Example sentences of "the [noun] do [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He makes a great deal , as we have seen , of the gift of the Holy Spirit to Jesus : but only once in the ministry does he speak of the disciples having the Spirit . |
2 | When you got the bottles did they have to be cleaned ? |
3 | Now , Professor , can you think very carefully about those noises … which side of the corridor did they seem to be coming from ? ’ |
4 | We used to all wear pinnies , white pinnies , on the top of our dresses and going to school and I used to go into old Mr n and he would say to me And what colour of the bow do you want on your pinny today ? |
5 | Just tables set and you just sat er in the Hall Do you mean in the Hall here ? |
6 | Not until the evening did it come into its own , with the opening of its restaurants . |
7 | ‘ What the heck do you do for fun ? ’ |
8 | well perhaps , but women get very angry as well , but nothing seems to change , I mean what the heck do you do about it when some estimable er gentleman and it almost invariably must be a gentleman since their by far the huge proportion of er presiding judge 's and magistrate 's comes out with that kind of comment about er a woman 's victim reputation or behaviour as he sees it , I mean what is , what is the answer there ? |
9 | ‘ Where the devil did they come from at this time in the morning ? |
10 | ‘ What the devil do I care about her confounded amends ? ’ he said harshly . |
11 | ‘ What the devil do you mean by running from me ? ’ |
12 | ‘ What the devil do you care for the opinion of such persons as these ? ’ |
13 | What the devil do you want at this hour of night ? ’ |
14 | Was there a specification set at the beginning do you know on this |
15 | On arriving at the flat did you speak to Mr ? |
16 | When you lie on the bed do you sink into a pit ? |
17 | ‘ What the hell does he mean by disruption ? ’ |
18 | I mean Ann and Rita reckon they 're not married or anything but why the hell does she stay with him then ? |
19 | How the hell does she come to be involved ? |
20 | I think , and , or a de-brief , what the hell do we do with this thing . |
21 | The only problem being this : having articulated themselves so fully , where the hell do they go from here ? |
22 | ‘ What the hell do you mean by that ? ’ |
23 | ‘ What the hell do you mean by that ? ’ |
24 | Fury , she was swiftly made to realise , was not limited solely to her when he demanded savagely , ‘ What the hell do you mean by that ? ’ |
25 | ‘ What the hell do you want of me ? ’ |
26 | How the hell do you jump on a Lucy , a lady , a Lucy , someone who appears fragile as glass , goes warm and soft like a trusting animal in your arms , then tough as steel with her polished NO — ? |
27 | ‘ What the hell do you know about it ? ’ |
28 | How the hell do you get in front ? |
29 | ‘ What the hell do I do with you ? ’ |
30 | I mean I get phone calls everyday all day long from VETS who are saying I 've got this prickly ball , what the hell do I do with it , you see , and I can explain to them how to try and unroll a hedgehog and then what to do when you get inside the hedgehog . |