Example sentences of "[vb past] do the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did do the right thing , did n't I ? ’ |
| 2 | What did do the trick was getting its staff to ring the creditor every 30 seconds for an entire day , then beginning again at eight the following morning . |
| 3 | Well I think that , that my problem is , you know like , Cos I did do the P G C S |
| 4 | Shall I , I shall have to apologize to the council , cos I mean I did do the , the survey of the erm residents and of course I had flu last month , I do apologize , I did n't actually manage to get that done . |
| 5 | Yes , Pete did do the washing up while you were out — we would n't have expected you to do it . |
| 6 | ‘ And he did do the alpha-fetoprotein screening this week ? ’ |
| 7 | It did n't er it is a difficult for me because I do n't have the figures er but er Mr er my assistant who er er did do the detailed work , er tells me that it did n't provide as much traffic relief to the A sixty one as did a western relief . |
| 8 | well for god 's sake , I mean I often wonder about people who make noise like this how they would feel if we did do the same , but I still say because we 've done our polystyrene insulation she ca n't hear us , it 's worked in the reverse ai n't it ? |