Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | Are you saying that they did n't mean what they said then ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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. — |
| 5 | If he was taking a man home he would keep him waiting while he did this . |
| 6 | But I remembered her asking whether I did n't go crazy on my own at The Pightle . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I still want to get it going but I do n't want to put a double shift onto unless I have to . |
| 10 | We saw it coming and we did nothing . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | 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 . |