Example sentences of "[subord] i [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the warm weather I take the opportunity to sit in my garden where I often do my sewing up . |
| 2 | Right , so , rather than me just do some boring stuff there . |
| 3 | I went to this game and although I probably do n't deserve to get a ticket I will probably take the opportunity . |
| 4 | Although I really do n't notice it any more . |
| 5 | Gradually these dreams came less often until they stopped altogether , although I still do n't know why I had them in the first place . |
| 6 | This loss of control is frightening and therapy has helped me to acknowledge its existence , although I still do n't know why it happens . |
| 7 | I said , although I still do n't understand what that proverb means . |
| 8 | I only claim six night visits a week , although I usually do 60 . |
| 9 | Could we please NOT exchange presents this Christmas — has such dreadful expenses because of and I should prefer to give more to charity than I anyway do . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't make me feel sillier than I already do . ’ |
| 11 | I start to hear everything much better than I normally do . |
| 12 | By the time we get to the jarv tracks I am over it , putting it down to a poor night 's sleep and a wearing day that have combined so that I am feeling the cold more than I normally do . |
| 13 | Having a bit of a rest in the winter , I was able to relax a little bit more , so I think I came over a lot fresher than I normally do for the start of the season . |
| 14 | And of course I spoke erm er there I spoke a lot slower than I normally do . |
| 15 | I feel far mo , less sympathy and far less identification with her than I perhaps do with a male worker who has to cope with the same kind of exploitation that I do , day in , day out . |
| 16 | To act more charitably than I customarily do . |
| 17 | If I 'm doing the stomach , well I 've got dozens of routines for the stomach so I just do what feels good . |
| 18 | They thought it was broken , then they said it was just a bad sprain , but apparently they want to do another X-ray , so I simply do n't know what 's happening . |
| 19 | ‘ It seems as if I really do need to lie down , ’ she said faintly , and then he had swept her off the ground and was carrying her to one of the low , comfortable sofas in a private alcove where donors who were feeling faint could eat and drink in peace and quiet as they recovered . |
| 20 | I ent ever hit a child and if I ever do it 'll be with the skin of me hand . |
| 21 | The only good thing , the only good thing about La the only good thing about Labour is that they would have brought back student grants so if I ever , if I ever do go to university then I 'll get lots of money . |
| 22 | you can , and then I thought well if I ever do get grandchildren , no , I 'll keep it . |
| 23 | Probably it may be easier if I actually do those letters if they want letters . |
| 24 | The party 's best-known candidate , Alessandra Mussolini , the Duce 's grand-daughter , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm very happy for the MSI , even if I still do n't know if I 've been elected ’ . |
| 25 | I may never see you again Elsie but even if I never do I can not change the way I feel . |
| 26 | ‘ Of course , ’ I lied and cursed to myself for not remembering to put a pencil behind my ear like I normally do when I use the phone . |
| 27 | ‘ I shall do it by the dollop like I always do . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No , ma'am , ’ Ace said , ‘ seems like I never do . ’ |
| 29 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 30 | Cos I just do n't want to send stuff back , knowing that there are things wrong |