Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [pron] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a particular interest in South Africa 's erm foreign policy and one of the , from the past , one of the things that South African decision makers have said to me , our dilemma is we do not know what American policy is because if we listen to the Pentagon we get a different voice coming out than if we listen to , let us say , congressional members who are visiting from the committee of foreign affairs . |
| 2 | Well the trouble with making it in a jar is you do n't get much skin do you ? |
| 3 | The teacher is faced with the persistent problem of how to help children feel the action has started when the truth is they do not have either enough factual or empathetic resources to identify with the historical situation . |
| 4 | Well , the truth is they do n't . |
| 5 | ‘ They think — well , the truth is they do n't what to think . |
| 6 | ( The truth is I do n't want to forgive her , because it will free her from the grappling irons I have on her . |
| 7 | If I can pick up with motion three eight zero which refers to the privatation of sat statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay the C E C would like reference back on this for the very basis that the point is they do still remain State benefits and those who qualify them , for them , are legally entitled to do so . |
| 8 | The point is you do n't do these children any service by letting them getting away with it , cos they think they can get away with it . |
| 9 | ‘ The point is I do n't particularly want to spend a whole evening in John 's company at the moment . ’ |
| 10 | So that he ca n't see what 's going on , cos she thinks if he do n't see what 's going on he wo n't bark , but he cries but I mean she should n't have them there , she 's never here so she should n't have them , I mean look at the trouble Alan had to get Jessie , because they worked , but Emma goes home every lunch time to see to Jessie from the bank , but I mean the woman one of them would n't let her have a dog , one kennels , which is how it should be , but I mean this one breed those three herself so , yeah I mean if you breed dogs yourself and you have three in the house of the same breed , what the hell do you want an alsatian for , as well but the whole point is she do n't have them as enjoyment , she do n't have them as company |
| 11 | There we go , so who , who is , this person is I do n't know , that 's their name I have now , that 's a . |
| 12 | Commenting on another storming quarter — figures , page seven — Microsoft Corp , whose third quarter earnings of $0.80 a share were above consensus analyst estimates of $0.78 for the period , warned that fourth quarter growth in profits would be less impressive — ‘ One of the things that 's different in this fourth quarter is we do n't have this kicker product , the icing on the cake , ’ said Microsoft investor relations chief Raymond Ferguson ; Microsoft said it shipped a record-breaking 2m MS-DOS 6 retail upgrade copies in the two weeks since it hit the market , but the company said they would be pleased if fourth-quarter revenues rose by half the roughly 20% sequential quarterly rate of recent years , when Microsoft has benefited from upgrade versions of Windows 3.0 , MS-DOS 5 and then Windows 3.1 ; it is still likely to see its first billion dollar quarter this time ; during the fiscal third quarter , sales of applications , which accounted for 61% of total revenues in the period , leaped 63% over year-ago levels to $580m , and Microsoft ended the quarter with $2,000m in cash ; shipment of Windows NT is on schedule for late June following a late May unveiling , the firm said . |
| 13 | We are publicized anyway by Eurostep and they do quite a lot of publicity — how effective their publicity is I do n't know , but we our publicity is as a back up to existing publicity . |
| 14 | Yeah see the trouble is we do n't seem |
| 15 | ‘ Oh yes , sir , it 's all secret , but the trouble is they do n't tell you about it . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , but the trouble is they do n't know what they 're going to get out of it , you 've got |
| 17 | ‘ They say that pain is good for writing and I 'm not sure about that , but I guess my trouble is I do n't know how to keep a distance . |
| 18 | the trouble is I do n't do it systematically ( evaluation of first statement ) ; |
| 19 | The trouble is I do n't know where they went afterwards . |
| 20 | The trouble is I do n't want to be healed . ’ |
| 21 | oh trouble is I do n't know any way round the problem of his , his lot at his school |
| 22 | Yeah when he 's eighteen but the trouble is I do n't know what 's happened I 've lost , I suppose mum 'll have to do it because erm Tom has sort of cut him out , or said he was going to cut him out , but I think |
| 23 | Right , things we 'd like to see in psychology Is there any I mean any the trouble is you do n't know what 's on the menu so it 's hard to but I mean what sort what sort of things would you like to have seen from pr what you have a ? |
| 24 | The trouble is you do n't know where to draw the line . ’ |
| 25 | Trouble is you do n't know anyone who is any more , do you ? |
| 26 | The theory is we do not invent the wheel every day . |
| 27 | I do n't know no any more what church is I do n't know any more and I 'm supposed to come this morning and help to discover what unity is ! |
| 28 | The main thing is they do n't inform you of what 's happening now until it 's happened and then they say , oh well , we did n't need to consultate with you cos it does n't affect your members . |
| 29 | He said er but of course the thing is they do n't expect elderly ladies to notice their car numbers and remember them . |
| 30 | The thing is they do n't put the value on any more do they ? |