Example sentences of "of [noun] [adv] do " in BNC.
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1 | It is just as unbelievable that the Ministry of Defence apparently does not know what happened to them afterwards , what careers they followed . |
2 | Daffodil Quentin seems to be acceptable to the other owners , who of course probably do n't know about her three dead horses . |
3 | Language work is of course already done in many schools . |
4 | Of course there do exist many positive individuals , schools and authorities . |
5 | Well yes we had you could see on some of them , they did n't want much to turn them on , you know there was two or three there and they they took some others with them of course then did n't they , you know . |
6 | Erm let me just see if I 've got a I made a whole page of notes here du n no whether any of its important . |
7 | What sort of experience How did you find that ? |
8 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
9 | This ‘ glosses over the real distinctions in the capacity to consume and ignores the low paid , the unemployed , the old ’ ( p.22 ) , though the ubiquity of the culture-ideology of consumerism actually does include everyone ( or , at least , all urban dwellers ) however poor , because no one can escape its images . |
10 | The popularity of programmes therefore did become a factor in BBC calculations in a qualitatively different way from previously . |
11 | Yeah , just leave that now , you want a drop of milk now do you Anthony ? |
12 | There seemed to be no sense or reason for war at Forres ; in the bonny land of Moray there did not appear to be anything such as rationing . |
13 | And er when you have a er a kaleidoscope , you get all sorts of shapes together do n't you ? |
14 | Certainly , the complex set up in the city meant that the bishop , appointed in the time of Sigibert , was only too easily suspected of treason by Guntram — and the arrival of Gundovald clearly did not help matters . |
15 | If you do have any other questions I 'm stopping for a cup of tea so do please approach me quietly if you need some |
16 | Another kind of formal link between sentences is the substitution of words like do or so for a word or group of words which have appeared in an earlier sentence . |
17 | As well as distortions to the official figures produced by police recording practice , there are a variety of reasons why victims of crime often do not report offences . |
18 | Again , different ‘ normal ’ individuals play their social roles with more or less commitment and conviction , and the individual 's actual repertoire of roles usually does not exhaust his range . |
19 | Actually he made a return a couple of months back did n't he ? |
20 | Incremental transfers of data therefore do not reflect module name deletion . |
21 | In particular the expectations of research often do not match the actual practice of their supervisors . |
22 | she was made of snow why do you think |
23 | Beyond the immediate challenge of German U-Boat warfare , France 's resolute defence of Verdun probably did as much as anything to pave the way , emotionally , to the United States ' entry into the war in April 1917 . |
24 | It needs a bit of sellotape there does n't it ? |
25 | The cursed little white stick of wood always did annoy me , and when I see it domineering over the whole orchestra , music departs from me … |
26 | Combined with the number of companies already doing business in Japan , 71% of Scotland 's exporters either already trade with Japan or would actively like to do so . |
27 | It may be that you receive praise for a piece of work well done , and suddenly you feel that you made the right decision to leave the family home and strike out on your own . |
28 | And it took a great deal of effort to set up , a lot of work already done . |
29 | Anyone researching local history in a library , not finding such books , and not knowing of their existence , could embark on exhaustive duplication of work already done before . |
30 | This experiment is rather costly , however , and one judge felt that the immense amount of work already done on chemical kindling in rats would muddy the waters . |