Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I duly did so , and returned to my seat . |
| 2 | I mostly do now is hers . |
| 3 | As a man , a white , a heterosexual , from a capitalist country , the country she tried to free , I have no right , you may think , to stand on this platform , but I gladly do so in order to salute her . |
| 4 | I only done about eight or nine in all the time I was there . |
| 5 | I am very sorry to have to report these words of the King 's , and I only do so because of my love of the truth . |
| 6 | I only did about an hour 's work , that 's all I did . |
| 7 | I mean all I I did n't I just did exactly what I was told . |
| 8 | yeah I know , but its still very hard work , and I 'm ten years older than he is I , I just did as much as I could for him really , I mean I did more mixing than he did , I did nearly all the mixing |
| 9 | Or have I already done so ? |
| 10 | I mean I already do enough ex enough exercise . |
| 11 | Please do n't tell me to buy children 's shoes as I already do so when I need a flat pair , but I like high heels and am finding it increasingly difficult to buy them . |
| 12 | I want you to know and I think that you do — that I love you more than I ever did before , but in a slightly different way . |
| 13 | One interesting side-effect of all this is that I 've seen more of Britain than I ever did before , albeit through the windows of an armoured car . |
| 14 | I later realized that the reason I always did so badly was I just could n't see the blackboard because I was so short-sighted . |
| 15 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ means ‘ I 'm going to carry on and behave as I always do even if it does n't suit you . ’ |
| 16 | I always do though . |
| 17 | I still do half a dozen or so of these scarlet cross-overs a year , to this day . |
| 18 | Well , I still do actually . |
| 19 | I can honestly say I hardly do any work , even though I am involved in various projects that occupy me most weekdays and some evenings . |
| 20 | I usually do actually . |
| 21 | It would be churlish to do anything other than welcome unreservedly the Secretary of State 's announcement , and I willingly do so . |
| 22 | ‘ I nearly did just now , ’ said Masklin . |
| 23 | I nearly did so myself . |
| 24 | I like this area I really do actually if I could afford to live here I would . |
| 25 | I mainly do now like Nottingham and Mansfield and Leicester and Birmingham all round that way you know ? |
| 26 | The secret of good management is , never put off until tomorrow what you can get someone else to do today , especially if you want it done yesterday . |
| 27 | I am unrepentant ; perhaps it will encourage someone else to do better . |
| 28 | Some of them are reluctant to ask visiting relatives , who may already be doing shopping for them , to run extra errands , such as taking prescriptions to the chemist or clothes to the launderette or dry cleaners , changing their library books and collecting their pension ; so it is always as well to check to make sure that you are meeting these needs , or arranging for someone else to do so . |
| 29 | This was , in part at least , in pursuit of the idea that ‘ if it 's broadcasting , then the BBC does it ’ ( even if someone else does too ) . |
| 30 | The group 's chairman , Sir Simon Hornby , promised not to break the agreement first , but pledged a strong response if someone else did so . |