Example sentences of "they do [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They may not be the future , but they do craft good songs . ’ |
| 2 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 3 | Therefore , very large firms which have secured a degree of market dominance will often prefer independence or , where they do retain formal employers ' association membership , may have ‘ nonconforming ’ status whereby they are not required to follow the terms of a national agreement and disputes procedure ( such as a number of firms in the Chemical Industries Association in Britain , including ICI and Glaxo ) . |
| 4 | They do love sweet stuff such as honey , jam , chocolate , and biscuits , and some people even prepare special badger cakes to proffer to their local clan . |
| 5 | The organisers of Telethon say they do consult disabled people about the event and feel such an opinion is a minority one . |
| 6 | However , they do possess certain residual powers and , for example , it has been held that they can bring an action on behalf of the company against a debentureholder for the improper exercise of his powers . |
| 7 | Consultancies are an integral part of the PR industry and they do possess certain advantages of experience , independence and specialist skills that may not be evident internally . |
| 8 | There is still ample talent for England , given sensible selection , to demonstrate that they do possess organised strength in depth and that the national structure , so precarious in other years , has a substantial base . |
| 9 | There is , in fact , a ferret corner with animals on display at most country fairs and they do attract wide interest . |
| 10 | And they do go wrong sometimes — you switch on and nothing happens , or the picture starts breaking up , or you ca n't get any sound . |
| 11 | Usually Guppies are hardy fish and adapt to most water conditions , but they do prefer alkaline water . |
| 12 | They are n't heavy eaters so do not need constant feeding , but they do prefer well-drained , humus-rich soil . |
| 13 | This mistake is commonly made , especially in the case of Black Mollies ( remember they do prefer saline conditions ) and commonly also with Blackmoors in which case protozoal parasites or skin flukes are usually the culprits . |
| 14 | They ai n't very far apart they do grow big you know |
| 15 | Nevertheless they do represent different ways in which psychotic vulnerability can manifest itself and reference to them helps to provide some clues as to which of its aspects might mediate any association that exists with creativity . |
| 16 | Despite the fact that neither the Model Code nor the Take-over Code have the force of law , they do represent important statements of commercial morality and at times breach of them may have legal consequences . |
| 17 | I do n't quite know why , but anyhow if they do feel old at 75 , then they ought to be shaken up a bit . |
| 18 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 19 | They do enjoy them and they do make good use of them . |
| 20 | But they do make sociolinguistic assumptions : in context it is clear that they also assume the early development of a socially elite variety , and we can see from the first sentence of the quotation that ‘ carefulness ’ is probably also involved . |
| 21 | They do make heavy demands on the resources of the hospital service , so steady efforts are being made to improve the preventive aspects of geriatric care . |
| 22 | They do demand hard work , but can provide real business and personal development . |
| 23 | Two-stroke units for microlights develop more power from less weight and are generally cheaper to replace than their four- stroke equivalents , but they do demand careful attention . |
| 24 | Thus , although these outer-city neighbourhoods do not to a casual observer differ much from the inner city in language , they do exhibit clear social differences . |
| 25 | Dangerous circumstances as in these two examples are often easier for parents to understand and realize that in fact they do exert effective control at some times . |
| 26 | What they do find difficult is filling their day once they have actually come off drugs because they have built up a kind of lifestyle that has already been said |
| 27 | Training schemes do not guarantee a job , but they do provide necessary skills . ’ |
| 28 | Compendia of information can not solve all the problems associated with mapping out one 's life , but they do provide basic and practical information . |
| 29 | When they do become ill the John Warin ward in Oxford is there for them at every stage . |
| 30 | and luckily that the , the song that we did was funny and so people enjoyed it , but they did n't understand it and they did n't have a visual image of the artist 's work , so I now have to take erm a couple of pictures , er prints with me if ever were going to read it and we sing those songs but not everybody does , and then they do become excessible you know , they can see , you know , that erm , yes erm if it , if I was going to publish a book of poem I , it would have to be stated that this related to this picture and presumably it 'd have to be , it would be with it , with it |