Example sentences of "do [vb infin] a certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they still did do a certain amount of er the stock in trade course the bins for g for transporting stuff in and all like that . |
| 2 | It 's , I mean , Freud we know , did do a certain analysis . |
| 3 | It would not be altogether surprising if higher education did inculcate a certain distaste for dirtying one 's hands , for products and things ( money , in this context , is not a thing ) . |
| 4 | These lesser varieties are not widely planted , nor do they contribute significantly to the quality and reputation of Champagne as we know it today , but they exist and do possess a certain curiosity value and are therefore dealt with in this chapter . . |
| 5 | I do detect a certain er levity here I would point out that it is now twenty five past nine and we still have n't this afternoon 's business . |
| 6 | And indeed , linking these three proposals did have a certain logic . |
| 7 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
| 8 | Oh , André was always a hit with the girls , and he did have a certain effeminate appeal and a wonderful way with words , but he lacked Piers 's vitality , the vibrant sexuality that seemed to smoulder away inside him . |
| 9 | You may not be putting together the salad on your plate or cooking your main course in the kitchen , but you do have a certain control over what goes onto your plate . |
| 10 | ‘ I do have a certain amount of work to do , ’ Alice said , ‘ but I can fit in with your plans , Harry . |
| 11 | While command line interpreters do have a certain fascination and instill a tremendous discipline on the user they could hardly be described as state of the art . |
| 12 | erm Monsieur Mitterand 's relationship with erm Chancellor Schmidt for example is certainly not yet anything like as close erm as Chancellor Schmidt 's relationship with ex-President Giscard was , but they are both socialists , erm they do have a certain amount in common , and I see no reason why they should n't quite quickly build another erm relationship erm that would be quite similar to what happened before . |
| 13 | The gentleman in question did exhibit a certain alarm because when I told him why I was looking at his land he thought it might lead to a conservation order being slapped on it . |
| 14 | In Britain the majority of people aspire to owning their own home and those who do acquire a certain position in society . |
| 15 | This and several other small details concerning the inlay do require a certain amount of indulgence if they are to be reconciled completely with this particular example of Smith 's work . |
| 16 | These do require a certain degree of inference , but it is clear that under some conditions such remains can suggest the name of a sponsor , the reason for sponsorship , and the presence of a respected craftsmen or group of craftsmen At Avenches — and probably at Bavay — in France , and at Seriana and Timgad in North Africa , the names of individual craftsmen are attested ( although , as is shown by the inscription from Timgad , even differing ideas of the practice in which the craftsman was involved are apparent ) . |
| 17 | ‘ did drive a certain motor vehicle , namely a … ’ |
| 18 | did drive a certain motor vehicle , namely a … ’ |
| 19 | In the case of the South Metropolitan Company , this does present a certain difficulty , since it served not one , but three distinct areas , each with its own particular character . |
| 20 | Indeed , he thinks that whereas the master fails to gain a proper sense of himself from the slave , because the slave merely carries out his ( the master 's ) will , the slave does gain a certain degree of self-consciousness by means of the work he performs for the master . |
| 21 | Snow does have a certain corpuscular arrangement , which fits it to produce ideas of coldness and of whiteness in us ; but just as there is nothing in fire resembling our idea of pain , so there need be nothing in snow resembling the whiteness and coldness it appears to have . |
| 22 | It 's still disturbing but it does have a certain grandeur . |
| 23 | It is important to recognise that this criticism does have a certain validity . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , the club does have a certain reputation for frankness in sexual matters , sir . |
| 25 | The construction of a sex fiend helps to sell newspapers , for the sex beast does attract a certain sort of interest . |
| 26 | In the same way , it is uncommonly satisfactory in that it is a simple basic skill with great possibilities of expansion and variation of which the full exploration does suppose a certain creative intelligence and deductive wit . |
| 27 | It does require a certain knowledge of the remedies , though . |
| 28 | The American literature rarely speaks of ‘ conflict ’ but it does reveal a certain ‘ tension ’ within the relationship . |
| 29 | Language does play a certain part in rendering comic or grotesque the stereotypical working-class woman of media representations . |