Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't know ‘ what statement Mr. Gibbon had made to the other gentlemen or what reasoning they could have employed so as to sign a paper declaring the fact of urinous vomiting to be utterly impossible — here I must be at issue with them believing as I do … from my little physiological knowledge , that vomiting of urine for 26 weeks is by no means impossible … ’ . |
| 2 | Because if we do n't we then run the risk of being injured ourselves erm somebody alleging that they did n't realise they were police officers and therefore shot at us because they thought we were invading their territory or something . |
| 3 | Are you saying that they did n't mean what they said then ? |
| 4 | The harsh musical style will not set you humming but it does illustrate the original medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with force . |
| 5 | I only hope that if my operation leaves me suffering as they did , there will be someone at hand with the strength of character and compassion of Dr Cox to help me. — |
| 6 | If he was taking a man home he would keep him waiting while he did this . |
| 7 | But I remembered her asking whether I did n't go crazy on my own at The Pightle . |
| 8 | According to Mr Hornsby , ‘ One of the investors was a client of Clark Whitehill and at an early stage while he was still a client , the firm wrote to him saying if he did n't declare what his interests were , they would have to inform the Revenue . ’ |
| 9 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 10 | I still want to get it going but I do n't want to put a double shift onto unless I have to . |
| 11 | We saw it coming and we did nothing . ’ |
| 12 | I just phoned up Leeds for tickets for the Arse game on 24th August , and they tell me that ‘ Tickets will only be available for members ’ , and here 's me thinking that I do n't need to bother with a premier / membership card this year to get my tickets . |
| 13 | For example , we do not know exactly how God made the world , but that does n't stop us believing that he DID make the world . |
| 14 | Possibly a little touch like this has more meaning for us belonging as we do to a mechanical age , than it would have had for our ancestors , who were unaccustomed to the click of an electric switch and its attendant results ! |
| 15 | I mean it 's about I mean you know I mean it 's like today I mean Jeannie said oh well you come with us shopping if you do n't want to go dancing . |