Example sentences of "does [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 Does All an suggest that it is ?
2 He conducts great concerts , and before long he will make the lame walk — and then he does just a good concert and people are disappointed .
3 What the sea does once a year to freshen individual lives our railways are doing every day for the national life , in a way less picturesque but none the less effective .
4 The young man scanned the paper , held it out , and as James 's fingers reached for it , dropped it , eyed him , and said in a carrying voice , ‘ I see you are mad , but does even a lunatic suppose that one of His Majesty 's officers would bind himself to oppose the law and refrain from arresting criminals ? ’
5 ‘ Or does even a temporary steward open no chests ; fold no linen away ? ’
6 He does quite a lot on Broadway in fact .
7 Oh he does quite a bit of , he does a bit of erm supplying it
8 Still less when you descend to minute measurements does half an inch mean about half an inch .
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