Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] to do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said erm tt do n't you know it 's ma only my privilege to do that ? |
| 2 | Now you did n't have to copy everything , but Uncle Jonathan was very meticulous and anything that there would be any debate on , or any discussion on , he always made a copy and it was my job to do this without smearing it . |
| 3 | Well I could I could er I could probably take on that task if you wish , cos it 's easy enough to actually write letters to people , cos I can just ask my secretary to do that . |
| 4 | He 's behaving civil and I , that 's not my form to do that . |
| 5 | Instead reply along the lines of , ‘ I do n't think I have any weaknesses which would affect my ability to do this job ’ . |
| 6 | I did not feel confident of my ability to do any of these things . |
| 7 | Then we went up to my office to do some serious detective work . |
| 8 | We have only to think of numberless caged birds the world over who are better fed , more healthy , and longer lived than their fellows in the wild , yet apparently contented despite their inability to do little more than flap their wings . |
| 9 | From the extracts to which I have ventured to refer it is clear that equity would have been unlikely to have considered that there was any duty upon the creditors and their solicitors to do more than they in fact did in the circumstances of that case . |
| 10 | I 'm not saying that you should make it their responsibility to do these things , but we should offer them the opportunity . ’ |
| 11 | One survivor recalled that having made up her mind to do this , she asked her elder sister to put in a word for her . |
| 12 | He had way-laid Sara in the cobbled yard of the coach house when she was on her way to collect her car to do some shopping . |
| 13 | The worth of any people depends on its capacity to do this . |
| 14 | But we do not need any knowledge of the gene or its product to do this . |
| 15 | Courts are frequently criticised for their failure to do that . |
| 16 | It was her job to do this , because Martha bruised so easily . |
| 17 | Indeed , as I mentioned above , there is plenty of evidence from research with the very young infants that their input systems allow them to make appearancereality distinctions ( for example , apparent versus real shape ) at so young an age that the possibility that they have to rely upon records of their actions to do this is just not worth considering . |
| 18 | It is compatible with the order-maintenance function of the police that they should have power to regulate both public processions and assemblies , and the 1986 Act refines their powers to do this . |
| 19 | She was , of course , within her rights to do this , but the fact that this courtesy is not offered is customary and , in my opinion , unfeeling in the extreme . |
| 20 | ‘ Our ’ health visitor was not going to be there after all because it was not her turn to do this session . |
| 21 | She realises that with her influence on millions of youngsters , she can now use her position to do some good . ’ |
| 22 | She never ceased to amaze Dexter with her ability to do several things at the same time — perhaps too many things , he thought , regarding her dishevelled hair and the flush of stress in her cheeks . |
| 23 | Thirdly , even if people were inclined to shop around actively for credit , the practices of lenders themselves are likely to set at least some limits to their ability to do this . |
| 24 | Their ability to do this is highly dependent on specific regulations affecting their markets and on the attitude of government to their uncompetitive practices . |
| 25 | Their ability to do this will demonstrate the extent of the restoration of flexibility and efficiency which Thatcherism is supposed to have been about . |
| 26 | Its ability to do this depends upon what goes on within the system itself , i.e. who has power , who makes decisions , who implements decisions and so on . |
| 27 | Other people , with a mountain of blame in their inner world which they are afraid to express , may use their partner to do this for them . |
| 28 | Used to have to be very rather experienced in them days to do this here net mending . |
| 29 | They give you money to do those , do n't they ? " |
| 30 | ‘ I have all me life to do that . ’ |