Example sentences of "but [pers pn] do [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do want a chance to convince you that you do n't have to hate me . |
| 2 | I do n't like exercising much but I do swim a lot |
| 3 | ‘ As you know I do n't work in the firm but I do give a hand with the accounts from time to time — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 5 | ‘ You probably do n't believe it , ’ Christine offered with a sneer , ‘ but I do have a conscience . ’ |
| 6 | I am neither very old nor at all senile , Isabel Lavender thought , but I do have a sister who is selfish and easily led , and in this world , none of us are safe from the navy-blue ambulance . |
| 7 | I ca n't play one personally but I do have a lady in my band who 's who can , very very good accordion player who assures me she can play a zither as well you see . |
| 8 | ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain . |
| 9 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 10 | But I do have a headache , ’ Paige responded stolidly . |
| 11 | Umm yes I do have I have n't brought it with me but I do have a book at home that that erm in that showed you know the pieces of fabric that you had left over from doing all this , erm I 've got a pattern that my mother actually used to make things that were very are now very unpopular for my children . |
| 12 | ‘ I adore Ingrid , but I do spend a lot of time making love to her in the Baron and a man needs a change . |
| 13 | Clive , 28 , from Middlesbrough , Cleveland , said : ‘ I like a good sing-song when I 'm having a bath , but I do get a bit loud and the neighbours ca n't hear the telly . |
| 14 | Oh I usually give but I do get a bit tired of it sometimes ! |
| 15 | ‘ But I did feel a bit funny afterwards because it was so early and I did n't remember seeing the man around the house before . |
| 16 | But I did manage a chat with Burgess Meredith , Lewis Stone and Edna Mae Oliver , and also met Daryl F. Zanuck . |
| 17 | If your joints are good , no cramping is necessary but I did put a couple of webbing cramps on my chair just to be on the safe side . |
| 18 | I did n't want to touch her , not knowing what … but I did put a blanket over her . |
| 19 | I have n't seen the re final reply that went from er the Maxwell organisation to er I M R O but I did see a draft reply . |
| 20 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
| 21 | I 've wished then that I could say honestly , ‘ But I did have a child of my own , a little boy by the only man I have truly loved . ’ |
| 22 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 23 | Stupidly — but I did have a lot of luggage — cheeses , books for John and my hill boots — I did not take it out with me this trip . |
| 24 | ‘ But you do have a budget ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe you did n't have much choice in the matter , but you do have a habit of getting into situations like this , do n't you , Preston ? ’ |
| 26 | But you do have a right to be there and to be heard . |
| 27 | ‘ But you do have a boyfriend ? ’ he pursued . |
| 28 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 29 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 30 | She has no refrigerator or washing machine , but she does have a vacuum cleaner . |