Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was n't like the long white er the wild white clover but it did only did maybe a year or two . |
| 2 | The liberals of Cadiz , therefore , did not represent merely a minority group within the political nation in spite of their imperfect election credentials ; as far as there was a political nation , it was reformist . |
| 3 | The latter airlifted $2.2 billion worth of weaponry to prevent Israel 's defeat but on condition that it did not press home a counter-attack . |
| 4 | The highwayman was guilty of an aggravated form of stealing and did not obtain even a voidable title . |
| 5 | Firth may be generalisable : a person can obtain by deception even though he did not put forth a misrepresentation , when he is under a duty to disclose . |
| 6 | This would enable a tough general manager to ensure that medical audit did not become simply a talk shop or token activity . |
| 7 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 8 | Nevertheless Mark wondered why , since he was in the trade , Mr Mallory did not own even a modest vehicle . |
| 9 | Do not cast aside a movement that one feels is perhaps a little silly or archaic . |
| 10 | If , in a Rorschach test , I show you a symmetrical ink blot , you do not see merely an ink blot , but a bat , a witch , a face , or a dragon . |
| 11 | I 'm quite clear that I do not need either an outline or a planning application in order to arrive at my conclusion that the effect of any development on these sites would be deleterious to the historic character of Skelton . |
| 12 | Typically it means that steps are taken to ensure that women do not take away a proportion of the kin group 's resources when they marry — which can mean variously , that women 's sexuality is tightly controlled , that women are given little choice about whom they marry , that there is a preference for choosing marriage partners from within the kin groups ( Tillion , 1983 ; Goddard , 1987 ) . |
| 13 | But again the accent was on seniority : ‘ Commonly wee do not call any a yeoman till he be married , and have children , and as it were some authoritie among his neighbours ’ . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , many directors do not have even a basic social work qualification but are more influenced by business management . |
| 15 | The Trobriand Islanders , studied by Malinowski , are matrilineal , but do not have either a totemic structure or totemic rituals . |
| 16 | I would n't be surprised to learn that many people do now smoke only a quarter of their cigarettes on the bed when worried , simply because they have seen it so often in films . |
| 17 | Simmons seemed saved shots from Herbert and Aries and did well to turn away a goalbound shot from Appleton . |
| 18 | Thinking that if he ignored her , did n't show even a whisper of interest in her , she would give up and go home under her own steam , thereby allowing her to rescue some of her dignity . |
| 19 | For the next few days Shelley did n't catch even a glimpse of her chief . |
| 20 | He did n't seem quite a man , standing stiff and awkward in his ill-fitting uniform . |
| 21 | The idea was that a system did n't have just a single history in space-time , as one would normally assume it did in a classical nonquantum theory . |
| 22 | Erm , I do n't think either a father or a mother intrinsically has to be necessary , I think what 's important is that children should have access to a variety of loving adults , one or two , or maybe three of those who they should have a special relationship with , does n't matter whether they 're male or female , so long as the , the children are loved and they feel secure and happy , it does n't matter about , you know , this is mother , this is father . |
| 23 | Yeah I do n't , I do n't think even a fucking dog on heat would fancy Mr for Christ 's sake . |
| 24 | Therefore , I would see from a public point of view a substantial expenditure on this subject and I do n't think necessarily a level cuts from county planners . |
| 25 | And er on your , on the better shoe , like you what we call , might call a Sunday shoe , you 'd have a a rubber heel put on , I do n't mean just a a complete heel but a round disc that was screwed on to your heel , if I can explain that to you . |
| 26 | I would love to play at Molineux , but at the moment I do n't have even a slight hope . |
| 27 | Well I do n't have actually a lot of spare time . |
| 28 | Well I do n't mind just a little bit . |
| 29 | One of the things you have to remember is that you do actually know quite a lot about how the media operate already . |
| 30 | However , it does not make just a single prediction for the universe . |