Example sentences of "do [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor do all who participate in a joint enterprise agree to its occurrence . |
| 2 | When Gandalf tells Frodo about the Ring , Frodo replies ‘ I wish it need not have happened in my time ’ , but Gandalf reproves him : ‘ So do I … and so do all who live to see such times . |
| 3 | It is the way we do so which counts . |
| 4 | As they do so we tend to know fewer of the people we see in them . |
| 5 | And you 're past the sign you 're into the roundabout and you 're not quite sure what you do so what do you do ? |
| 6 | Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance . |
| 7 | If they do so he grabs them by the neck and hauls them back to the fold . |
| 8 | So I did it anyway cos later on you would have said well you could 've taped me if you want like you always do so I did it anyway . |
| 9 | Miriam:Soto is my mother tongue but as a rule we do n't use the African languages when we write because if you do so you run the risk of getting into the trap of the system . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not myself feel justified in attaching much weight to the tenuous evidence upon which we were invited to find that the plaintiffs made their payments because of apprehensions induced by words or conduct of state officials that vehicles would or might be seized and detained under section 47 . |
| 11 | I do not myself think that this alternative is correct , but it would be worth putting forward in court . |
| 12 | I do not myself think , that Mr ever produces a biased report on anything , and I would think that , erm , on reflection Mr may think that he overstepped the mark there , er I feel that we should , if we can , defer this in it 's entirety , which also includes , the note at the bottom , that would allow Mr to go out and , and , and explore the possibilities . |
| 13 | As will lie seen later , I do not myself go all the way with the attitudinist theory of ethics . |
| 14 | It is almost impossible to forge any sort of career associated with public life or public men where you do not yourself become the object of hostility in some quarter . |
| 15 | Illustrations are seen to be a motivating factor for poor readers , but they are otherwise considered to be a distraction and ‘ do not themselves make the reading level of the prose any lower ’ ( ibid . |
| 16 | The intelligentsia — which is defined as those engaged in ‘ intellectual labour ’ — do not themselves form a distinct class . |
| 17 | But these sources do not themselves set standards and routines which are automatically taken up and followed . |
| 18 | ‘ The authors invite discussion on the interpretation of the survey results , but at this stage do not themselves draw conclusions from the results . |
| 19 | ‘ The authors invite discussion on the interpretation of the survey results , but at this stage do not themselves draw conclusions from the results . |
| 20 | ( I am not arguing that the Americans do not themselves engage in all manner of protectionist devices , but merely note that they do at least have an intrinsic belief in the benefits of Adam Smith 's hidden hand , a view which is not wholly shared on the Continent of Europe . ) |
| 21 | Some of the most valuable ones do not themselves appear in other listings , and can often be found only through the institution that produced them ( the importance of organizations being a recurrent theme in subject bibliography ) . |
| 22 | Sometimes the best way to reach decisions which reflect the reasons which apply to the subjects is to adopt an indirect strategy and follow rules and considerations which do not themselves apply to the authority 's subjects . |
| 23 | The industrial worker 's control over the work process is shaped and generally reduced by technology ; in the home , machines do not themselves determine the pace and rhythm of work . |
| 24 | Engineers in managerial positions should therefore recognise that they have enhanced responsibilities in three important respects : the introduction and operation of a proper risk management programme ; the effective discharge of their broader duties , so that they do not themselves become a source of risk ; and in the making of judgements relating tot he tolerability of risk . |
| 25 | The EC Audio-Visual Commissioner , M Jean Dondelinger , said the plan was part of a move towards the ‘ high-definition television ’ of the future , although the sets do not themselves provide such an image . |
| 26 | TECs do not themselves provide programmes ; they contract out to training providers . |
| 27 | The use of characters as oracles for beliefs they do not themselves espouse in effect divides the character 's identity from his or her narrative function . |
| 28 | Note that cheques and credit cards , although they are used to pay for goods directly , do not themselves count as money . |
| 29 | The plans exhort those responsible to bridge the gulf but do not themselves bridge it . |
| 30 | We have already noted the differences between the UK 's output per head and its unemployment and those of other countries , but such league tables do not themselves imply that there is any connection between the UK economy and global forces . |