Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [subord] [pron] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should like to learn what , if anything , I can do here to enrol for any suitable course to get me into the business world or administration as I do not want to wait till I return to the UK , on leave , in mid-June till I begin finding out more about your courses . |
| 2 | Usually we are melting snow or ice so we do n't bother , but this trip could see us near stagnant water . |
| 3 | It is vital that to get the best performance from your newly-purchased system you read AND follow the information provided , and if necessary contact the supplier or manufacturer if you do not understand any particular point . |
| 4 | I would not have told you place or time if I did not know that every man of them is far into the mountains and out of your reach long before this . |
| 5 | It 's absolutely no good expecting international players to develop the correct habits of fitness , conditioning and preparation if we do n't instil them at club level . |
| 6 | Charlotte and Ursula watched the broadcast together at Swans ' Meadow , Ursula nursing a gin and tonic as she did so . |
| 7 | That is bad enough for nurses with the basic qualification , but it will be an absolute waste of training and experience if we do not retain within the NHS those who are qualified to be nurse prescribers . |
| 8 | That was said in anger and confusion because I did n't want you to know how much you 'd hurt me ! ’ |
| 9 | Between 1577 and 1580 he sailed around the world — the first Englishman to carry out the feat originally achieved by the survivors of Magellan 's voyage 60 years earlier — plundering Spanish ships and towns of their gold and silver as he did so . |
| 10 | Now it would be a question of building up contacts again , putting up a case which would percolate up through the echelons of power , hopefully gathering momentum and authenticity as it did so . |
| 11 | My mother and I moved between the enterprise zone of the bungalow and the camp where the caravans squatted , adopting a different manner and diction as we did so . |
| 12 | Your elderly widowed parent may not only be losing her close companion , friend and confidant ( and , if she is still sexually active , as some woman are , well into the sixties and beyond , her lover ) , but also the one she depended upon for financial advice , physical protection in an increasingly violent society , and transport if she does not drive herself or can no longer afford to run a car . |
| 13 | As I understand it , you offer me a fraction of Lothian , and war if I do not accept ? ’ |
| 14 | Though the differences were minute they were capable of calling forth the highest passions : great content if you did well , or jealousy and despair if you did badly . |
| 15 | In fact in some ways I feel I almost got more out of appraising Kevin and Bill than I did out of Alan appraising |
| 16 | Before driving off , they threatened to kill his wife and daughter if he did not wait before getting help . |
| 17 | She declines to have sexual intercourse with him and he threatens her with eviction and homelessness if she does not comply . |
| 18 | Baseball and cricket because I do n't understand them . |
| 19 | You have probably experienced smiling at someone you know closely followed by embarrassment , surprise and rejection when they did not recognise you , and instead of receiving the expected smile in return you were met by a blank stare . |
| 20 | Now , when one of us is describing a restaurant , there is intensive cross-questioning about the quality of the puddings and petits fours , and commiseration if they do not sound up to scratch : ‘ Do you mean they only gave you one chocolate truffle each ! ’ |
| 21 | Realising that means asking some fundamental questions about what we are actually after , with a lot on offer if we get it right , and disaster if we do not . |
| 22 | Off the field , he conducted himself with the same composure and dignity as he did whenever he pulled on the white shirt of England or the claret and blue of West Ham . |
| 23 | As long as she approaches everything with as much fascination and energy as she does now , she 'll retain her freshness forever . |