Example sentences of "do [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Get a few nibbles sort of like couple of days before like er cos if Kim comes I 'll do like I did last year , just a little buffet tea . |
2 | Like I I see it done today I think that sort of thing , you used to stand in a corner . |
3 | There is no doubt that both education and health services improve the quality of labour and in doing so they assist economic growth . |
4 | In doing so they invested Russian literature with a moral passion and intensity which remains breath-taking . |
5 | The subterranean passage view offers a plausible account of how the monsters could feed , but unfortunately in doing so it destroys another theory about ‘ Nessie ’ , which is that the animal is a relic of the dinosaur age , possibly a plesiosaur . |
6 | I burst out laughing because all the costermongers in the Whitechapel Road always did whenever they heard that word , although I admit that at the time I did n't have a clue what a virgin was . |
7 | Did n't we see this dad |
8 | Sure did n't they buy yon man Rafferty — I think that was his name - ay — they bought him out . ’ |
9 | Did n't they have some idea of using our cellars as storage ? ’ |
10 | Did n't you go last week ? |
11 | Speaking of which , why did n't you marry that lieutenant when I told you to ? |
12 | Well I , did n't you do that mum ? |
13 | Why not , why did n't you vote Liberal Democrat ? |
14 | And did n't you throw that bronze bird at her ? ’ |
15 | Why did n't you school this morning ? |
16 | Did n't you know that fact ? ’ |
17 | Did n't you come straight back from Kinsai ? |
18 | Why did n't you come this afternoon ? ’ |
19 | ‘ Why did n't you come this morning , Chief Inspector ? |
20 | Why did n't you get that job ? ) |
21 | And he wanted the Chri why did n't you get that Christmas pudding , why did you get that |
22 | ‘ Well , I suppose — well , did n't you say last night there was a letter as well ? ’ |
23 | Lorton said : ‘ Why did n't you ring last night ? ’ |
24 | during the war , did n't you have any supper ? |
25 | Did n't it have this sort of political pattern to it |
26 | ‘ Did n't it seem that way to you ? ’ |
27 | And did n't I make some sort of arrangement to meet somebody ? |
28 | Did n't I take that photograph in the street for you , a couple of years ago ? ’ |
29 | He said did n't I need fresh air then . |
30 | ‘ I am certain of it , ’ he replied , but promptly settled her heartbeats to a dull , steady rhythm once more by adding , ‘ because of your car , did n't I have good reason to contact you ? ’ |