Example sentences of "[conj] i do [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the first to admit that it is not easy , although I do wonder why we in tennis still use that argument as an excuse for not seeing what the Americans call ‘ minority ’ players more prominent in the British game . |
| 2 | And the danger presumably is that the surpluses we were having our discussion and debate about earlier on , those surpluses that and I do understand why you feel the pensioners should benefit from their surplus , but it the reality is that the employers and possibly the pensioners are currently arguing amongst themselves for the benefit of those surpluses , but in fact one of the significant contributors is often the deferred pensioners |
| 3 | ‘ And I do understand how you feel about the rest , about the emigration . |
| 4 | ‘ But I do know when I 'm being railroaded . |
| 5 | But I do know where I was when I fell — in the belt of grass under the bank , and facing straight ahead the way I was walking . |
| 6 | All that remains to be said is incised on stone , and the living go around silently with long faces and glances that mean ‘ I ca n't tell you how sorry I am , but I do know how you feel . ’ |
| 7 | Then quickly turning back to her , she said , ‘ But I do know how he feels about you . |
| 8 | I was n't actually born in Thorn House , it was n't a maternity home that long ago — ’ she gave a wry smile ‘ — but I do remember when it opened , some time in the Forties , just after the war , when mothers started having their babies away from home . |