Example sentences of "do [vb infin] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | One description of the typical witch declares as highly suspect ‘ women which be commonly old , lame , blear-eied , pale , fowle and full of wrinkles ; poore , sullen , superstitious , and papists ; or such as knowe no religion : in whose drousie minds the divell doth goten a fine seat ’ . |
2 | John even goes as far as to boast that The Borrowers is breaking new ground : ‘ In fact , some of the things we can now do make the special effects in Star Wars look prehistoric . ’ |
3 | Further , any person contemplating publication of statements in such a discussion would face duplication of the proceedings and increased costs in any case where the allegations made do identify an individual councillor or officer . |
4 | yeah , that 'll do keep the old garden |
5 | this is a structural change , what you could do or the easiest thing would be to do was just to incorporate a dummy variable , right , if you incorporated a dummy variable to a erm and to explain the and to take out the effect of structural change , right , er in that dummy inclusive model , right , all the diagnostic test statistics were okay , right , you would use , you would , therefore , use that , that particular model what we might do is just see if that is the case erm so if you come out of er diagnostics , work towards the data processing environment and generate a dummy variable right , so if you go into the erm data processing environment if it 's in the er sort of process plot option what we 'll do create a dummy variable call it D and let D pull zero press the return key and then edit D oh and if you just set erm observations for |
6 | What would you like to do have a nice sandwich for lunch and then later on have something proper . |
7 | No sisters until mother got married again , and me sister as I call her now , she 's me of course my half sister , Jessie , she was born I 'd be about seventeen cos she did n't get married till after the First World War , remarried me step-father was in the forces and he fought , he actually fought in the Boer War so he was a a soldier in the Boer War and in what we call the Great War , nineteen fourteen to nineteen eighteen , but er I had a misfortune to lose the brother next to me , Frank , which he had what was common in those days tubercular trouble , tubercular tuberculosis affected the bowels , see he died in , on August the fourth nineteen eighteen in the old infirmary that now classed as the Manor Hospital , but that was the old infirmary cos we there was no widow 's pension in those days , our mother was a bridle stitcher and she used to do have an old fashioned clamp , have you ever seen the clamps that are leather , th tha they held them , the leather , she used to stitch bridles at home , we used to help her with waxing the threads have a leather apron and a bit of wax and pull the wax over the thread , and then roll it round till it was strong enough to thread it , we used to make the threads for her to er stitch the bridles . |
8 | Erm generally , the er design of the houses compliments those which have already been built at the er , Southern Way and the side of the Ayletts Field , and the extension to Fern Hill er , in terms of their materials in terms of the landscaping , and they will er , as close as it 's possible to do match the refurbished bungalows in terms of including features such as block paving and erm car ports . |
9 | Whose arm doth bind the restless wave . |
10 | I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’ |
11 | Er , have , having that criticism gentlemen , for which I apologize , I , I , I think it is a most useful , but I do think a little bit of future , holding on might be helpful . |
12 | But I do think the specific point you make as to whether there 's any prospect of the National Commission for Racial Equality putting any money towards the development worker that 's wished , ought to be addressed by somebody at some point in the context of preparing the next report . |
13 | I do think the artificial division of people into age groups has a damaging effect on society . |
14 | Young children do imitate the aggressive acts of televised models as much as live models ; furthermore , this effect persists over a considerable period of time and is particularly pronounced when the aggressive model is portrayed as successful . |
15 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
16 | We do make a great deal of fuss when children fail to match our expectations particularly when standards of behaviour are concerned . |
17 | And even when they do make a specific choice , non-cost factors are generally more important to them than cost factors . |
18 | Contrary to ( uninformed ? ) views sometimes expressed it is acknowledged that physical geographers are respected for the contribution that they can make — when they do make a specific contribution . |
19 | For both Somers and Tutchin , our representatives were the " Trustees and Guardians of the People 's Liberties " ; if " instead of Executing this Trust , they do make a Forcible Attempt upon our Liberties … |
20 | some do make a querulous noise ) . |
21 | I believe , however , that over the past 20 years an important body of evidence has emerged which strongly suggests that schools do make a significant difference both to pupil attainment and pupil behaviour . |
22 | If you do make an immediate withdrawal which leads to the balance falling below £10,000 , there will be a small charge to pay . |
23 | Classy players do make an immense difference , though : just two or three can turn your team overnight from the league doormat into promotion contenders ! |
24 | Yeah we do want a net list for that |
25 | I do want a new nobody takes pity on me though quiet there . |
26 | You do want a yellow scarf , you pick another colour what we gon na have for his hat , you pick what we 're gon na have for his hat |
27 | I do want a little break really and truly , but I , would do it if there was nobody else . |
28 | It is high time a border poll was taken with all citizens of voting age here asked ( a ) their religion and ( b ) whether they want a united Ireland or not , to find out just how many Catholics really do want the British to leave . |
29 | Mr. Howell accepts that in the present case the governors did consult the local education authority on the admissions policy and that such policy was a reasonable one for a Roman Catholic school to adopt were it not for the duty to comply with parental preference imposed by section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
30 | As it is , only a few remain , but those that do impart a special sort of pleasure to those , like myself , lucky enough to have sampled their idiosyncrasies . |