Example sentences of "[adv] do [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 2 | Well they 'd basically do what the British troops would do but they would n't lose much hate against them would they ? |
| 3 | It was a monologue called ‘ Good News ’ , in which Beattie enthused down the phone at great length to a young man who 'd apparently done her the most enormous good turn . |
| 4 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 5 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 6 | Most young people who try sniffing ( and remember , those who try sniffing are only a small minority ) will only do it a few times and stop without any help from adults . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 've only done it a couple of times as you know . |
| 8 | Equally , we tend to see the learning of a foreign language as mastering a skill , thereby perhaps doing ourselves a disservice . |
| 9 | But by joining the ‘ Carry On ’ team he was not necessarily doing himself a great favour . |
| 10 | Shylock says himself that it is not only a Jewish teaching , it is also a Christian 's way of thought , and he is only doing what a Christian would do : ( Act 3 , Scene 1 , lines 54–55 ) |
| 11 | He knew that Alain was a fair fighter and that he was only doing what every driver does , taking advantage of his superiority in performance . |
| 12 | The Baptists of Amersham were only doing what the universal Church had done for centuries in insisting on partaking in the Communion as a sign of being ‘ in communion ’ with the church . |
| 13 | ‘ I am pleased and excited that the Office of Communication 's long track record for media advocacy is being recognised by such a celebrated educational institution , even though we are only doing what the Gospels tell us to do , ’ said the Office 's Director , Dr Beverly J Chain . |
| 14 | They say they 're only doing what the local council would do if it was allowed . |
| 15 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 16 | So do me a favour . |
| 17 | So do me a favour , Merrill . |
| 18 | We only do one every week seven and one every week five you know . |
| 19 | Still , and as they only do it every Good Friday it do n't . |
| 20 | you only do it the once unless you have the coat cleaned |
| 21 | ‘ So did I. The feeling wears off . ’ |
| 22 | I have just done her a return kindness by getting invitations for her and her mother , to the Alumnus of the Year award given by Royal Bank as holder of Chair of European Governmental Studies . |
| 23 | Now could you just do me a cup of tea , Irina dear ? ’ |
| 24 | I might just do mine a bit at home . |
| 25 | And you think , Well hang on let's just do it a bit of common sense . |
| 26 | The Government has thus done what no government before has done — it has given an inferior tribunal the power to determine the extent of its own jurisdiction . |
| 27 | ‘ Threat ’ when used in this connection means ‘ an intimation by one to another that unless the latter does or does not do something the former will do something which the latter will not like . ’ |
| 28 | Rather than procrastinating with shadow trusts , why does he not do what the incoming Labour Government will do and abandon the ill-conceived , ill-considered , useless and unwanted ideas about trust hospitals ? |
| 29 | It is hardly surprising that a tiny minority of the signatories are now beginning to say , ’ We will not do what the treaty calls upon us to do ; we will do what the United Kingdom does . ’ |
| 30 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |