Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an exasperated Bassett eventually did tell them to shut up , two of them immediately demanded police action because THEY had been offended and an investigation ensued . |
| 2 | Me being Miss Know-it-all did go out , and lo and behold I got arrested . |
| 3 | While it brings a warm glow of a job well done ( and , perhaps , the thought that a happy subscriber is more likely to keep on subscribing ) answering such queries personally does leave a nagging worry . |
| 4 | When the mail eventually did arrive , I received this very strange Christmas card which said , ‘ This year we will marry ’ . |
| 5 | There were several places kids obviously did get through ; Maxim widened one by yanking loose another plank and ducked in . |
| 6 | Where schools patently did need greater assistance , Leslie Ryder reasoned , was in the production of materials , in the planning of course units making use of resources , and in the use and operation of audio-visual and reprographic equipment . |
| 7 | Although such characteristics probably do play some secondary role , we find this interpretation unconvincing and suspect that it stems from a need to make a connection with what are perceived as the relatively more ‘ attractive ’ features of psychosis , rather than with those emphasised in descriptions of schizophrenia , a concept that has taken on almost entirely negative connotations . |
| 8 | In the second appeal , the tape clearly did demonstrate something about the gruffness and depth of the accused 's voice which could not have been gleaned from the transcript . |
| 9 | While the exercise about to be described was a theoretical model , not an empirical test , its results indicate that positive NPV opportunities probably do exist in some ‘ cash cows ’ and that an integration of DCF and portfolio-grid analyses may lead to a more careful and sophisticated use of portfolio grids . |
| 10 | Its demands probably do exclude some otherwise suitable candidates . |
| 11 | Again , Herbert Spencer believed that evolution was an on and upward process of , of increasing perfection culminating in Victorian man , and Herbert Spencer probably did mean man as opposed to woman . |
| 12 | Practice really does make perfect , so encourage her to play with dressing-up clothes and let her dress up dolls and teddy bears ( this is equally important for boys , too ! ) . |
| 13 | In view of the interviewer 's role in the discourse , it is not clear how far or how reliably such an extended interview really does resemble spontaneous conversation ; but Labov 's schema is likely to be less demanding of the fieldworker , more economical of time and resources , and so not subject to the same range of disadvantages as the participant observation methods of the Belfast community studies . |
| 14 | Arsenal really do keep things tight ; they gave little or no room in which to manoeuvre . |
| 15 | Although it once guaranteed good quality , now no one company holds an exclusive licence over the use of the name and the quality of the knives really does vary from brand to brand . |
| 16 | The first is that it is hard to ensure that the industry really does minimize costs . |
| 17 | Ian Wright really does behave like a shithead . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , such a wholehearted response from a major literary figure really does raise questions about Mary Leapor , this erstwhile nonentity . |
| 19 | ‘ And now that people can see that crime really does pay — more will undoubtedly be drawn to it . ’ |
| 20 | In comparison with birds and even with ourselves , this animals really does live its life at a snail 's pace . |
| 21 | An area where WordPerfect really does excel is that of printer drivers . |
| 22 | For the carnival the barrow was filled with vegetables and two wire half hoops straddled it from front to back and side to side , these were beautifully decorated with flowers by my sisters and the wheelbarrow really did look effective . |
| 23 | Even if , as is open to question , screen violence really does invite emulation , that is the wrong approach . |
| 24 | The West will face some difficult decisions if Mr Gorbachev really does make a dash for economic freedom . |
| 25 | I did not discard everything , for Vitamin A , B , C and little tablets of zinc and selenium made scientific sense , but poor , old Dr. Bach really did seem nonsense . |
| 26 | This enigmatic statement does not inspire total confidence , though their division of works into subjects imaginary works , lines , imprints etc does work well . |
| 27 | Most animals today do seem to have bodies that accord well with the functions they have to carry out to survive : flyers are aerodynamically efficient , active swimmers have suitable streamlining , herbivorous mammals have teeth appropriate for grinding plant food , and so on . |
| 28 | King : What pale and ghastly apparition here Doth tear the eyeballs from my living sight ? |
| 29 | Tin plate is cheaper and quite durable , but keeping tin rust-free does pose problems . |
| 30 | She advised him that-parents sometimes do know best , and to ensure the best they sometimes have to insist that children do as they say . |