Example sentences of "it do [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skull with the lead in it doth weigh thirty pounds and sixe ounces , which with the neck-bone , and some other bones ( in like manner full of lead ) are reserued , and kept in a little chest in the said Church , neare to the place where the corps were found ; there to bee showne to strangers as reliques of admiration . |
| 2 | What does it do to help these people find common cause with each other ? |
| 3 | What good does it do to knock foreign governments and aid agencies who are at least trying to help ( Keynote and The new missionaries ) ? |
| 4 | What harm could it do to play this little game another few minutes ? |
| 5 | Levi 's statement to Philip Roth about If not now , when ? did not mention Babel , but it did mention another Isaac — the Yiddish writer , Bashevis Singer . |
| 6 | I think we 're entitled to ask if Nottinghamshire faces those problems , what is peculiar about Leicestershire that it did face those problems but all of a sudden it does n't face those problems . |
| 7 | However , it did benefit certain social classes in certain areas . |
| 8 | Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November . |
| 9 | Though popularity did not necessarily translate into greater recognition in official circles , it did inhibit those in the two governments who would have liked to ditch him altogether . |
| 10 | Francis Bacon , writing in 1627 said ‘ The Turks have a pretty art of chambletting paper which is not in use with us ’ , though , in fact , it did reach this country at about that date . |
| 11 | She must of turns her , hers up full cos it did go cold did n't it I mean , outside ? |
| 12 | I know that , I mean , er , we what Paul said , is basically that , we could have problems , if it , if it did go wrong . |
| 13 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
| 14 | The committee 's general ambivalence probably reflected its membership though it did admit that recent investigations suggested that to some extent investment was going abroad because of the unfavourable economic environment at home . |
| 15 | It did manage one win , though , but that was in the back of Jim Clarke 's Lotus 43 . |
| 16 | Despite the limitations of the survey it did suggest some clear habitat preferences and population trends . |
| 17 | It did feel strange , but I rather liked the idea . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose in a way that 's what it did feel like . |
| 19 | My hair is really short so I do n't actually have to style it but it did feel better and I would use this conditioner again . ’ |
| 20 | But it did feel peaceful , as though , even shielded against him , she could feel the aura of happiness that surrounded him … . |
| 21 | It did feel wonderful . |
| 22 | But it did serve another purpose . |
| 23 | Their friends told them they were crazy , it sold for a nickel and nobody , they discovered , had the curiosity to buy it although it did make all the local Greenwich Village news-stands . |
| 24 | What it did make possible was stalemate ; and that was what happened in the 1540s . |
| 25 | I never had a lot to do with the pig 's head , but it did make lovely potted meat . |
| 26 | Direction , one felt , was needed , and up to a point , with soloists Neil Black and William Bennett , it did make some impact . |
| 27 | It did show excellent character to bounce back from the start … one plus point from the first half . |
| 28 | However , it did detect all of the following viruses : Haifa , Involunt , Maltese Amoeba , V2P2 , V2P6 , V2p6Z , Word-1391 , Word-1485 , PCFlu-2 and Tequila . |
| 29 | It 's all a long way from those bit-parts and Lynda 's delighted to be making her mark — even if it did mean changing career . |
| 30 | A police spokesman said the house , in Old Road , was up for sale and was unoccupied , although it did contain some furniture . |