Example sentences of "do [vb infin] a slight " in BNC.
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1 | When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village . |
2 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
3 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
4 | After 300 miles none of our testers reported any discernible wear or compression in either the midsole or the outsole , although one did report a slight separation of the midsole from the outsole around the heel . |
5 | But I do detect a slight flaw or two in his reasoning . ’ |
6 | I guess I do have a slight leaning towards comedy , but I find if I do a bunch of comedies , I get anxious to do something dramatic , and the other way round . |
7 | I do allow a slight discretion in these matters . |
8 | The eggs of these parasites are voided in the faeces , and the resulting larvae do represent a slight risk to human health , because they may cause the disease known as toxocariasis . |
9 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |
10 | So it does make a slight difference to the erm the lump sum . |
11 | This card has no special instructions under the picture but does have a slight variation in the symbols . |
12 | He does have a slight advantage though , in that he is the manager of the gymnasium and the expert on training methods . |