Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constant change was worse still ; in the words of one satirist , the scandal of the player was not so much that he disguised his real self in playing ; rather he had no self apart from that which he was playing : ‘ The Statute hath done wisely to acknowledge him a Rogue and errant , tor his chiefe essence is , A daily Counterfeit … |
| 2 | The whole plane was full and Nick had done well to get him a seat at all . |
| 3 | I know what you said but I du n no what a ginnel is . |
| 4 | Erm du n no what the mileage is like . |
| 5 | I du n no what the time is , but I reckon it 's getting pretty late . |
| 6 | I du n no what the time is now . |
| 7 | I du n no what the situation with Andrew is , cos I mean I heard the rumours that he was gon na for Cheam . |
| 8 | du n no what the score , did he ? |
| 9 | Well I du n no what the hell cos yo |
| 10 | I du n no who the woman is , but it 's Annie . |
| 11 | I 'm gon na have to vote as well , I du n no who the hell I 'm voting for . |
| 12 | But he did not give her the opportunity . |
| 13 | Being a fair-minded person and still hoping that I had a chance to get a cultural stew going , I listened carefully to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent , Central ( Mr. Fisher ) , but he did not give me a chance either . |
| 14 | And since she shared Humber 's and my attitude to our job , she did not give me the kind of pep-talk Aline would have come up with in these circumstances . |
| 15 | He did not give me the money for either . |
| 16 | ‘ He did not give me the poem , ’ Benjamin replied . |
| 17 | Christopher Pitchford , QC , prosecuting , told the jury : ‘ Whatever their feelings were on the home of an elderly woman being broken into by a gang of drug-crazed teenagers , it did not give anyone the excuse to take the law into their own hands . ’ |
| 18 | Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought . |
| 19 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
| 20 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 21 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 22 | That did not make him a criminal under section 14 . |
| 23 | Rovers enjoyed a heavy advantage in penalties before half-time but it did not do them a lot of good . |
| 24 | Yet this did not bring us the surrender we hoped for . |
| 25 | The Act did not specify what the rate was to be , but it was made clear that the initial rate of 40 per cent would be increased to 45 per cent and then to 50 per cent ‘ at reasonably short intervals ’ . |
| 26 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 27 | He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth . |
| 28 | ‘ The early try did not cost us the game , but the late penalty certainly did lose it for us . ’ |
| 29 | The pope did not send him a pallium until June 634 and , given the long-standing papal concern with the well-being of the church of Canterbury , a three-year interval between Honorius ' appointment and the sending of a pallium would seem to be rather a long time . |
| 30 | It did not matter what the man looked like , but he should be listened to . |