Example sentences of "be [subord] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see if you 're if you do have a display caravan you can probably do some some grass displays of of large bearings or something in the front of it |
| 2 | Even Tom Fearon , who ought to know how good a rider Harriet had been if anyone did , had said wonderingly and without the slightest intention of double-entendre , ‘ Harriet had a first-class seat . |
| 3 | How can we know what people 's interests are if they do not act on them because they are induced or coerced not to ? |
| 4 | Yes , we have , mm , but I suppose I 'd been because I do n't want the bother of , yes . |
| 5 | so i , car radios and things like that the reception will be constant wherever you are because you do n't get any noise . |
| 6 | It is impossible for any of us to monitor carefully every single thing we say — how boring and stilted our speech would be if we did — but it is as well to remember that young children take the spoken word very literally , and a great deal of harm can be caused by the use of thoughtless and insensitive phrases . |
| 7 | And whilst it pays to take care , where would any of us be if we did not take risks ? ’ |
| 8 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 9 | I would be if I did that , if I just did n't eat . |
| 10 | For what you decide to do now will influence whether or not you turn up for work — and what your likely reception will be if you do . |
| 11 | I do n't know how you 're going to get it , but you know how deep the shit will be if you do n't produce at least a hundred thousand pounds … ’ |
| 12 | You will be if you do n't get dressed ! |
| 13 | Tock muttered something about how irritating water could be if you did n't look after it . |
| 14 | Jeez , where would your damn factory be if you did n't try new processes ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It would be if you did n't owe me , ’ Luke conceded indifferently , no trace of compunction there to soften his mercilessly intent expression . |
| 16 | He got to thinking how disappointed his parents would be if he did n't go back to Fyn in time to meet his father 's cousin . ’ |
| 17 | Quiet , I 'm cos I do n't like the car . |
| 18 | But if it is a hung parliament , this will be because we do n't really want anyone to have any power . |
| 19 | Well — the argument goes — it must be because we do not think that behind the parrot 's utterance is the thought ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ . |
| 20 | Thus , we will not be able to predict what the apparent values of these quantities will be because we do n't know how many baby universes are waiting out there . |
| 21 | They do n't have the time or the resources , and that may be because they do n't have enough people at partner level to cope with the organisation that training involves . ’ |
| 22 | If they say no , it might not be because they do n't like the sound of it but because their lists are already full and they are unable to take on any more . |
| 23 | No , it wo n't be because they do n't do the , they do n't do an open afternoon if it 's a championship |
| 24 | No , I think that might be because it does n't include the welding grants , but even so , let's have a look at , down here |
| 25 | This must be because he did not know any observations of it : Darwin was interested by every possible form of moral behaviour in animals , and if he had known of restrained fighting , he would have written about it . |
| 26 | If the comb is n't level , it may be because you did n't put it in symmetrically , or that the weights are n't positioned symmetrically , or it 's caught on the ribber , or you tied the end of the yarn to the clamp when you started . |
| 27 | Alright , th the saying in the paper , they 're talking about stopping these big companies , keeping these little companies waiting there could be something they can do about that , but how long is it going to be before they do something ? |
| 28 | As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction . |
| 29 | wha what 's what would your opinion be as as a church-comer would you be as we do n't know whether the Archbishop really said it cos it 's printed in the Sun for heaven 's sake . |
| 30 | It is most unlikely , said Taylor , that metal crystals are really as perfect as we suppose them to be when we do sums about their strength . |