Example sentences of "and [pron] do [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , at any one time in man 's history , there are far more ‘ ordinary ’ people ( and I do not mean that in a derogatory sense ) than those who hit the headlines . |
| 2 | Too often Kendall seems preoccupied with finding a place in the team for Alan Harper , and although he has been a great servant to the club over the years , Everton will only be a really good side when he is playing in the reserves , and I do not mean that as an insult to Alan . |
| 3 | MYSELF and Marco Polo is a working model of a novel , a clever toy , a verbal tournament , a facetious blueprint for a possible future seriousness : it could only be called a success if its author 's aim was merely to intrigue , and I do not feel that Paul Griffiths can be that crude . |
| 4 | My wife and I do not feel that we are losing Annabelle , but entrusting her to Stephen 's good care . |
| 5 | William the Conqueror was a cruel and harsh ruler , and I do not suggest that we should harry the north ; but during his reign , although people were fearful of the monarch , they were not fearful of their fellow citizens . |
| 6 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 7 | And I do not think that Helen is unusual or unfathomable in translating this into a hatred of her own body , a fear of its femininity , unpredictability and curviness , and a longing to keep it all ‘ under control ’ . |
| 8 | Both Roche and Berk are companies of repute , and I do not think that Berk would like to be described by Dalyell as ‘ fly by night ’ simply because it produces a cheaper product . |
| 9 | The comparison between Matisse and Picasso is true and present and I do not think that one can look at Matisse without thinking of Picasso and vice versa . |
| 10 | Whether one accepts that view or not — and I do not think that it is valid in its simple form ( see Fine and Harris ( 1985 ) ) — it is a powerful one ; in that context , the fact that the proportion of foreign assets in UK pension funds ' total investments has risen is a mark of the power that the post-1979 boom in the City 's foreign investment has had . |
| 11 | And I do not think that it means , as counsel argued , the individuals who inhabit these islands . |
| 12 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |
| 13 | But we all we can do is reflect the position of women in society , and I do not think that what 's we 're about and I do not think it 's what the parliamentary Labour party . |
| 14 | Given my hon. Friend 's well-known commitment to productivity , efficiency and careful spending of money in the public sector , I am surprised by her suggestion and I do not think that it is tremendously sensible . |
| 15 | We are currently in discussion with the TECs about their budget and I do not think that it would be appropriate for me to comment on the particular circumstances of my hon. Friend 's local TEC . |
| 16 | As I shall illustrate later , that cost could not be met , and I do not think that Labour would do it . |
| 17 | The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December . |
| 18 | The future of British Coal depends on the results of the next general election in a few months ' time , and I do not think that any hon. Member or the Minister would refute that . |
| 19 | I suspect that that was the last time that he will make a speech as Minister for the Arts , and I do not think that the House would begrudge him a longer time to say his farewells . |
| 20 | It must be right for auditors to audit and for regulators to regulate and I do not think that it helps the argument for there to be an overlap in responsibilities and in some way , as I say , to turn auditors into snoopers and narks er er and make more supine one 's er regulators . |
| 21 | I do not claim — and I do not suppose that the Prime Minister would — that the social fund is perfect . |
| 22 | I have a lot of sympathy with this attitude , and I do not doubt that there are genetic advantages in our having brains of the kind that we have . |
| 23 | Nevertheless it appears from the judgment of Thorpe J. , and I do not doubt that he was right , that a dominant factor was W. 's desire to be in an environment where , as she thought , she was in control and could cure herself if and when she thought it right to do so . |
| 24 | I have looked at the evidence of so-called student hardship and I do not accept that the ’ scores ’ of cases stand up to examination . |
| 25 | The Opposition 's policy is confused — and I do not agree that the people of Wales are repressed . |
| 26 | I am satisfied that the deceased encouraged the plaintiff in the belief that all the property he possessed at the date of his death would pass to her , and I do not consider that the fact that he made certain gifts during his lifetime , and indicated a wish to make others , including the gift of a legacy to the plaintiff 's son is inconsistent with such a belief . |
| 27 | The reason that Scotton Parish Council are opposed to a road of the type shown in the key diagram , is that they do not consider and I do not consider that a road in that position , going to the north of Knaresborough , could effectively meet that need to relieve the A fifty nine . |
| 28 | Why should you choose , if you could , and I do not say that you could , to leave your children ? |
| 29 | It requires a depth of human understanding , an ability to communicate on a one-to-one basis with different characters , and I do not believe that Frank can do this very well . |
| 30 | Surely cheating is cheating , whatever form it takes , and I do not believe that the ‘ crimes ’ committed at the Olympics were any worse than that committed in Rome . |