Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] do [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother Francis did want everything that might help to push Eve up some kind of ladder . |
| 2 | Miss Logan did win one small , final argument — by forceful gesture rather than words — and Miss Fergusson was left with both bottles of molten snow . |
| 3 | At the end of one particularly painful lesson , Miss Hatherby did release them and they stalked the room stiffly , pecking at the furniture and flapping their wings , to Constance 's great delight . |
| 4 | ‘ Dr Markham did take me , but he was the obvious person to do so , especially as he works there . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But apparently , ’ Mrs Baggley returned to her previous committed tones , ‘ one phrase used by Canon Wheeler did strike her . ’ |
| 6 | None dared approach him closely , although Alexander Ramsay did follow him heedfully some way behind . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Yeo did explain it , but I 'm not quite sure I see it , even so . |
| 8 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 9 | In saying that though Robert Martin did make it difficult for you . |
| 10 | And if Mr. Birt does find himself out of a job , he could always try his luck as a timeshare salesman . |
| 11 | But Mr Bentine does have his good points — apart from a chuckling delivery style he did not learn by listening to voice-overs on Horizon . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr. Bonanza did say something about a vacation when I feel better . ’ |
| 13 | You 're looking at Mr Potter do want him |
| 14 | Although the last sentence in that passage could be read as covering any demand for payment in purported reliance upon a statute Martin B. does relate it to a ‘ service rendered ’ and the following interjection by him during argument , at p. 629 , suggests that he was thinking of a demand colore officii in the sense referred to by Isaacs and Windeyer JJ. : |
| 15 | And yet , if Mr Brown does pitch his hat into the gubernatorial contest , he will start with a handicap . |
| 16 | Mr Hatton did say he had a good many irons in the fire and that sometimes he brought off a big deal . |
| 17 | She leaned forward dramatically and her fine theatrical eye bore into Theodora — ‘ Mrs Thrigg did see him or at least heard him . |
| 18 | Mrs Morgan did think there was , or had been , something with her boss . |
| 19 | one or two members who are resident in St Albans did ask me about their position on item two St Albans Transport Study er the advice that I gave them was that unless they er did which is likely to be affected by any identifiable schemes in the study they do not have a need to declare either a pecuniary or a non-pecuniary interest . |
| 20 | And when jittery quarterback Stan Gelbaugh did get his offense moving , too often big plays were called back because of Monarchs holding penalties . |
| 21 | Kate Maybury did remember her mother , and she 'd probably delivered Juliet . |
| 22 | But it has to be said that their bass player Steve Harris does have his own football pitch and his own pub ! |
| 23 | Some of the traditional theories used to account for the failure of the extreme right in Great Britain do have something to say about the reasons for this . |
| 24 | ‘ Doctor Reid did tell me about Tiare 's daughter . ’ |