Example sentences of "do [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing , I suppose I do regard it as the moment in my career when I truly came of age as a butler . |
| 2 | There are three reasons for this : first , women dress differently from ‘ 20 men all wearing pinstripe suits ’ , making them more memorable ; second , they offload their emotions over redundancy much more quickly , making them better prepared to look for a new position ; and third , because of the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ , those women who do make it to the top are ‘ slightly better ’ than their male competitors . |
| 3 | Leaves do orientate themselves toward the light , so turn the pots regularly . |
| 4 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 5 | She hissed , ‘ Do do something about the Taylors and old Mrs Phipson . |
| 6 | It is very difficult to ascertain whether the many companies which use ROI do use it in the way proposed . |
| 7 | There are people out there who really do see him as the pioneer of a computer-generated escape from reality . |
| 8 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , these counts do provide us with the best available source of information about the common birds of Sussex woodland . |
| 10 | If you do exercise one for the time being do n't worry about that one , exercise three . |
| 11 | It is clear that the core of the upper class certainly do differentiate themselves from the broader middle class , even if it suits them to call themselves ‘ middle class ’ when asked . |
| 12 | But I do have something from the membership secretary . |
| 13 | Do n't forget Emmy , do have it at the back . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want any of you others to do anything , even if you do mean it for the best . ’ |
| 15 | Even here , however , the separate heading is worth preserving , since modern style-studies can and do content themselves with the mere description of distinctive linguistic patterns , abstaining not only from relating them to external factors such as authors or literary movements , but also from attributing to them any specific literary function . |
| 16 | Now the BBC pitted Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em into the Saturday-night schedule against Bruce Forsyth 's Big Night on ITV . |
| 17 | I bet he does as well shall we send a blank board up there , get that spare out , do put it in the tray and see what he says ? |
| 18 | I do add it into the costs if it 's |
| 19 | course work and base ma ma ma er do do something along the lines of spelling . |
| 20 | You still get your sixty pee even if you do do it in the day . |
| 21 | If you do find yourself in the same position , however , please seek professional help from a member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors without delay , as well as implementing the suggestions outlined here . |
| 22 | But , if you do find yourself in the situation of describing an area of life you are unfamiliar with , remember the man with the magnum of champagne and avoid , as far as you possibly can , using any fact , however trivial , however seductive , that you have no warrant for in someone else 's words or pictures . |
| 23 | I start musing on how it is we do find ourselves on the same side . |