Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] a [noun] to do " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
2 | ‘ Now if you 'll excuse me , I do have a job to do . ’ |
3 | I 've got a lot to do tonight . |
4 | ‘ I shall have to go Ted , I 've got a lot to do before I go on shift . |
5 | If I 've got a lot to do I ca n't actually take as much time as I 'd like over it . |
6 | ‘ I 've got a lot to do . |
7 | ‘ I 've got a lot to do , ’ I said . |
8 | I did n't realise how tired I am — and I 've got a lot to do tomorrow . |
9 | I 've got a lot to do . |
10 | It 's very nice of you to ask me — erm — but I 've got a lot to do when I get back to England — erm — I 'd like to have a lie down … and there 'll be piles of washing … and I have n't got a hairdresser … ’ |
11 | ‘ OK , but be quick , I 've got a lot to do . ’ |
12 | Come on then cos I 've got a lot to do mate . |
13 | I 've got a letter to do and I keep forgetting to do it . |
14 | I 've got a job to do . |
15 | But I 've got a job to do . ’ |
16 | I 've got a job to do . |
17 | ‘ I 've got a job to do , ’ said Cardiff , also staring out Rohmer . |
18 | I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ? |
19 | ‘ You 've got a play to do , and I have n't even started your make-up yet . ’ |
20 | You know , when you 've got a part to do , you usually have an instinct for the kind of guitar sound that 's going to work . |
21 | Yeah well we 've got a job to do if you 're a soldier you 've got a job to do okay , you 've got a bit of training , you 've got a job to do |
22 | Yeah well we 've got a job to do if you 're a soldier you 've got a job to do okay , you 've got a bit of training , you 've got a job to do |
23 | You 've got a project to do okay just do what you thought . |
24 | I lifted them early because I did n't want to leave them any longer because they were going to get damaged and they were , they were a wet potato when they came up and they 've cooked wet , so I think that the amount of rainfall you have has a lot to do with it . |
25 | If the subordinate members of society can be persuaded to believe that those who dominate have a right to do so , and that those who have great material advantage have a right to it , then they are very unlikely to challenge or threaten the privileged . |
26 | got f we 've got a month to do it in . |
27 | All I mean is , we 've got a job to do . |
28 | Yeah well we 've got a job to do if you 're a soldier you 've got a job to do okay , you 've got a bit of training , you 've got a job to do |
29 | He says we 've got a job to do . |
30 | We were pretty hacked off , but we 've got to move on , we 've got a job to do . |