Example sentences of "[adv] do [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In field after field the government was forced to change course , earning a reputation for dishonesty and lack of principle that , when allied to Lloyd George 's prior reputation , could only do him great damage . |
| 2 | ‘ Being in the same side as people like Rob Andrew can only do me good . |
| 3 | We can only do our best . |
| 4 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 5 | This is one of the main reasons for the statement that an engineer can only do his own job well if he understands those of the other functions in his company . |
| 6 | But now that she was here she supposed she 'd better do her best , although obviously it was not a matter to be rushed . |
| 7 | If you are , you better do something quick . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd better do your foot-care routine now , Faye , because I should be going soon too . ’ |
| 9 | He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’ |
| 10 | Nevertheless , I take your point , and will naturally do my best to secure the alternatives you saw inside our own building … |
| 11 | Well I was , there 's nothing to say they 've got to all stick together they can all do their own thing ca n't they ? |
| 12 | The New Democracy conservatives , though they were alarmingly slow to tackle the budget deficit when they got back to power , did eventually do something stern , and are still resisting the temptation to relax again . |
| 13 | I 'd far rather do something exciting , like sit here and watch my fingernails grow . ’ |
| 14 | No I 'd rather do my english . |
| 15 | In fact , we would rather do it that way . |
| 16 | He failed to quote chapter and verse when Apricot asked him to , and then said it was a personal matter , in any case : if he was going into the priesthood he 'd rather do it celibate . |
| 17 | Can I just do one more then ? |
| 18 | We 'll just do our best and see how we get on . |
| 19 | Why do n't you just do your normal job , scrubbing the front doorstep , looking after your husband 's breakfast |
| 20 | But if you wanted to take your revenge and kill me , because of some ancient grudge against somebody who 's been dust for 200 years , then why did n't you just do it last night at my house ? |
| 21 | See it again , right , I 'll just do it this time without talking it through , and you can just watch |
| 22 | Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice . |
| 23 | We are , therefore , anxious that he should not be thrown away in some other role and I hope that any plan he has made will be carefully examined so as to ensure that as far as possible he does not do something foolhardy . |
| 24 | Why not do something daring and take the Local Government Chronicle ? |
| 25 | He would not do her any real harm . |
| 26 | Five thousand ambulance drivers can not do their own negotiating — they need representatives to do it for them . |
| 27 | Mandy Merck says : ‘ To associate Bill Clinton with a known gay activist like myself can not do him vast favours in large parts of homophobic America . ’ |
| 28 | It would not do you any credit to stay on in Munich without an appointment . |
| 29 | The man continued to look at her strangely , and then at last he said , ‘ It 'll not do you any good , love . ’ |
| 30 | You may have good grounds for your negative feelings , but those feelings will not do you any good . |