Example sentences of "they [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women can drive cars , taxis , buses , trucks , diggers , lawn-mowers — that sort of thing , though in the West they mostly do n't ( except cars ) because of tradition . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I thought , ‘ well , it 's the Boat Race , not very high-powered crews considering they mostly do other things ’ . |
| 3 | They mostly do not adequately safeguard pupils against a casual , almost literalist , understanding of symbol . |
| 4 | They rarely did . |
| 5 | They were meant to coincide so that travellers would have a smooth connection , but they rarely did , and the tea-houses and cheap hotels of Half a were swollen with travellers who invariably had to wait for days . |
| 6 | Although some modern dancers do without music in the accepted sense of that term , they rarely do without rhythmic phrasing . |
| 7 | The barman even told him he 'd had enough — something they rarely do unless they think a client 's about to throw up over the upholstery or start taking his clothes off . |
| 8 | This is when two people should begin the real act of loving , but they rarely do because it requires effort and commitment . |
| 9 | ‘ They rarely do , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Bullets are funny things ; they rarely do what is expected of them . |
| 11 | In one such instance , when the party prospectively disadvantaged happened to be in government , the Home Secretary took the extraordinary step of introducing the order and advising his party colleagues in the House to reject it , which they duly did , the stated reasons being the desirability of awaiting the outcome of a local government review then pending . |
| 12 | The company secretary orally requested the auditors to give a valuation , which they duly did , and the plaintiff sold his shares at that price . |
| 13 | And yet they eventually did talk about ‘ the leg ’ and then ‘ the disease ’ and Iain heard the word ‘ Spinabifida ’ ; a word previously heard only on TV when charities were appealing for money . |
| 14 | This they eventually did at Messina — another positive augury for the future , perhaps — appointing to the post René Mayer who was , in fact , an associate of Monnet . |
| 15 | Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them . |
| 16 | he only done , they only done that to learn you a lesson . |
| 17 | No , they , they only done that because it would 've been hard for us I think , in the |
| 18 | For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’ |
| 19 | They tell us that they only do dope occasionally , a factor that potentially puts them at greater risk . |
| 20 | They only do it when they 're struggling . |
| 21 | And they only do it to the angry ones . |
| 22 | They only do that to scare you . |
| 23 | " I 'm sure they only do it to tease Lambert . |
| 24 | I think some stations might do that , but they only do it if , if it 's , if it 's not going to be detrimental to the turn out , in other words they , they have a system , erm for instance they have a duty crew over the weekend , so that at least some can take their families to the seaside if they wanted to , so six will remain around the house er er but they do have some system , but I think the majority of fire stations , there are twenty seven in Suffolk like that , who work on the system of getting there as quickly as they can , and that is the best competition to get there , to get the ride . |
| 25 | And they only , they o they only do same job do n't they ? |
| 26 | Still , and as they only do it every Good Friday it do n't . |
| 27 | If that 's alright I 'll do it got ta pay your own train fair I said Boxing Day they only do Sunday service anyway . |
| 28 | They only do it once a year on the flat . |
| 29 | er the Japanese now they went to Nissan , they only do one thing at , one thing each |
| 30 | They only do strawberry , oh , and I hate it in yoghurts they 're |