Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] do [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I can not do justice to the disagreeable impression that this man , one Broadhurst , had upon me …
2 You could n't do business with — take over — an organization unless it was private enterprise .
3 Often she ca n't do PE at school and ca n't walk very far .
4 ‘ I 'm sure she ca n't do justice to your designs .
5 I see you will shortly do credit to my friend Belville as he has done you credit .
6 ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself .
7 So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it .
8 So it seems to me that you can not do analysis in a group because by definition the ego of a person in a group is , is detracted from , whereas in individual psychoanalysis and ideally the ego of the person is added to and enlarged to give them more competence by being made to face up to its repressions .
9 You can only do business in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling by being in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling , ’ says Mitchell .
10 ‘ We had a band chat and for ages we were saying we should not do merchandising at all , because it is a sign that you are a really big band and that you are trying to cash in .
11 At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself .
12 If we consider only the superficial elements of these changes in society , and deal with the problem purely at the level at which the Bill deals with it , we shall not do justice to the House or to the people of this country .
13 I think we ca n't do justice to the point you 've raised in the time at our disposal , but it is a very important issue .
14 We can hardly do justice to the wide scope of psychological theories here , but there are some basic ideas and assumptions which underlie such theorizing .
15 He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things .
16 Mr Vernon admitted that he could not do justice to all the fund raising efforts of the year , but would nonetheless like to congratulate the organisers of the four local appeals in Lincolnshire , Filey , the Mersey area and Derbyshire who all reached and surpassed their targets in 1990 .
17 He had a clean , bare style ; when writing he seemed to be able to slip the burden of his personality as he could never do face to face .
18 He would willingly do homage to whoever was selected .
19 Neither effect is large , but the result is sufficiently different for us to feel uncomfortable about averaging the two effects ; it would not do justice to the situation to say that on average there was no effect of education once age was controlled .
20 First of all , I do not need to publicise a successful venture in order to attract more applicants , and secondly , it would not do justice to the conference theme which aims to discuss aspects of untapped linguistic resources and teacher training .
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