Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] do in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the letter and the drawer , the signs fail in their indexical function because , appearing as they do in an isolated expression , they simply direct us into a void . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it is accepted that , appearing as they do in a penal statute , they fall to be construed narrowly rather than widely . |
| 3 | This remark , occurring as it does in a passage in which he is distinguishing between the grounds of the class metal ( ‘ the possession of certain common peculiarities ’ ) and those of the class sensation of white ( ‘ nothing but resemblance ’ ) clearly implies that if I had had no other sensations of white I could not assert the proposition ‘ This is a sensation of white ’ with the meaning it has when I have had such sensations . |
| 4 | Seagram 's victory in the 1991 Grand National was an extraordinary coincidence occurring as it did in the final year of the company 's sponsorship of the race . |
| 5 | The State has the obligation of ensuring this end by guaranteeing that homosexuals , living as they do in an ‘ abnormal ’ relationship , do not have the opportunity to influence directly the upbringing of children . |
| 6 | Conversely we are not sensitised to the possibility of sociocultural differences between the sexes , because they seem to share a culture and a history in common , living as they do in close proximity . |
| 7 | Death he did not fear , pride he did not possess ; he had no position or property , living as he did in a tub . |
| 8 | But many people wondered why Mr Peairs had used quite so powerful a weapon , and why he had not simply fired it into the air ; or why , living as he did in a relatively safe middle-class suburb , he had been so scared . |
| 9 | There are other good vignettes of people telephoning each other to say goodbye , huddling in corner stores and generally acting as they do in scary SF movies . |
| 10 | My right hon. and learned Friend will understand that the west midlands conurbation , lying as it does in a landlocked area , is responsible for the bulk of the country 's manufacturing industry , and that it depends on adequate and improving road conditions . |
| 11 | Offensive odours which emanate from domestic or industrial premises can cause serious annoyance to persons in the locality , and inevitably give rise to public concern , spreading as they do in some cases over a wide area . |
| 12 | Coming as they did in organised groups around strong personal leaders , the Saxons tended to name their settlements with a combination of local place features and , more importantly , a worthy 's name . |
| 13 | It is one thing to mistake and misrepresent Jesus , clothed in all his humility as Son of Man ; it is one thing to misread his parabolic teaching , coming as it does in riddles . |
| 14 | The dispute — coming as it did in the aftermath of Tyndale — served to confirm the view that the teaching force was too independent . |
| 15 | ‘ The review of ‘ I 'm Never Gon na Die Again' in Select started off saying that all the guitar playing that I did in The Birthday Party was genius and that since then I 've been very vague and confused . |
| 16 | She says that it 's more comfortable and she can sit up in it , rather than slumping as she did in her old one . |
| 17 | The weight is about right , if compared to a similar Fender , and the slightly elongated top horn helps the bass to balance well , falling as it does in line with the twelfth fret . |
| 18 | But what struck me about this particular outburst , emerging as it did in the midst of the most media-intensive war in history , was its implicit assumption about the gullibility of the British public . |
| 19 | Above all he was right in arguing as he did in Formen that the absence of ‘ private property ’ in no way implies ‘ the law of the jungle ’ . |
| 20 | Whichever is the true view , the general offence of fraudulent conversion has proved valuable , covering as it does in clear language a wide range of circumstances in which property may be misappropriated . |
| 21 | There is no doubt that Tony Bowran makes a good living working as he does in the field of the ‘ high profile ’ advertising market — as he says , ‘ agencies are my clients , my bread and butter . ’ |