Example sentences of "but do [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their figures for the Eastern Caribbean are less clear cut ( also predictable as Barbadian Creole is itself less distant from Standard English than Jamaican ) , but do show a tendency for teachers to categorise them as " mixed " speakers . |
| 2 | Of course , all programmes may creak and require alteration as the term moves on , but do make a programme in diary form or on a bar chart , or both . |
| 3 | I 'm going up country tomorrow , but do leave a message for me here if you would like any more information . ’ |
| 4 | To sum up : do n't be afraid of repetition , but do use a degree of change , enough to suit the mood and effect you wish to create . |
| 5 | They are mainly from France , Germany and Italy but do include a couple from Down Under . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know whether you 've really read all those extensive notes your researcher made for you , but do take a look at the last couple of lines . |
| 7 | We have no name for the killing of an older man , but do have a name for the killing of one 's father . |
| 8 | Used properly , bothies are places of great convenience and delight , but do remember a couple of important points . |
| 9 | She emphasised that , as far as she was concerned , headhunters were rarely useful to high-quality , prestigious companies — such as BA , presumably — but did serve a function for low-profile businesses with image problems , whom they could puff up , and flatter candidates into joining . |
| 10 | Most Western ambassadors boycotted the firework display but did attend a reception on Saturday hosted by the Prime Minister , Li Peng . |
| 11 | The Hepburns proved hardly more reliable , but did keep a hold on the castle and — so far as anyone could keep a hold on such a region — the lordship of Liddesdale . |
| 12 | At £11.99 , it may seem expensive but does feed a lot of people . |
| 13 | Its remuneration in the form of wages may not be very high , but does offer a measure of security , in that wages are contractually established and regulated under existing labour laws , which means that in theory they can not be arbitrarily withdrawn or altered . |
| 14 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 15 | This peril is not subject to any special exclusions but does provide a number of problems . |
| 16 | Lois Lane , manageress of the Fenham Fund , has no views about the general level of futures prices for the commodities she is considering trading , but does have a view about relative price movements , in that she expects the price of kryptonite futures to rise relative to that of phlogiston futures . |
| 17 | Bertelli 's text is shorter , but does include a catalogue of the surviving paintings and a chronological table . |