Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] do [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I eventually did contact her things seemed to be going quite well due to supportive family but she felt isolated from other mothers in the same situation as herself . |
| 2 | When I eventually did get home , though , I remembered most of those I had forgotten as if I had not been away . |
| 3 | Off he went ; he must have persuaded my mother because when I eventually did get home , she did n't put up any resistance . |
| 4 | I personally do believe that it would have been much better if ministers had had a number of discussions about the Falkland Islands in the period preceding the invasion of the Falklands by the Argentinians . |
| 5 | I only do fly fishing ! |
| 6 | Erm I perhaps do have some sympathy for Harrogate 's position . |
| 7 | Yeah what I do is , I have specified so I If I suspe the numbers are quite close I put one in there have that , and I just do reverse around and you |
| 8 | I do n't want to complain about our marriage or suggest I 'm dissatisfied , but I just do wish that once in a while you 'd tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 9 | I do suggest that if you , with your relative responsibilities want to , you could take that up with the individual chief officer and general manager , and I just do need to draw your attention to the fact that the targets and the whole policy in education , does not apply in schools , because that is the responsibility of ind individual government bodies . |
| 10 | When someone finally did ask , How are you two ? |
| 11 | And next time I 'll have more — and more — till I finally do have the power to do something big , make something big . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ What have I ever done to give you grounds for fault-finding and self-pity ? |
| 13 | ‘ What have I ever done to deserve this ? ’ |
| 14 | The only good thing , the only good thing about La the only good thing about Labour is that they would have brought back student grants so if I ever , if I ever do go to university then I 'll get lots of money . |
| 15 | you can , and then I thought well if I ever do get grandchildren , no , I 'll keep it . |
| 16 | What I ever did to annoy Old Saul , whether it was the heat that made him especially cantankerous , whether Agnes really had kicked him in the head when she arrived , as Mrs Clamp says-none of this do I know . |
| 17 | When I was younger they used to say if I ever did want to go to bed with somebody to ask to go on the Pill . |
| 18 | ‘ Hey , if I ever did sign on , I 'd need a pseudonym . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Weirdest goddamn name I ever did hear . ’ |
| 20 | But of all the damn fighters I ever did see , |
| 21 | A couple of months before , my Dad said if I ever did get pregnant he 'd chuck me out , so I thought they would . " |
| 22 | Frau Nordern agreed , although not without adding a rider of her own : ‘ I always did think that Bodo was being alarmist . ’ |
| 23 | Lucky old Gerald , I always did admire him , in a way . |
| 24 | I always did admire the Eastern approach to these matters . |
| 25 | I always did say Mr Merrivale was a lovely young man ! ’ |
| 26 | I always did say you were a fool to tell him . ’ |
| 27 | I always did like anything new , as long as it was comfortable . ’ |
| 28 | I always did like a challenge . |
| 29 | Oh she 's , but she 's gone nice , I must admit , cos I always did like her , even though like they use to say she was spoilt and that , well , you ca n't help it |
| 30 | But I always did hate rules . |