Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when it 's down mostly to wiggling around a stage in clattering heels there is no time for deep analysis of the psyche of folk who engage in such events and despite a doughty effort , director Ian Kellgren simply does not have enough suitable material to mesh this into any shape worthy of the tag theatre . |
| 2 | Ian Wright really does behave like a shithead . |
| 3 | Richard Branson actually did n't know the price of a pint of milk . |
| 4 | My horse Paddy obviously did n't share my enthusiasm to explore and took a considerable amount of cajoling , digging , tapping and firm slapping before he would lift one hoof from the ground and get going . |
| 5 | After more campaigning than John Major or Neil Kinnock ever did here , the American presidential candidates are about to have their fates decided . |
| 6 | For a start , she had definitely got the impression that Miss Philimore always did her buying in person . |
| 7 | It is also about whether Miss T. really did choose and , if so , what choice she made . |
| 8 | Barney Moss either did n't know who had staked the seed money … or he was n't telling , and not even the Spanish Inquisition was going to change that state of affairs . |
| 9 | Culturalists will point out — as C. S. Lewis once did — that much poetry of the past was not written for aesthetic ends , but for religious , political , or other social purposes . |
| 10 | But Johnny Marr really did something for me and he 's virtually the reason I started playing the guitar . |
| 11 | I understand that Miss Hauxwell usually did n't cut her grass until well into August , so that gave the plants plenty of time to bloom and seed . |
| 12 | With more than a dozen best-selling novels , EV Thompson certainly does n't have to worry . |
| 13 | When we 'd hung up , I sent Miss Hinkle out to do a little marketing . |
| 14 | However , the following term Paul really did justify his large transfer fee and had an excellent run of performances , missing only two games , so that the big , blond goalkeeper was virtually without challenge as our Player of the Year for 1981–82 . |
| 15 | ( They forget , though General Powell never does , that the army has placed more black Americans in positions of authority over whites than any other body in the country . ) |
| 16 | At least I 've never heard him and I do n't think Aunt Alicia ever did , but when she was a young girl , they had trouble with servants who were always getting worked up about him . |
| 17 | It occurred to her that in any other circumstances the only description for what she and Dr Neil constantly did was flirting . |
| 18 | And Aunt Janice never did remember any more about whatever Rory had hidden in his later work . |
| 19 | But Carol Wilson never did go back to Virgin . |
| 20 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 21 | For of all those peppered by the shotgun blast of criticism that came out of the Cleveland inquiry , where in little more than three months 121 children were diagnosed as actual or possible victims of child sexual abuse , only Dr Higgs still does not know her future and faces effective dismissal . |
| 22 | have a look at the prayer of Saint Francis now do you know the prayer of Saint Francis ? pob probably do . |
| 23 | Now then somebody 's messed up this look it says sink here , never mind , can you see it here it says sink , it 's a bit wet , this one says float , good boy Mark well done , put your name on the bottom and then we 'll be happy . |
| 24 | John is an ex-international steeplechaser turned entrepreneurial agent , and he and Kim McDonald both do a fine job , mostly for distance runners , in finding all-important overseas competition for British athletes . |
| 25 | Alison Kraemer simply did n't seem conscious of it . |
| 26 | In recent times Nicklaus probably did more than any player in sustaining the aura of Augusta . |
| 27 | I burst out laughing because all the costermongers in the Whitechapel Road always did whenever they heard that word , although I admit that at the time I did n't have a clue what a virgin was . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sure if King Stephen ever did have the Empress in his power he would not wave a sword in her face , ’ she declared severely . |
| 29 | My husband Jim certainly does n't . |
| 30 | It is not always possible to give adequate thought to the future when caught up in the day-to-day running of an operation , but if you live the business , as Sir Hector unashamedly does , there are always less hectic times to mull over major issues . |