Example sentences of "when [pers pn] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I do wash , there wo n't be any stopping me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ When I do go out somewhere special I like to go completely over the top in the glamour stakes — different hairdo , glittery accessories and high heels ’ |
| 3 | When I do go to sleep , I see Geraldine 's face , and she 's always crying … ’ |
| 4 | When I do go to parties , I make excuses about leaving early , so I can get home and eat . |
| 5 | No I 'm not , I 'm not very but , when I do go in I have a sort of look round and the prices usually |
| 6 | Sir , when I do present to each training do you think that 's |
| 7 | I 'm scared to death half the time that when I do start talking about the woman in my life that I wo n't know where to stop , and … ’ |
| 8 | The unspoken and unacceptable reality is that when I do decide to have a baby , my bosses will regard me as less promotable than a childless woman or a man . ’ |
| 9 | I have not seen her alone face to face all the time we have been here and when I do see her in company she is wont to turn from me . |
| 10 | ‘ When I do see him I 'll know him — but he wo n't know me . ’ |
| 11 | How do I erm , change it , so that when I do file retrieve , it lists directories in put ninety three . |
| 12 | I feel that sometimes I do try to play God when I do try and keep people alive beyond reasonable times . |
| 13 | When I do use it , it tends to be as a way into a narrative for which the children themselves will take increasing responsibility . |
| 14 | ‘ And I never get time to read , or think , or do anything worthwhile , and I 'm always so sleepy when I do get to the classes that I ca n't take in very much . |
| 15 | I 've been told when I do get settled into my new home , maybe that I 'll be able to have Darren home once a month . |
| 16 | When I do get round to reading it , I 'll remember what you 've been saying . ’ |
| 17 | As yet we do not have details on exact numbers , but when I do get more information , I will be back in touch . |
| 18 | It 's like that when I do phone up in n it ? |
| 19 | When I do have to evict an intruder , I 've discovered that it 's far better to pull the weeds out rather than hoe them . |
| 20 | A spokesman : ‘ I have nothing new to say , except to say that when I do have something to say I will say it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why is it that when I do fall , it has to be for a termagant who drives me out of my head ? |
| 23 | Even when I do agree with him , he makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to say so . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll have to see him again when I do know . |
| 25 | When I do say , open up on the one Warlord I designate . |
| 26 | When I did manage to follow it , I was stunned by the fact that it could gain such a good speed although it was flying without putting any apparent effort into beating its wings . |
| 27 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 28 | When I did spot the kestrel , I would sit down on the ground or the nearest bench and gaze in amazement . |
| 29 | PAMELA : When I did sit in Babylon , The rivers round about , Then in remembrance of Zion , The tears of grief burst out . |
| 30 | When I did return , I locked myself in and heaved the great oak table against the door and fastened the windows . |