Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Ivanov was a spy , then I am sure he obtained far more strategic information by legitimate methods than he ever did by covert means . |
| 2 | Incidentally the Amstrad mouse driver is only MOUSE.COM and do n't try using other mouse drivers because they definitely do n't work . |
| 3 | Since then , and until very recently , Europe has been united against the fear , which would have seemed as absurd in previous centuries as it still does to many in the 1980s , of Russia . |
| 4 | Neither group of pupils behaved towards their new peers as they normally did towards their classmates . |
| 5 | While the TNCs from the United States no longer dominate these sectors as they once did , they are still the leaders in a wide variety of fields and even when they are not the leaders it tends to be ‘ American ’ cultural products or local adaptations of them that are on offer . |
| 6 | He did n't wander over to the rack of imported American comic books as he usually did , but he seemed to be watching the street outside . |
| 7 | Deaf people also imagined hearing people to hold more negative attitudes than they actually did . |
| 8 | Is it just for the sake of appearances because everyone else does ? |
| 9 | Given scant information , one is expected to accept their procedures without question , and then pay inflated bills because everyone else does . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought , ‘ well , it 's the Boat Race , not very high-powered crews considering they mostly do other things ’ . |
| 11 | Please do n't tell me to buy children 's shoes as I already do so when I need a flat pair , but I like high heels and am finding it increasingly difficult to buy them . |
| 12 | The broadcasting market ‘ will enable people to choose among broadcasters as they already do among newspapers ’ . |
| 13 | You 're allowed relatively small quotations of other people without being accused of plagiarism and breach of copyright , but you have to do it advisedly , so make sure you know the rules if you actually do this . |
| 14 | ‘ We have had more fan mail in the last two years than we ever did in the previous 30 , ’ Gerald says . |
| 15 | She had seen more of him over the past few days than she usually did , however , so perhaps there was something … |
| 16 | Moreover , his review took account of factors which were very different from those relevant to ‘ streamlining the planning machine ’ : the increasing pressure for public consultation and participation in the planning process , and the ‘ dissatisfaction on the part of applicants because they often do not understand why particular decisions have been made , or why it is necessary for what may seem small matters to be the concern of the planning machinery at all ’ . |
| 17 | I do not think that it is necessary to refer to all of those provisions because they really do not take the matter any further . |
| 18 | ’ And although the old folk do not sit around the fire any more telling stories as they once did — many of the yarns told by Mr Murray 's own father have found their way into his poetry — there are always the excitements and discoveries of the present by way of compensation . |
| 19 | We have already seen that the social activity of " chattin " Patois " involves a speaker 's using relatively more Creole features than s/he usually does when speaking " ordinary English " . |
| 20 | The male chimps hunted with spectacular success , catching a big colobus monkey , which they had to bring to the ground to eat , rather than remaining in the trees as they usually do . |
| 21 | They may put the blame entirely on the teenagers for failing to respond to their advice or orders as they once did , but the fault may be theirs for failing to treat them as the young adults they have now become . |
| 22 | Rather than focus on women as part-time workers to explain their lack of pensions as we often do in the UK , Russell 's approach adopts a structural explanation . |
| 23 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
| 24 | The university and polytechnic libraries now spend probably more in real terms on library guides than they ever did . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not saying we became best buddies because we never did , ’ says Penny . |
| 26 | I do n't think there was one , even though there is the magnificent Royal Academy which does temporary exhibitions as we always do here , but there is a different approach here in that the management is always present . |
| 27 | Although these are different from the European Blue Flag Awards , they will be indicated by variations in blue flags and may be understood by the public to mean that beaches meet European standards when they actually do not . |
| 28 | Adopt a system that alerts to you the fact that you are running out of forms before you actually do so ; put a note in the drawer ten forms from the bottom for this purpose . |
| 29 | I think the actions of the security firm at the time were very quick , and but for their actions I feel we may have had far more serious consequences than we actually did . ’ |
| 30 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |