Example sentences of "do [verb] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some types of income insurance schemes do exist e.g. pensions-the government , for example stepping in to provide unemployment benefit financed from taxation of the employed , may be a superior provision mechanism . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You do know quite a lot but you 're thinking , phworgh where does he get that from . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When the two groups do work together the outcome is better . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm afraid I do look rather a fright . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But I do have quite a lot of tall plants , Water wisteria , Hygrophila and Polysperma as well as some bushy plastic plants . |
| 9 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 10 | Mbuna do scratch quite a bit , but regular flicking is a sign that all is not well . |
| 11 | So that you can enjoy your hobbies and , and , and , and you know , you can take on hobbies that do , do require quite a lot from you , if you 've got the stamina . |
| 12 | ‘ I do get quite a lot of fan mail I suppose , ’ he eventually concedes after much probing . |
| 13 | The sort of way we can help is the mother and toddlers groups in this kind of thing , where the parents are involved and inevitably do learn quite a lot erm , about how to function and you know , to play with them , and the things that they enjoy . |