Example sentences of "i do [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do care a lot about the parish , but I 've always fought against the ‘ clergy wife ’ label . |
2 | I do n't like exercising much but I do swim a lot |
3 | Remember the one thing about a game show , I do make a lot of them , is you have to be able to play at home . |
4 | Remember the one thing about a game show , I do make a lot of them , is you have to be able to play at home . |
5 | I 'm not saying it had such a positive effect on his career but it caused a lot of attention which he did n't buckle under , and I do feel a lot of people could n't have lived through that experience , but he did . |
6 | I always do my best , run my heart out , give one hundred per cent for the athletics fans , and I like to believe that they in turn appreciate that , as well as the fact that I do run a lot in Britain . |
7 | It 's something that everybody should be aware of all the time , and I do see a lot of guitarists who really let themselves down by just falling back and letting the obvious happen . |
8 | ‘ As I said , ’ Lucinda smiled ruefully , ‘ I do have a lot to learn . ’ |
9 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
10 | ‘ I adore Ingrid , but I do spend a lot of time making love to her in the Baron and a man needs a change . |
11 | Though I still felt drunk , my stomach ached and my throat felt like a couple of hedgehogs had had a fight in it , I did feel a lot better . |
12 | about it , but after a while ah , I you know , things got more difficult as she deteriorated , but th I did learn a lot . |
13 | I wish I had shown her more affection , although I did spend a lot of time collecting scraps of sheep 's wool off the barbed wire for her to put round her corns . |
14 | I bought exactly what I wanted and I did spend a lot of money , but I enjoyed doing it and had fun . |
15 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
16 | Stupidly — but I did have a lot of luggage — cheeses , books for John and my hill boots — I did not take it out with me this trip . |
17 | ‘ But , you must admit , I did have a lot to put up with today . ’ |