Example sentences of "[adj] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm it 's very difficult to spot what 's going to go wrong in advance and some of the things you suspect are dodgy nobody has any trouble with , some of the things that you just did n't occur to you that would go wrong do go wrong , it 's like , mm mm , yeah mm |
| 2 | Oh hang on , you 've got some to do have n't you ? |
| 3 | But I just could n't believe that people would be willing to do do that kind of thing , you know . |
| 4 | The English did try rushing tactics , sending dismounted men to reach the walls by sheer weight of numbers . |
| 5 | But the English do have a different culture . |
| 6 | This did affect route 16/18 . |
| 7 | This did affect the Croydon area indirectly , by the withdrawal of tram route 12 . |
| 8 | Bates entered his third final in an uneasy mood , stating his opinions about a fine which he considered to be too high for a verbal abuse offence — this did affect his performance . |
| 9 | This did present a problem , as of the three services which the L.C.C . |
| 10 | This did grate rather , but how else was I supposed to survive ? |
| 11 | This did attract the attention of some of the newspaper readers . |
| 12 | After another six months I was asked to attend the physiotherapy department for treatment ; this did bring some relief , but only for a matter of hours . |
| 13 | It has one very curious feature ; it was drawn up by one ‘ Henry Balfour , priest of Dunkeld diocese , notary public by apostolic authority ’ , who was in fact no notary at all , and this did give ground for doubt . |
| 14 | In any event , at the higher level Rusk announced that the independence of the Associated States of Indo-China within the framework of the French Union was now assured , even if this did mean squaring the circle or at least begging the question . |
| 15 | In the short term this did result in a reduction in capacity , leading many observers to criticise BR for short-sightedness in view of the need to attract new traffic in readiness for the opening of the Channel Tunnel , but during 1988 the Dover-Dunkerque service received a boost when Railfreight Distribution commissioned a new high-capacity ferry , the Nord — Pas de Calais , to cater both for individual wagonload consignments and for trainload traffic on this route . |
| 16 | However , this did serve to advertise the industry , create excitement , and generate a lot of early bookings that might not otherwise have come forward . |
| 17 | Although this was higher than 13.8 ( 7.7–30.3 ) pg/mg in subjects without symptoms , this did reach statistical significant ( p=0.11 ) . |
| 18 | De Grazia points out that there was a fundamental transformation in the way the power was exercised and that this did influence the state . |
| 19 | This did happen frequently for a variety of reasons , but it was usually because of a worsening of weather conditions either at home base or over the target area . |
| 20 | This did happen but not quite as Seth intended as the casket was washed ashore near the city of Byblos on the Syrian coast , close to the base of a young tamarisk tree . |
| 21 | I thought you were going to put that low so that if so that if this did pick it up er it did n't make any difference . |
| 22 | This did recommend involvement of the voluntary sector on joint liaison committees and for the first time give access for voluntary agencies to make direct application to health boards without having to seek prior sponsorship from the local authority . |
| 23 | At the same time , welfare benefits were increased but this did produce complaints about ‘ idlers ’ and ‘ scroungers ’ , across-the-board welfare payments were becoming increasingly expensive and some Labour Party members began to press for more selective methods of eliminating poverty . |
| 24 | Not long afterwards the Dams Raid took place , and this did hit the headlines and captured the imagination of the public . |
| 25 | And this did raise the whole issue of the future of the sterling area . |
| 26 | I do not think that this did occur , there being confusion between the committal warrant and the committal order . |
| 27 | Unlike Miliband , who was trying to argue that there was scope in the short term for autonomous state action , Poulantzas ( while recognising that policies against the dominant class and other sectors of capital was possible ) was still insisting that when this did occur it would always be functional for the long-term survival and hegemony of the monopoly sector . |
| 28 | Er yes well that is so this did come through er very very late indeed er in the and the Parish Council of course are in the situation where they have to cover all eventualities and what er Mr is referring to is a suggestion of using a one O six agreement to protect as far as possible the local communities when the tip is erected . |
| 29 | US officials said this did amount to a description of a rouble gold standard , but emphasised that Mr Baker was not prescribing or even recommending policy to Moscow . |
| 30 | His brother , on the other hand — this did seem a little odd , now that I come to think of it — had apparently learnt his German locally ; from his voice I should have said he was Austrian . |