Example sentences of "i do [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Reason tells me I do right to let you go , yet my heart urges me to hold on to you … ’ |
| 2 | I do rather resent it when there are other council committees , there 's Town Hall Strategy Working Party in the afternoon , now if we 're going to be sure that we can all get to this without conflict with other committees , erm I had to be there on behalf of the Lord Mayor because she had duties , erm and I was very sorry not to be able to come , because I have dealt , visited many occupational , I wanted to visit the officers , and you know , it is n't always possible where you have a conflict of interests . |
| 3 | This may be to acquaynt you that their is a pore yong women in oure Towne of Asston-underlyne infected with a filthy deceassed called the French poxe and shee saith shee was defiled by one Henry Heyworth a maryed man , but soe it is the report of that dessease occasioneth neighbours to deny hir harbour and shee is enforced to lye in the streetes and in great danger to bee starved , I do humbly intreate your worshipps to take it into your consideration and to grant your Order that the pore woman may be provyded for to prevent starveing , either upon the parrish charges , or upon the Costs of the said Heyworth whom she saith hath spoiled hir , whether yiur worshipps shall think fitt |
| 4 | I do however think I have been able to help with the emotional problems of the artists here , especially the big dilemma of whether to have kids or not . |
| 5 | Then I do normally watch it with you . |
| 6 | It was Miss Honey this and Miss Honey that and Miss Honey I do honestly feel I could move almost anything in the world , not just tipping over glasses and little things like that … |
| 7 | These difficult questions should so far as possible be confined to those fields of law to which they are immediately relevant and I do not regard them as relevant questions under the Theft Act 1968 , ’ |
| 8 | These difficult questions should so far as possible be confined to those fields of law to which they are immediately relevant and I do not regard them as relevant questions under the Theft Act 1968 " . |
| 9 | I neither would nor could have murdered him , but I do not regard him as a loss . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do not regard myself as bound by these appointments … |
| 11 | I do not regard myself as clairvoyant , but I think it shows that there are other ways of communicating that are important . |
| 12 | I do not regard myself as a Euro-sceptic . |
| 13 | Having grown up a northerner , I make no apologies for saying that I do not regard myself as a southerner who happens to live a few miles up the road . |
| 14 | But , I must say that , having got that , I do not regard myself as disabled , I have a disability , I do not regard myself as disabled , and it 's this business that you have registered as disabled person , which is a bit of a stigma . |
| 15 | But , I must say that , having got that , I do not regard myself as disabled , I have a disability , I do not regard myself as disabled , and it 's this business that you have registered as disabled person , which is a bit of a stigma . |
| 16 | The the only job which I told Neil I do not expect him to take is working for waste disposal because he did that , this time last year and before he started he was full of big talk about you make a lot of money and you get a lot of tips at Christmas he found that you do not make a lot of money and you do not get generous tips at Christmas |
| 17 | I believe that the new generation of " 16 bit " machines ( such as the ACT Sirius 1 ) will prove to be well capable of meeting these demands If I may be permitted one small advertisement , I do not expect it to be long before I can fulfil my objective of promoting the use of micros in personnel through the marketing of systems developed specifically for this field . |
| 18 | ‘ Ethel , ’ continued Miss Hardbroom , ‘ just because you happen to be an excellent scholar and one of the most helpful members of my class , I do not expect you to lie your way out of a situation when it has become awkward . |
| 19 | I do not expect you to understand . ’ |
| 20 | I do not expect you to haggle , for example , but an element of bartering over hours and conditions can improve your working life considerably . |
| 21 | I do not expect you to agree with me on everything . |
| 22 | I do not expect my father to lend me money simply because he is a father . |
| 23 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
| 24 | As Cohen ( 1984 : 227 ) points out : ‘ by detachment I do not mean we have to distance ourselves emotionally ; that I think would be perverse . |
| 25 | She looked Flavia full in the face , ‘ I do not mean your feeling for me , though you have hardly talked about that either . |
| 26 | ‘ When I deny things in an existence out of the mind , I do not mean my own mind in particular , but all minds . |
| 27 | I said how depressing asylums must be , but he said quickly " I do not mean my picture to be depressing . " |
| 28 | I do not mean you should love them any less , but discipline is very important and must be started from the outset . |
| 29 | I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms . |
| 30 | ‘ Given a level playing field , I do not feel we have much to fear , ’ he said . |