Example sentences of "do [vb infin] [num] [noun] " 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 He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home .
3 If we did evolve one species into another , why are there no half-fish or half-humans today ?
4 But she did make one request .
5 He did make one slip , of course — referring to Kemijärvi .
6 But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him .
7 I belong to the Community Oxford Health Authority not to the Family Health Services Authority , so that 's just to clarify that , that did cover two questions that I was asked .
8 Certainly for cause and effect we do need two things , things that in the most fundamental sense are two in number .
9 yeah , you know quite hopeful so what I as I say what I 'm really looking for is I 've got a preference for older properties but you know try not to pin myself down to too much at the moment , I 've got about a hundred and thirty to spend so ideally I 'd like a cottage old style but I do need three bedrooms
10 Having travelled a reasonable distance into wind ( you did wait three years for a day with a light breeze did n't you ? ) , apply some sideways cyclic to bank the model and start a turn .
11 The CDP also expressed its concern at the fact that no polytechnic director had been on the visiting party ( in fact , when the visiting party was first put together , it did include i polytechnic director , who withdrew at the last moment ) .
12 But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships .
13 However , he did win four CCs and six Reserve CCs and was to gain a Best of Breed placement at Crufts in 1980 .
14 ‘ Well , he has been caddying for Harley in Europe , and he did win one tournament and finished equal second in the other .
15 She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again .
16 But she did know one thing .
17 Even if he did count six kegs , who 's to say there were n't more stacked away in another part of the freight car ? ’
18 Although he did n't like the thought of having his own son sail with him , the idea did present one advantage at least : by doing so , he would put a stop to any further goings on between Tristram and Jennifer .
19 But besides the lull in firing the rains did bring one advantage ; the spectators were driven away from the hill above the melon beds .
20 Tell you what I did watch one night in the week on Sky was erm they 've er they 've done a feature on erm all these karate actors , you know , the best ones
21 The Jesuits did convert one king , whereupon the Abuna absolved his subjects from their allegiance ; and in the subsequent rebellion the king was killed .
22 ( Do remember one ice cube wo n't necessarily equal one lemon . )
23 ‘ I do remember one weekend , during the flu outbreak , must have been early April — yes , a girl in prolonged labour , we were all getting worried about her , she nearly lost her baby .
24 The A four one three in Buckinghamshire at Dunton turn between Winslow and Whitchurch did see two mile tailbacks earlier on this afternoon , at that was Aylesbury-bound due to the accident involving a car on fire .
25 But the Second International did debate two questions which Marx and Engels left unresolved .
26 In fact I do believe one team was here till about two thirty doing it
27 I wondered where you 'd got , we did ring one night couple of weeks ago but we did n't get an answer and I said well I did n't know whether you 'd perhaps popped up the club .
28 All that I can honestly say is that after collecting the facts I do decide one way or another , without having any reasons which will satisfy you if you do not share the same standards .
29 Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it .
30 We did meet three times , and , and , and the , the steps erm , under reductions get er , er , gradually worse for want of a better phrase , in relation to how we 're able to deliver the service .
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