Example sentences of "do [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D' ya know what slapping salami is ? |
| 2 | Would you like — d' you think your little girl wants to go and play with — ’ |
| 3 | " How d' you explain its high incidence in places known to be malodorous ? " |
| 4 | D' you know what that guy 's name is ? |
| 5 | ‘ How d' you like your first day at work , then ? ’ |
| 6 | Struggle as he might , John Major could do nothing to vanquish his own success . |
| 7 | The visit of the prune-faced yelling bundle had done nothing to change his own resolution not to produce a child , but certainly Susan herself had seemed happy enough . |
| 8 | What would happen to these two women who had done nothing to deserve her evil body and heart between them , what would happen to them when she was dead ? |
| 9 | Although you have not been in the manager 's seat very long , you have done nothing to alter my original opinion that your appointment makes about as much sense as the Charge of the Light Brigade . |
| 10 | And Dadda 's comment — he occasionally deigned to recognize the existence of the Naulls clan — had done nothing to mitigate his sad resentment . |
| 11 | " When it was done She expressed Her complete satisfaction with the statue both as a portrait and as a work of art , — I particularly asked the Bishop about that last point . |
| 12 | They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up . |
| 13 | I 've never done anything to hurt my little girl , I 've never hit her or anything like that , but I felt in myself that her being with me was endangering her . |
| 14 | And finally , Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus , and in so doing he sealed his own doom . |
| 15 | Closer acquaintance did nothing to dispel his good impression of his grandsons . |
| 16 | Guy topped Mortimer 's height by at least six inches , and the civilising garb of Savile Row suit and Jermyn Street silk shirt did nothing to hide his athletic physique . |
| 17 | His crooked grin did nothing to calm her blistering temper , neither did his bantering tone . |
| 18 | Their muscular limitations did nothing to diminish their tactical awareness . |
| 19 | The fact that the rumour had probably been planted by Tosh himself did nothing to diminish his fearful aspect . |
| 20 | ‘ So many terraces , ’ she mooned , refusing to acknowledge how amazing he looked in black trousers and a white evening jacket ; even the tea-towel over his shoulder did nothing to disarm his incredible elegance . |
| 21 | Dressed in comfortable-looking tweeds that were as old and baggy as Julia 's but did nothing to disguise her tall slimness , Allegra Wallington had David 's smooth dark hair and elegant hands , but there was no other resemblance between them . |
| 22 | It did nothing to impair his rising reputation . |
| 23 | So the superficially more relaxed atmosphere at home did nothing to modify my anorexic behaviour . |
| 24 | Do I owe you some money ? |
| 25 | Oh , do I owe you any money ? |
| 26 | How do I give her that sense ? |
| 27 | Do I offer her some piece of information in return ? |
| 28 | How do I find my local clinic ? |
| 29 | How do I find my local clinic ? |
| 30 | Er where did I do you last time ? |