Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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1 | Nobody 's suggesting we do that , that would be a ludicrous situation . |
2 | When it 's raining you do n't have to worry so much . |
3 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
4 | ‘ I would n't compare Brian with God , ’ said Constance , ‘ but when he 's sulking you do n't half know it . ’ |
5 | How that 's done I do n't know how do we reach these people there 's a broad sheet that goes to the school 's am I right Jan ? |
6 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
7 | ‘ Until more research is done I do n't think the video games companies have any justification in saying it has no impact on kids . ’ |
8 | Learners require opportunities for both form-focused and function-focused practice in the development of particular skill areas , and if one or the other is lacking they do not appear to benefit as much … |
9 | And from the moment young girls learn about it , priests in general , and good-looking , charming ones in particular , are regarded with a mixture of awe and excitement precisely because it is understood they do n't do it , never have done it and , regretfully , never will . |
10 | His uncertainty principle ( discussed in detail in Chapter 5 ) says that if I know where an electron is I have no idea of what it is doing and , conversely , if I know what it is doing I do not know where it is . |
11 | Cos that 's the only trouble is with black it never looks er ca you know unless it 's shining it do n't look nice does it ? |
12 | ‘ If we feel something is threatening we do n't laugh . |
13 | One 's saying we do it for free and another one 's saying it is n't . |
14 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
15 | She 's saying I do n't think we want to go out . |
16 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
17 | But relief workers who rescued them say the next challenge is to ensure they do n't suffer psychologically from what they have witnessed . |
18 | Me vocabulary is changing I do n't use coloured or bitch |
19 | You 've got to live in the moment and the way to do that is to think they do n't know and really enjoy it . |
20 | That is to say I do not believe that there could be peculiar events , such as a resurrection , or miracles , events which interrupt the normal causal relationships persisting in history and in nature . |
21 | If Teddy is watching I do n't care , because he is an intruder and more pitiful for that . |
22 | If the players would perform to their potential there would be more positive aspects to concentrate on , so here 's hoping they do at Battyburn on Saturday . |
23 | And , we also face with a a certain stance there where if people blame , er , turn round to us and say there 's a draft here because er , the air conditioning 's working they do n't wan na sit in a draft . |