Example sentences of "did [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether , I did them a good turn . |
| 2 | shepherds pie yesterday and I did them a few chips with it as well . |
| 3 | They 've had to go for the we did them a few sort of quotes on the survey side of this Arrow Park and er we 've got ta , you know , really stick to this tight budget because it 's the only way you can get them no matter what people are telling you erm about the recession being over , people still want things for nothing . |
| 4 | But Leicester 's win over Sunderland did them no favours , nor did sharing the points after Allen put Millwall ahead after 11 minutes . |
| 5 | At the beginning of the campaign the Secretary of State approved the application by Forresterhill Royal Infirmary in Aberdeen to become a trust ; the Tories ' revival in and around Aberdeen suggests this did them no damage at all . |
| 6 | One of their companies reached Ainaro , questioned the local priests and some natives , but did them no harm . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , some of their riders then did them no favours whatsoever by steering for the rail and getting them penned in the pack . |
| 8 | In the long run , a little relegation did them no harm . |
| 9 | Shulamith Firestone undoubtedly did everyone a great service by vigorously extending this notion to women , and pointing out the absurdity of men 's viewing themselves as totally detached individuals in relation to the rest of society , while still expecting to go home to a wife who would always have their dinner hot for them in the evening . |
| 10 | Spurs did me a favour , I left with a chip on my shoulder and a point to prove . ’ |
| 11 | It also did me a world of good , for I had to study the basic faith , teaching and life and express it in as simple words as possible . |
| 12 | PAUL RIDEOUT goes to Old Trafford tonight admitting ‘ Dion Dublin did me a favour by joining Manchester United . ’ |
| 13 | And when they banned me from playing cricket for a month , they actually did me a favour . |
| 14 | And that did me a lot of good , did n't it ? |
| 15 | Laverne did me a great service of showing me a few of the local species . ’ |
| 16 | To prove , yet again , that he was a good salesman as well as a good cook , Esmonde did me a special offer on a small bottle of rice wine which he persuaded me I just had to try . |
| 17 | ‘ It never did me no harm . |
| 18 | It did me no good . |
| 19 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |
| 20 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 21 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 22 | he did me the honour of revealing his sources . |
| 23 | Nearly fifty years later Magdalen did me the signal honour of electing me an Honorary Fellow . |
| 24 | Mr Gould , who in describing this new species did me the honour of calling it after my name , states , that besides the smaller size and different colour of the plumage , the beak is of considerably less proportional dimensions than in the common Rhea ; that the tarsi are covered with differently-shaped scales , and that they are feathered six inches beneath the knee . |
| 25 | I loved it and I honestly feel it did me an enormous amount of good in calming my mind and making my body more supple ( although as a Christian I do n't practise meditative yoga ) . |
| 26 | but he did I a favour at by bringing out er a law that said that they must provide something like this . |
| 27 | I do n't think I ever have done Heathrow , oh wait a minute , did I the first year ? |
| 28 | They might establish themselves in some suitable centre of social life for a while , as that Latin-American family did which the Paris Guide of 1867 records as arriving with eighteen wagons of baggage . |
| 29 | I parted with a feeling that it would be a long time before I earned her forgiveness , but I did her an injustice . |
| 30 | SLUGGER O'TOOLE did himself a big favour in reverting to his real name of Fidel Castro ! |