Example sentences of "[pers pn] did [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did that for the nose |
| 2 | I did that on the basis that it is very difficult to scrutinise the Bill 's Scottish aspects , complicated and far-reaching as they are , as they impact on a very distinct and separate local government tradition and system within the framework of United Kingdom legislation . |
| 3 | Yeah I did that on the car the other day . |
| 4 | I mean there 's so much more , well I did these on the mortise er , up the top last week you know |
| 5 | At first , I did most of the talking , and I remember asking her name , which she said was Hannah Hauxwell . |
| 6 | He was very quiet ; I did most of the talking . |
| 7 | I did most of the preparation , Mum looked after what was cooking . |
| 8 | ‘ I had the help of a bricklayer and a carpenter from time to time , but no , in the main I did most of the work myself . |
| 9 | Andrew Allan and I did most of the production , and I wrote many of the scripts , including a melodramatic parody entitled ‘ No Mother To Guide Her ’ . |
| 10 | That bar in the illustration , had to be lifted up and over at the end of each row to deposit the stitches on to the needles — a great opportunity to drop stitches , which I did most of the time ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If I did this with the intention of deceiving people , would I be telling a lie ? |
| 13 | When I did this at the table , the player in the West seat went ‘ into the tank ’ , a bridge expression for a deep trance . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Marie , ‘ Simon always said it was you did that to the kiosk . |
| 15 | It was thing with two prongs and you tap it in like that and it lifted the neeps , then you did that with the yeuk |
| 16 | If you did that in the Boat Race you would get left behind . |
| 17 | She did most of the talking , of herself and her career in the Bureau . |
| 18 | That was a , we did that in the conference room downstairs . |
| 19 | I mean we , we did most of the talking I think really |
| 20 | We did this over the summer . |
| 21 | We did this towards the end of the holiday . |
| 22 | they did that for the school children |
| 23 | Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia . |
| 24 | What they had not done when the Celts were plundering Greece and Asia Minor , they did later for the benefit of the Romans . |
| 25 | I 'm not knocking Mr Venables , but they did most of the work in the season anyway . |
| 26 | I 'm not knocking Mr Venables but they did most of the work in the season anyway . |
| 27 | He did this on the advice of his father , who shared his misgivings about travelling on a passport in that name . |
| 28 | Perhaps he did some of the work on them , but I do n't believe he did everything sold under his name . ’ |
| 29 | he did some of the flying himself but he had other pilots . |
| 30 | Leopold 's letters to his wife reveal much about what could be expected on the journey and from them one gains the impression that he did most of the planning for these trips : |