Example sentences of "[pron] do [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while with me doth dwell this wearied ghost , |
| 2 | WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS ? |
| 3 | The answer is of course What Have I Done to Deserve This ? , made before his international hits Law of Desire and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown . |
| 4 | What have I done to deserve this ? |
| 5 | ‘ What the hell have I done to deserve this ? ’ he asked of no one in particular . |
| 6 | VHS recordings of the four Pet Shop Boy 's videos — Rent , Heart , It 's A Sin and What have I Done To Deserve This ? — for a good price , of course , or whatever you would like in return . |
| 7 | An enthusiast from the start , she had been attending Edith Harlow 's Woodford Green Medau class for less than a year when she approached Edith with the bold question ‘ What do I do to teach this ? ’ |
| 8 | The two girls were quiet for a long time after the door closed ; then suddenly , unaccountably , they started to push one another , boisterously mimicking Moran : ‘ God , O God , what did I do to deserve such a crowd ? |
| 9 | The classic statement ‘ What did I do to deserve this ? ’ has but a single answer : Nothing ! |
| 10 | if I do effect all the |
| 11 | I do emphasise this definition , which relies upon the influence upon the value of money being direct , being exercised upon particular prices ; for of course all economic policies have an effect upon the value of money and thus upon prices , including incomes . |
| 12 | ‘ I do give that impression , do n't I ? |
| 13 | ‘ I do hope that 's not my lasagne I can smell burning , my dear , ’ and while she moved swiftly to check the oven and to find that not a thing was burning , Naylor was saying , ‘ We 'll see you at the weekend , Travis . ’ |
| 14 | I do hope that does n't go on tape . |
| 15 | Darlington councillor Peter Jones , Tory spokesman on the transport committee , said : ‘ Obviously it 's a waste of space and I do hope such an excellent facility can be brought into service as soon as possible . |
| 16 | I do hope all is well . |
| 17 | I do hope all is well with you both and that you will find motherhood not quite as difficult a task as I suspect you were anticipating . |
| 18 | I do hope these arrangements will be convenient for you . |
| 19 | I do hope this will be OK . |
| 20 | I do hope those people will buy it ! |
| 21 | Obviously a basic knowledge of local geology is helpful , and I do urge all who wish to follow my example to PLEASE avoid denuding the countryside of lichen and moss-covered rocks which will leave scars and deprive various creepy-crawlies of their homes . |
| 22 | I do tell that to the press . |
| 23 | I do love that confrontational stuff … |
| 24 | They say the English never are really roused till they are beaten — I do love that — though I am never quite sure whether I love or hate it . ’ |
| 25 | I do love this tape , I really love it . |
| 26 | I do expect all of you in our Service teams to drive clean vehicles , to wear the Healthcare uniform , and to discharge your duties in a courteous , friendly manner . |
| 27 | If you read Totem and Taboo , and I , by the way I do expect all of you er to read it , because it is one of the set er books , and one of the things I 'm not gon na do in these lectures on the black books , is to tell you what the book says , and just kind of repeat it in the lecture . |
| 28 | But chopin is not my domain , although I do admire some of his works enormously . |
| 29 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 30 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |