Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 2 | ‘ I hate to see them do that , but it is better than the children being trampled underfoot in the rush . |
| 3 | He has sat and matched the former world amateur champions shoot up the rankings and said : ‘ I 'm glad to see them doing so well but it 's annoying when you know you are as good as them but are not able to do anything about it . |
| 4 | They are happy to see me doing well , but they would never force me into anything I did n't want to do . ’ |
| 5 | Class members would be most welcome in the team but few will come forward unless you as their teacher encourages them to do so . |
| 6 | This aspect of his practice is only just beginning to change , but he intends to persevere with it , spurred on by the personal satisfaction he has derived from ‘ seeing them do their maths ’ . |
| 7 | Their neighbour , the writer Julia Strachey , found them " congenial souls and seeing them does cheer one up " , although she recalled one evening when Eliot suddenly emerged in a dressing gown apparently " utterly distraught and Strindbergian , with his at-all-times remarkable manner accentuated into something ghostly and weird . |
| 8 | she would , she was seeing me do it and I respect what she says and I do what I 'm told no she did n't say that |
| 9 | What do they want me to do ? |
| 10 | ‘ What do you want me to do ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What d' you want me to do about it ? ’ he growled , reaching for his watch . |
| 12 | Eventually Mrs Webster explained that she had had an evacuee before me , who had ‘ breathed on the wall ’ , and she did not want me to do likewise . |
| 13 | ‘ What do you want me to do ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But you do not want me to do an article for the City Press ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What do you want me to do ? ’ |
| 16 | What d' you want me to do ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What do you want me to do ? ’ asked Ho . |
| 18 | What do you want me to do — take you down to the club ? |
| 19 | Which do you want me to do ? … 01001100 … . ’ |
| 20 | It was a case of , ‘ I 'll do anything , what do you want me to do ? |
| 21 | ‘ What do you want me to do , Minister ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ What do you want me to do ? |
| 23 | I knew that was what you would want me to do , sir . |
| 24 | What do you want me to do ? ’ |
| 25 | Now what do you want me to do ? |
| 26 | ‘ Me daughters did n't want me to do it . |
| 27 | " What do you want me to do ? " |
| 28 | " What do you want me to do ? " she breathed , dropping her voice to a conspiratorial whisper . |
| 29 | Do you want me to do the ? |
| 30 | Do you want me to do them ? |