Example sentences of "do [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't insist what I 've done has to be important forever to the theatre . |
| 2 | The philosophy maintains that it is up to you to take initiatives and through so doing to refuse to be bored . |
| 3 | I 'm , I 'm just saying that one way we can see things easily and another way we ca n't , and we do want to check it , we do want to be sure that there is continuity . |
| 4 | Radical reform is necessary to enable those who do want to be active in political life to do so . |
| 5 | It perhaps will never be realised as it is questionable as to how many people do want to be active in politics . |
| 6 | You did want to be able to go around all them works , what , what was it with the |
| 7 | Do you believe in discipline , that children do need to be obedient ? |
| 8 | But they do need to be small enough to fit on the cover without taking up much space , and light enough not to tear the paper . |
| 9 | Administrators of services do need to be careful not to isolate recipients too much . |
| 10 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 11 | But investors do need to be wary of new-style income shares — such as those issued by Olim Convertible , Kleinwort High Income and Edinburgh Income — which rely more heavily on growth in the underlying assets to prevent substantial capital loss . |
| 12 | But we do need to be wary of inferring too much central direction , partly because this implies that banks or companies were forced into compliance . |
| 13 | Firstly , while it goes to great lengths to be friendly and avoid jargon , because it is an American book , you do need to be happy with US slang speech to enjoy it , and sometimes even to understand it , as in ‘ Obtuse code-word sorters divvy those ’ , ‘ Most DOS programs are text-based critters ’ , or ‘ To counter this bad trip , the Windows programmers created a communal work place where all the programs could groove together peacefully ’ . |
| 14 | Now , in terms of functional group isomerism I 'm gon na take a slightly different example right let's take this one here first of all I 've now started to do what the examiners will do now I 'll make them identical structures there somewhere and you really do need to be able to name them in order to see where they are or if they are . |
| 15 | We do need to be able to show forgiveness in all the things that we do but it is n't easy and Jesus devotion to is a great challenge to us as to just how far we can go . |
| 16 | So , sure , we do need rote-learning , we do need to be able to say ‘ Three times four is twelve ’ , we must n't have to work it out on our fingers . |
| 17 | " I did promise to be ready for nine thirty but those blasted animals just wo n't cooperate . " |
| 18 | If they do appear to be effective for recognition , this will have consequences for the design of pattern recognisers . |
| 19 | Indeed , if they did appear to be hesitant because of the mixedness in the message , that could be seen as a weakness . |
| 20 | Certainly risky situations did appear to be unusual events , the top 50% of the rating scale was only used for 6.5% of the situations encountered . |
| 21 | Any discussion of crime must be cognizant of the fact that serious adverse consequences can and often do follow from being indifferent to the outcome of one 's actions ( or inactions ) . |
| 22 | Most religious traditions , however , do claim to be theistic — to believe in a god or gods . |
| 23 | I do like to be able to pick a fish up by its head , ’ William Black said , waving a sea bass in rigor mortis at me , before going on to inspect its gills . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , we 're not yet able to get a large enough supply of completely CFC-free material , but do hope to be able to in the near future . |
| 25 | ‘ You do have to be polite and well-behaved , and loyal to the Royal Family as well , otherwise you could abuse it terribly . ’ |
| 26 | But you do have to , you do have to be aware of being too clever for your own good , because they only want a translation . |
| 27 | P.S. Mind you , you do have to be able to on-sight Indian Face with an anvil strapped to your chest to become chairman ! |
| 28 | You do have to be careful , though , because she has no fear . |
| 29 | what other departments feel to your to your people , because wha , you do have to be careful about the indoctrination , this is what I believe so it 's right , we 've got ta we do have to strike a balance . |
| 30 | I mean , we all know that having to shake tins , the number of people who go past by on the other side , and I think that we do have to be careful with the numbers , and even those people who normally give do get a bit fed up if there are too many . |