Example sentences of "[pers pn] do this [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While all this is going on , the computer salesperson will repeatedly use the customer 's Christian name : ‘ Now , John , you see that when I do this with the mouse … |
| 2 | I do this in the belief that by admitting them publicly we will discover that others share them . |
| 3 | Once I did this under the eye of a policeman who nabbed me for parking on a yellow line when I emerged from the bank a few minutes later . |
| 4 | If I did this with the intention of deceiving people , would I be telling a lie ? |
| 5 | When I did this at the table , the player in the West seat went ‘ into the tank ’ , a bridge expression for a deep trance . |
| 6 | ‘ How could you do this to the vicar ? ’ she demanded . |
| 7 | We did this over the summer . |
| 8 | We did this towards the end of the holiday . |
| 9 | Gather gather in a short frenzy of effort — ; A few days left alone would do it — ; We do this for the future to grow out of : |
| 10 | We do this in the belief that this is how competent language users handle discourse and that this is the best way of approaching discourse at any level of language development . |
| 11 | In concurrent legislation the Länder must agree , but they do this via the Bundesrat , the forty-member Council of Länder Ministers . |
| 12 | They do this despite the fact that on the kitchen floor there is an immaculately clean dish of pure tap water , and probably milk as well , awaiting them . |
| 13 | They do this in the form of infidelities but they have very different consequences and conclusions , partly due to the differences in their characters and also their circumstances . |
| 14 | He did this on the advice of his father , who shared his misgivings about travelling on a passport in that name . |
| 15 | He does this with the aid of a collection of 160 photographs which graphically show the results that may be obtained . |
| 16 | you ought to see underneath the fridge , he does this in the kitchen and they 've all gone under the fridge , when you 're at the top shop or any other places where the will you have a look on the cards in the window , I 'm looking for a slide , you know , but a smaller one for him for the garden for the summer really , cos that 's just about had it that one ? |
| 17 | Although Father Christmas also delivers presents to children in Australia , he does this in the middle of summer because December is one of the summer months there . |
| 18 | Marriage is one of the elements which leads to the formation and the maintenance of the inequality between classes and it does this at the expense of women . |
| 19 | It does this without the use of adhesive or any other kind of fastener , which makes a welcome change from wrestling with the customary bits of plastic , sticky tabs and Velcro . |
| 20 | It does this without the use of adhesive or any other kind of fastener , which makes a welcome change from wrestling with the customary bits of plastic , sticky tabs and Velcro . |