Example sentences of "do [adv] [vb infin] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not like to ask him the nature of his work , thinking that if he were something incommunicable , the effort of inventing a lie might crack him up completely . |
| 2 | I do not pretend to know what the ethics committee would say about that . |
| 3 | I do not need to tell you the potential problems and chaos that the delay is causing to the reorganisation of the leagues next season . |
| 4 | All this has profoundly affected those who teach RE in both primary and secondary schools , some of whom really do not seem to know what the subject is about . |
| 5 | He did n't pretend to know what the market would be . |
| 6 | She did n't want to give him the satisfaction . |
| 7 | She just did n't want to give anyone the chance to put her down . |
| 8 | As void and null as her feeble attempts to find out what he did n't want to tell her the night of the paella . |
| 9 | Mrs Laughton resigned with much regret , saying as she went that Orkney Islands Council did n't appear to know what the role of the Reporter to the Children 's Panel should be , and determined to make her concerns public . |
| 10 | You certainly did n't seem to like me the way I was ! ’ |
| 11 | He did n't like to ask what the infection was . |
| 12 | I suppose there he he did n't like to leave it the way , the way it was done |
| 13 | He did n't have to tell me the rest . |
| 14 | ‘ It was the first time I did n't have to worry what the other girls were gon na think , what anyone was gon na think and if I do n't like what happens I can cut it out … |
| 15 | Of course we do n't want to overdo it the praise that is . |
| 16 | I do n't want to give you the impression it 's buoyant there , it is n't . |
| 17 | I do n't know to tell you the truth |
| 18 | ‘ I hope I do n't need to tell you the level of shock that the last few days have brought to this entire country . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't remember buying her the jumper ! |
| 20 | Dear me , I do n't like to think what the end might be . |
| 21 | I do n't like doing it the baby way . |
| 22 | Excitement making her voice hoarse , Luce asked , ‘ You do n't happen to know what the man 's name was , do you ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Even if you do n't happen to know who the father is ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , but you do n't have to give me the oranges . |
| 25 | ‘ Garret FitzGerald advised me to shut up , saying you do n't have to do everything the SDLP wants , but do n't come out and say it stinks . |
| 26 | One feature maybe one or two benefits and you do n't have to tell them the whole story . |
| 27 | I do n't wish to underestimate it the , our attendance times around the Meridian Park area , the large new build area Mr Chairman erm , our attendance times there are shocking to say the least . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to disrupt my speech because he does not want to hear what the country wants to know . |
| 29 | If the only way to give the drama momentum is to allow through ( 1 ) an emergence of crude competition between the teacher and pupils or through the even cruder ‘ I 'm the baddy not to be trusted ’ approach of ( 4 ) , then she may have to abandon altogether her intention to open up ( 2 ) , the recognition by the townsfolk that here is an official who can not know and indeed who does not want to know what the cost of this decision will be to those of us who are faced with it . |
| 30 | He does not begin to describe what the effect was on Russia of by-passing the Reformation , the Counter-reformation and the Enlightenment ; instead , in an effort to be friendly , he mentions things Russian from time to time . |