Bertram of Bordeaux and Palladius of Saintes , and it did deal with the theology of a certain unnamed bishop who thought that the word homo in the Bible did not apply to women . |
| 11 | Recently books have been written querying the efficiency and use of Bomber Command aircraft in the night bombing of Germany , and asking whether it did help in the final defeat or whether in fact it made little difference . |
| 12 | For reasons which are both obscure and immaterial , there was considerable delay in this report coming to the attention of the local authority having the care of J. When in January 1992 it did come to the authority 's notice , Dr. I. was asked to provide a further up to date report and in addition the authority obtained a second opinion from Dr. R. , a consultant paediatric neurologist with a London teaching hospital . |
| 13 | Yes , yes , it , it did curl with the grass did n't it ? |
| 14 | Also contrary to the speculations of media sociologists , television not only failed to determine what the electorate thought , it also failed to determine what they thought about , though it did communicate to the electorate what the parties were fighting about . |
| 15 | I knew the single-storey building from memory , standing as it did close to the dividing line with the Amal-controlled suburb of Chiyah in southern Beirut . |
| 16 | ‘ It did say in the paper she was between thirty and forty , well nourished and well dressed . ’ |
| 17 | It is the purest form of finding out about an ancient site , but it does depend on the ability of the observer to distinguish information that may be coming in from a variety of sources . |
| 18 | It does depend on the products you use . |
| 19 | Yes , it has been very successful , it does depend on the country , but it , it does work . |
| 20 | ‘ I think the picture is excellent , ’ she declares with touching , if shortsighted , loyalty , though she admits she was n't over the moon about the trailer promoting ‘ The bitch is back ! ’ even if it does refer to the mother alien monster . |
| 21 | Mr Mayor on on a point of order Mr Mayor er standing order sixty two refers explicitly to community charge or the poll tax , I think that before we move into this debate we should amend that so that it does refer to the council tax which is what we will be debating . |
| 22 | Where we think and I mentioned this in the conclusion , and indeed , in the recommendation , where we think as officers it rather falls short , is that , although it does mention in the text , equal opportunities in all our er , activities as we would understand it here . |
| 23 | The answer is , of course , that the new clause does not relate to all the private operators , but it does relate to the subsidiaries being set up in the Bill . |
| 24 | However , while the fact that it does lead to the possibility of new tests makes an hypothesis worthy of investigation , it will not rank as an improvement on the problematic theory it is designed to replace until it has survived at least some of those tests . |
| 25 | Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born . |
| 26 | For in fact I , as I said I 'm glad you made that point , it does press upon the er people in Bedford yesterday , in as not as well as that , that there 's , there 's point in that er , there was some |
| 27 | Round about , as a erm a ball park figure , because it does vary on the dealer 's claims rate , but you 'd be looking at about a hundred and seventy five . |
| 28 | Thus , although the age at death is not recorded in the indexes before 1866 , it does appear on the actual certificates right from the beginning of the system in 1837 . |
| 29 | It behaves just like Tit for Tat itself after the first move , but — this is what makes it technically nasty — it does defect on the very first move of the game . |
| 30 | Such cosmopolitanism has many gratifications , and it does add to the total enjoyment of cruising . |