Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I ai n't usually called madam , I 'm Mrs Bessie Beavis , and I do 'ave a room for rent . |
| 2 | if I do effect all the |
| 3 | I do aim to please . |
| 4 | What I do appear to be quite successful at is raising money for charity . |
| 5 | I do detest social climbers . |
| 6 | I l I do check out the odds , |
| 7 | I do emphasise this definition , which relies upon the influence upon the value of money being direct , being exercised upon particular prices ; for of course all economic policies have an effect upon the value of money and thus upon prices , including incomes . |
| 8 | I 'm not going to do what he wants even if I do fancy you . |
| 9 | Cos I do chicken with ginger which |
| 10 | I do speak German , only it needs a major overhaul to set it right . ’ |
| 11 | But I do speak for us British . |
| 12 | But JUSt as it IS proper for me to look back to my wedding day as assurance that I am really married , so it is proper to look back to my baptism as a mark given me by the Holy Spirit that I am really born again in Christ , and to the eucharist as a pledge that I do partake of his life , feed on him , and shall in the last day share his resurrection . |
| 13 | ‘ I do give that impression , do n't I ? |
| 14 | ‘ As you know I do n't work in the firm but I do give a hand with the accounts from time to time — ’ |
| 15 | Although , like Shelley , I am not a believer in the Christian religion — as no intelligent person can be in our day — I do give strong credence to spirits . |
| 16 | I do care about you . |
| 17 | I do care . |
| 18 | ‘ I do care a lot about the parish , but I 've always fought against the ‘ clergy wife ’ label . |
| 19 | Despite what you all must think , I do care for Berenice , and I 'll look after her and our child . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Neither did I , and I do care , Myra , really I do , it 's just … ’ |
| 21 | I do care about the environment too , but you 're absolutely right : voting Green would be wasting your vote … |
| 22 | But what I do care about is that , whatever we choose to call the quality of being statistically-improbable-in-a-direction-specified-without-hindsight , it is an important quality that needs a special effort of explanation . |
| 23 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
| 24 | But I do intend to do it , and if it comes off I suppose I should put my money where my mouth is and offer up my effort for your appraisal . |
| 25 | scrap through the remains of erm and got the wire wool and got them down and washed them , what I would like today if you would be so kind as to assist when you 've finished your pottery is to re-label these , now some of you er , have already finished pottery and start straight away , those who only have the finishing touches to do , start half way through the lesson or whatever , but I do intend to give a demonstration now , so , could you gather all round |
| 26 | ‘ However , in view of recent events I do intend to get it electronically protected . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't imp intend to preach to the converted but what I do intend to say to anyone in this hall that 's either indifferent or complacent or just too idle to do anything than let this motion drift by them , that if we do n't get together on this issue to get the message over to our national officers and in turn the T U C , that if we do n't stand and fight for the right to uphold the basic principles of what I believe to be trade unionism , that is the right to withdraw labour , the right to protect our brothers and sisters from oppressive employers , the right to command decent conditions and fair pay without fair reprisal . |
| 28 | Erm , they do , they are , they they have had er , registered disabled employees previously , er , and they are committed in in one ex example of two work experience er children from the St Francis Special School , they take two every year , er for for works experience training , and I do intend to talk to the General Manager and ensure that they are encouraging di disabled people to apply for jobs of that kind . |
| 29 | Those people whose names you 've just , you 've given me their details from , could I ask you er if the next time you see them if it 's within the next few days or certainly erm if , if you could over the next day or two give them a ring just to let them know that I do intend to contact them , I 'll probably contact them within the next week or so . |
| 30 | ‘ What I do intend is for you to drive down town with me right now , come into the notary 's office and sign away any rights you imagine you might have . |