Example sentences of "i do [adv] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But should n't I do better work if I were n't driven from pillar to post to supplement my salary ? |
| 2 | And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen . |
| 3 | I do rather feel that the Montagues and Capulets music is a little too hectic , but the other episodes are beautifully managed . |
| 4 | However , I do strongly suspect that he could change my perspective of reality so as to make it extremely difficult not to attack the person . |
| 5 | While I fully accept that the poor have become a cause by which many politicians and intellectuals can further their personal ambitions , I do nevertheless find that the Hayekian case is deficient . |
| 6 | So I do just wonder if I could n't pick out point say 1 and 2 of Q P5 and 6 which are about booking and booking forms and confirming the commission of qualitative through to whatever is required during the run off of it and then add the quality control check and finally you have got this , the final review . |
| 7 | Mr Johnston said : ‘ I do honestly think that the proposals the Government has brought forward seriously endanger the fabric of our social existence . |
| 8 | And while I think we ought to do what we can , I think there 's a line which ought to be drawn , and I do honestly wonder whether twenty-one , it was eighteen last year , and I just wonder if perhaps we should erm try and switch some of these to mid-week , so that we 're not seeing it virtually every Saturday of the year . |
| 9 | Stein said yesterday : ‘ Mr Beller told me told that if things were not sorted out by tomorrow , the company would cease trading and I do really fear that this is the end . |
| 10 | ‘ Your mortgage is currently set at £62,500 , Dr Bissett , which is slightly excessive for the salary you command , but I do quite understand that you bought at the top of the market and that interest rates were then not at their present level . ’ |
| 11 | I do not say that in any criticism of the existing police authorities , my experience as Home Secretary I have to admit now some ten years ago was that on the whole they did a very good job , but I do now accept that the importance of law and order today demands a broad approach and possibly some new ideas . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm an optimist and I do truly believe that Eldorado is a good idea and that it will work . |
| 13 | It may well be that they 're doing it , with er other ways of doing it and er that 's , that 's discussion , but I do actually think that there is sometimes something to be said , and I think a group can say it more easily than individual , is if you want something done , do it , but do n't come along and complain . |
| 14 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 15 | I do so hope that you never fall prey to any of the crippling diseases within our society because maybe then you will come to appreciate the need for these experiments . |
| 16 | I do indeed think that we can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus , since the early Christian sources show no interest in either , are moreover fragmentary and often legendary . |
| 17 | I wish we were having a picnic , and that it was hot , and I do indeed wish that we were all together ; though even if I were to hold the whole world against my chest , it would probably save us from very little . |
| 18 | here well I did tonight like cos I was up at half five |
| 19 | Looking through her work you ca n't help but be impressed by the quality and her attention to detail — and I did just wonder if I was in the presence of someone who is going to be hailed the greatest canine painter of her era . |
| 20 | I did also hear that the person who is putting the rumour about is trying to push his own design . |
| 21 | We even looked under the ancient stalls the Templars once sat in , and I confess ( as is the wont of old Shallot ) I did little work but spent most of the time admiring the brilliant carvings on the misericord of each stall . |
| 22 | Yeah well okay , well I have n't I mean , I I did I did actually think that Mrs Thatcher would lead us into the election . |
| 23 | I did erm , mention , I think on one of them which was the erm Tim , this is the upstairs , I did actually mention that when I saw it to Roger . |
| 24 | And er we used to go occasionally to W E A meetings , in the library at , and er I was n't a member of his class , but I did once go and hear Hugh , when he was at Nottingham . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ Louise said , unhappily , ‘ I did so hope that you two would make a go of it , but with all the rows I do n't really know , I 'm sure … ’ |
| 26 | I did so wish that my mother had n't said that . |