Example sentences of "[conj] i do [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the first to admit that it is not easy , although I do wonder why we in tennis still use that argument as an excuse for not seeing what the Americans call ‘ minority ’ players more prominent in the British game . |
| 2 | That 's everything that I done did n't I ? |
| 3 | And the danger presumably is that the surpluses we were having our discussion and debate about earlier on , those surpluses that and I do understand why you feel the pensioners should benefit from their surplus , but it the reality is that the employers and possibly the pensioners are currently arguing amongst themselves for the benefit of those surpluses , but in fact one of the significant contributors is often the deferred pensioners |
| 4 | ‘ And I do understand how you feel about the rest , about the emigration . |
| 5 | make do with this I thought , and then he 's and I did did n't I ? he 'd gone along and |
| 6 | I mean I like , if I do fish usually I , I do it myself . |
| 7 | ‘ Hmmnn , even if I do say so myself , that is quite some job . |
| 8 | A job well done , if I do say so myself . ’ |
| 9 | I interspersed my self-portraits throughout the collection and they gave the whole thing a lot of impact if I do say so myself . |
| 10 | I said , he goes like , I said to him when I , if I do come then I 'll phone . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do know when I 'm being railroaded . |
| 12 | But I do know where I was when I fell — in the belt of grass under the bank , and facing straight ahead the way I was walking . |
| 13 | All that remains to be said is incised on stone , and the living go around silently with long faces and glances that mean ‘ I ca n't tell you how sorry I am , but I do know how you feel . ’ |
| 14 | Then quickly turning back to her , she said , ‘ But I do know how he feels about you . |
| 15 | I was n't actually born in Thorn House , it was n't a maternity home that long ago — ’ she gave a wry smile ‘ — but I do remember when it opened , some time in the Forties , just after the war , when mothers started having their babies away from home . |
| 16 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |
| 17 | Sorry , to take a little bit of time but I did point out we 've got two motions on the Health Service and erm , I think it 's a little bit more important than just er , formally seconding . |
| 18 | ‘ No , but I did wonder why you do n't move your bed along there . |
| 19 | Whilst I did track down what I thought was the best , several of them , in fact quite a number of them , said " no " . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | When I did find out what he was thinking , I must say I was surprised . |
| 22 | But when I did find out I was profoundly relieved to know that all these troubling fantasies which had been playing twice nightly in my head were , in fact , shared by others . |
| 23 | ‘ When I did get back she had a very strange and dangerous problem which she dumped in my lap , assured me I was the only man she could trust to handle it . |
| 24 | She 's a great ship , and we 've got a pretty good medical team , even though I do say so myself . |