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 .
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