Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report added that the Waddington screen controllers involved were ‘ not to undertake screening duties until their competence to do so had been subject to a further check ’ . |
| 2 | My own efforts to do so have been instructive , but discouraging . |
| 3 | Leighton 's error in allowing Didier Deschamps to beat him at the near post and present France with an advantage they did not deserve was crucial to the outcome of the match . |
| 4 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 5 | Claudia could see that locking up a Masai for a crime he did not understand was cruel and inhuman . |
| 6 | Newspapers that do not change are likely to be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 7 | I do not mean being reactionary , simply going back to a past state of affairs , I mean reaction as the antithesis of action . |
| 8 | The result is that it is very complex ; in addition , I must note that quite a few words are given stress patterns that I do not feel are acceptable in present-day English . |
| 9 | So far as the issues of English law are concerned , it is , as Mr. Beazley fairly recognised , almost inevitable that these cases , in view of the very difficult legal problems and of the very large sums of money at stake , will , unless settled , proceed in the end , as did the Hazell case , to the highest court ; thus even if there was a prospect of irreconcilable decisions at first instance or on intermediate appeal , which I do not think is likely , the final arbiters in the House of Lords will be able to give one single decision which will be binding in both England and Scotland , and with no possibility of irreconcilability . |
| 10 | An impression has undoubtedly gained ground — which I do not think is fair to the Wolfenden Committee — that the Committee desired to legalise homosexual conduct . |
| 11 | ‘ We are trying to turn around a situation we do not deny is difficult , ’ admits one Ferruzzi executive . |
| 12 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 13 | Similarly , health and safety legislation can be designed to protect workers from agreeing to work in conditions which they do not realize are unsafe . |
| 14 | I do not recall being frightened , although I should have been . |
| 15 | Artists do just stop being able to do it . |
| 16 | What they did incontestably leave were remarkable examples of those hard-wearing memorials which we have already observed from prehistoric times : stones . |
| 17 | Although most of his final years were spent attempting to defend liberal precedents , those victories which the liberal minority did still achieve were due largely to his authority , intellect and tactical skill . |
| 18 | No , because things come up unexpectedly , so things will become urgent that maybe you did n't think were important , but have just suddenly emerged . |
| 19 | Or had a child who acquired a severe stomach upset after eating berries form the garden , which you did n't realise were dangerous ? |
| 20 | He is a young player with loads of confidence and ability and although he did n't produce is usual form yesterday he still will be very much in the Games plans . |
| 21 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 22 | ‘ They never really wanted interviews and did n't like being public figures . |
| 23 | We did n't mind being old fogey , as long as there was no one there reminding us of the fact . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't mind being alone . ’ |
| 25 | What fans did n't see was special effects boss Derek Meddings on the floor with his hand up her dress to keep it from ruffling up and his assistant up a ladder holding the tension on a piece of fish wire while the zip was being pulled down . |
| 26 | I 've gone to the local Council and er unfortunately they 've said to me that I 'd have to go on a waiting list ; the housing aid have said the only thing they could offer me is bed and breakfast which I 'm sorry to say I do n't think is suitable to bring two children up in . |
| 27 | We have a great deal of sympathy er but whereas I do n't think some of the ideas that have been floated tonight for a Cornwall and Gibraltar West seat er or erm any kind of link up between Cornwall and any tail end of a Welsh seat we do n't think is practical and I think he 's got ta solve this problem er within the confines of Cornwall being regarded as part of England if not Anglo Saxon . |
| 28 | It 's we , we should n't accept anything that you know , we , we do n't think 's correct ! |
| 29 | Which we do n't think 's fair . |
| 30 | Now , what we do n't want are detailed particulars of the shop , the salesperson 's home address and physical attributes . |