Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [pron] do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 And we used to c as we had nicknames for the ones we did n't like , she was called .
2 Unusually for the PC it does n't require an environment manager like Windows or Gem which means it can run on a standard hard disk PC system .
3 From a traditional Labour background , my mother rejected the politics of solidarity and communality , always voted Conservative , for the left could not embody her desire for things to be really fair , for a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth , for a half-timbered cottage in the country , for the prince who did not come .
4 In addition , a failure to pay a demand for taxes that was implicitly supported by the coercive powers of the state might result in unpleasant social and economic consequences for the taxpayer who did not pay .
5 Even inset boards , where a child has to match a certain shape , e.g. a lorry to its silhouette , are difficult for the beginner who does n't always realise that he is trying to put it in upside-down .
6 However , since the wave is providing all the power for the turn you do not need much power from the rig .
7 They so it could be five pound now for the responsibility I do n't know .
8 So what , when you 're paying that much for the hi-fi you do n't expect sound quality you 'll get from a tape to tape , it 's thought , the sound quality is so crap you might as well just do it on a shit thing
9 Yet , significant as many of these developments were , the majority seem chiefly remarkable for the wealth they did not generate .
10 But you know , for the person who does not know Jesus Christ as their saviour , for the person who has never committed their life to God listen to what God says for that person .
11 By the way why have n't you been doing games for the past I do n't know six months ?
12 His policy of moving towards a more liberal regime led to the usual situation which such changes produce , that is , for the reformers he did not go far enough , for the conservatives he went too far .
13 So now I always and so I , I 'm thinking that it might be that , that I that erm maybe you know like I used to be anxious about something like that and I used to wake up and the dream used to happen , but now that I 've double checked that I know for sure that , that I 'm safe you know for the night it does n't happen any more by cutting off possibility
14 Hollyhocks is a collection of cosmetics designed specifically for the man who does n't need a macho image — the whole range is based on English country garden flowers .
15 For the rest I do n't care . ’
16 Due to being hideosly shy and a little worse for the drink I did n't want to go up to some complete stranger and act like I knew him .
17 Michael Maloney 's Hal is a pleasant fellow who looks to Robert Stephens 's rather subdued , warm-hearted Falstaff for the affection he does n't get from his testy , disapproving father .
18 So if we get an idea to do something for the residents we do not need to go through endless red tape in order to get it done .
19 The more highly organised and consciously efficient foreign offices became , the less scope there was for the individual who did not fit easily into these bigger and more complex machines .
20 It appeared that he would lose money by this cancellation and despite his liking for the seaside he did n't want to go to Bournemouth .
21 Over her shoulder , lying on the black leather upholstery of the back seat , he could see a black velour trilby which was vaguely familiar , though for the moment he did not have time to sort out exactly why or how .
22 But for the moment I do n't want to beg that question by saying so outright .
23 For the moment I do n't have much choice .
24 For the moment she did n't want to open her eyes and release the tears of pain .
25 And we went there for the Christmas one did n't we ?
26 For the baby who does not respond to this , or who has colic at any time of day , food intolerance should be investigated ( see pp 215–7 ) .
27 However , for the GM who does not know the GW novel Drachenfels — and reading this is a good idea — Drachenfels is , in brief , the embodiment of evil and malice .
28 They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there .
29 Does that make sense , that 's for the receptionist we do n't expect her to fiddle with the rates for liability , capital or whatever do we ?
30 Ask them why this is and they will reply that should they die during the night they do not want the person who finds them to feel they were dirty or slovenly .
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