Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [vb infin] a certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do detect a certain er levity here I would point out that it is now twenty five past nine and we still have n't this afternoon 's business . |
| 2 | ‘ I do have a certain amount of work to do , ’ Alice said , ‘ but I can fit in with your plans , Harry . |
| 3 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
| 4 | You may not be putting together the salad on your plate or cooking your main course in the kitchen , but you do have a certain control over what goes onto your plate . |
| 5 | erm Monsieur Mitterand 's relationship with erm Chancellor Schmidt for example is certainly not yet anything like as close erm as Chancellor Schmidt 's relationship with ex-President Giscard was , but they are both socialists , erm they do have a certain amount in common , and I see no reason why they should n't quite quickly build another erm relationship erm that would be quite similar to what happened before . |
| 6 | Oh , André was always a hit with the girls , and he did have a certain effeminate appeal and a wonderful way with words , but he lacked Piers 's vitality , the vibrant sexuality that seemed to smoulder away inside him . |
| 7 | It does require a certain knowledge of the remedies , though . |
| 8 | The American literature rarely speaks of ‘ conflict ’ but it does reveal a certain ‘ tension ’ within the relationship . |
| 9 | It 's still disturbing but it does have a certain grandeur . |