Example sentences of "do sometimes [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a taciturn man who found it difficult to talk to a boy ; but he did sometimes spare time to tell him of his travels in the wilder parts of Alberta , of encounters with grizzly bears , white water rushing through narrow gorges , being lost in unexpected snowstorms , in an unconquered wilderness totally alien to his suburb-bred son . |
| 2 | Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people . |
| 3 | It was mentioned earlier that trainee advice workers do sometimes observe interviews carried out by experienced advisers . |
| 4 | Some innovative banks and overseas aid departments of OECD governments do sometimes combine finance and aid to provide low-cost financial packages for LDCs ' projects . |
| 5 | Whilst everyone in Parcelforce is working hard to give you the best possible service , we do sometimes make mistakes . |
| 6 | No one goes to such lengths now , though you do sometimes hear complaints from artists about the position of their work . |
| 7 | The vast flocks of gulls at rubbish tips do not normally compete for food resources with other birds , but black-headed gulls do sometimes take advantage of other species ' food-finding skills . |
| 8 | Even so we do sometimes find admissions that women were doing the more advanced tasks . |
| 9 | In appropriate circumstances , and where the profit margin admits of the taking of such a risk , sellers do sometimes accept liability for economic loss , but then it is usually with some upper limit , or through the operation of a liquidated damages clause . |
| 10 | Housewives and volunteer workers , to whom Freidson denies strict market value and hence the status of performing professional work , do sometimes have exchange value granted them : in courts of law household tasks have been assigned wage values and the voluntary sessions ‘ given ’ by consultant physicians and surgeons in the pre-1948 ‘ voluntary hospitals ’ had their work costed when they joined the NHS . |
| 11 | The British seeker lost in the German metaphysical jungle , the homecomer from Paris dinner-parties armed with the latest idea , or what he hopes may pass for that , are abiding images for fun-making ; and cultural insularity is a vice to be levelled against the British only by those who do not know them , though those who do sometimes have cause to wish it were true . |
| 12 | He 's been at Pepe 's as long as I 've been coming here — though he does sometimes take holidays , I must admit . ’ |
| 13 | Notoriously He does sometimes wish things like that , for even in Beowulf they have happened before . |
| 14 | No one else rents the property , although our client does sometimes have guests to stay overnight during his weekend visits . |