Example sentences of "we do [adv] normally [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | We do n't normally give the verdict at the beginning of the review , but what the heck : this MIDI preamp from Marshall had the collective pulse rate quickening by the minute , as rack and reviewers put each other through their paces . |
2 | Before it melts I mean no we do n't normally melt the wires , what but what happens ? |
3 | Can I just say that 's something that we do n't normally do . |
4 | Well we do n't normally do allocations |
5 | We do n't normally do this . |
6 | ‘ We do n't normally bother about flowers on the table , ’ he muttered . |
7 | We do n't normally think of them as being anxious , but simply as being hard to catch , too nervous to ride , or unreliable in competition . |
8 | But we do n't normally make it like that . |
9 | ‘ Because those wretched Japanese are all demanding breakfast and we do n't normally open the restaurant until ten-thirty for morning coffee so there 's no one there to cook it ! |
10 | All groups are invited to send resolution which may or may not be actually debated but erm , we , we do n't normally send one in , but some , some groups they send them in , no , no one 's thinking |
11 | We do n't normally say , Smith has written over 34 novels . |
12 | We had to look at where the opportunities were for development in Greater York as a whole rather than looking at individual district elements , and in terms of land available , erm Mr Steel appears to have included some sites which we classify as land held in reserve , which we do n't normally count towards the land availability targets , although we do acknowledge that it is there . |
13 | In general elections we , we do n't normally know for sure until a few weeks beforehand what the date of the election is going to be . |
14 | but we do n't normally get money from the world bank to er er er get the scissors out , erm the note er |
15 | Cos we do n't normally act . |
16 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ said a high tenor voice , soft and mild in surprise , and apologising even for the surprise , ‘ but we do n't normally use this door , and especially at night . |
17 | So , because in this Festival we will be reaching people we normally do not reach as a group , for instance we 're having two pop concerts , the Rory Bremner thing , we 're going to be reaching people we do n't normally see on our D I Y. |
18 | picket , or people who come to our lectures that the rainforest campaign , we could be meeting thousands of people we do n't normally see , so we 've tried to produce an information package that will get them interested . |
19 | Likewise , there is no reason why adjectives which are restrictive in attributive position should not be acceptable if used , say , predicatively with the same nouns ; only in that case , we do not normally expect them to have a restrictive value . |
20 | As a sociolinguist Stubbs sees reading , for instance , as more than simply a mechanism for decoding written into spoken words : he prefers to concern himself with understanding meaning , pointing out that ‘ we do not normally read meaningless material ’ ( ibid. p. 15 ) . |