Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [vb infin] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Sabra , a woman in her forties , told me ‘ If I go out I usually do have my Dupatta round me , but at work I ca n't wear it in case it gets caught up in the machines , so I just wear a scarf on my head when I leave the house — something is needed to save one 's Izzat ’ . |
| 2 | Thankfully , I really do enjoy my life . |
| 3 | It was difficult to believe that the Birdman ( I never did learn his name ) was the same man I had watched earlier in the day catching puffins on the cliffs beyond the village . |
| 4 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 5 | She really does need her sleep . ’ |
| 6 | She really did detest his mockery , for it was there again as he drawled , ‘ Brainy as well as beautiful ! ’ |
| 7 | If you really do love your pasta , it is probably best to allow yourself to indulge in a sensible pasta for your main course . |
| 8 | If you need to be absolutely sure that you really do have your money in your hand and not just a piece of paper which may or may not be paid , ask for one or other of the above . |
| 9 | ‘ But then , you never do like my gentleman friends , do you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And you truly do need my help to locate the ephemeral Svend — not to mention your sister . ’ |
| 11 | She occasionally did style her hair that way and , since she had never so much as dreamt of meeting Ven when she 'd purchased her black dress , no one could suggest that she had bought it with him in mind . |
| 12 | Oh , it all right , we did handle it , that issue anyway , separately , so that 's , we probably did receive your outline there . |
| 13 | We never did find his house did we ? |
| 14 | We never did afford our meal did we ? |
| 15 | ‘ Not to me , ’ Robyn murmured , hardly daring to hope that his lighter mood might have something to do with the fact that he really did like her work . |
| 16 | Sharpening the blades of an eighteen-inch cylinder is a four-hour job , so he really did need my help . |
| 17 | He had quite forgotten it , or , rather , it had sunk back to the dark , subterranean level from which it had sprung and on which he really did believe his father might kill him some day . |
| 18 | I do n't know about these , this person you 're thinking of but er a very common reaction , I certainly have this from time to time , it really does irritate my wife cos I usually wake her up , is you know , you 're just going off to sleep and you suddenly kind of feel you 're falling , does , does that happen ? |
| 19 | ‘ It really does thicken my hair . ’ |
| 20 | Er , I I had to care for my elderly parents when my son was two and a half and I had a six month old baby and er , I would agree with the previous speaker , it certainly does change your life . |
| 21 | Incidentally , he never did baptise my breast with Mississippi water ; the only time a bottle passed between us was when I sent him some Taburel water to stop his hair falling out . |
| 22 | I like my sitters to wear white because anything else does affect your skin tones . |