Example sentences of "he did [pers pn] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He did him on a discipline charge and he was sacked .
2 And he did it through a method that was little less than divinely inspired .
3 But in the very next poem he says that he did it for a change of diet , a bout of ‘ physic ’ as it were , needed after over-indulgence : ‘ being full of your ne'er cloying sweetness , /To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding ’ ( 118 ) .
4 He did it for a laugh . ’
5 Yes , his victory at Doral was awesome , but he admits he did it with a suspect putter , wielded by a 49-year-old puttee , and a mind that focussed on golf to block out the loss in a fire of his $2,000,000 Florida mansion .
6 When he tore off people 's buttons or sprinkled their trousers he did it in a spirit of the purest amity .
7 But he did it in a way which seemed to belittle others .
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