Example sentences of "[conj] do [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we discuss the changing role of the traditional high-street off-licence , it is all too plain that none of the first six customers have browsed or bought wine or done what the market research says they should be doing . |
| 2 | We seriously need someone like Jack Charlton who not only knows what he s doing … he is his own man and does nt cling to pathetic stereotypes — or do what the press think is best . |
| 3 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've seen all his films except Do Me A Favour ! which funnily enough I 've never managed to catch although it 's on TV all the time . |
| 5 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 6 | The rest of those in the room have to try and do what the leader does as fast as possible afterwards , but without making obvious who the leader is . |
| 7 | ‘ If that does n't work we will then dig in and do it the long and hard way . ’ |
| 8 | He would have survived if he had accepted the plan in the first place and done what the Corporation had wanted him to do instead of putting forward his own counter proposals . |
| 9 | However , after the case was over I confess to having cheated and done what the voices of infallibility , myself among them , have said must not be done in construing legislation : I looked at Hansard . |
| 10 | But for the moment there is precious little good news from the brothers who built the world 's largest advertising agency from a standing start 19 years ago , in the process building Mrs Thatcher into a formidable vote-winner and doing themselves no end of good thereby . |
| 11 | For they that sometime step up and play with them , when they can not play their parts , they disorder the play and do themselves no good . |
| 12 | The second paragraph , you you three , the third paragraph , you three , and do me an idiomatic version in five minutes . |
| 13 | Not until you give me a few answers and do me the courtesy of telling the truth . ’ |
| 14 | That game in the fascinating title run-in is on April 12 , just six days before the Gunners ' Coca-Cola Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday , but Graham pledged : ‘ United will be expecting us to play just as hard and do them a favour — and we will do our best . ’ |
| 15 | And do them a nice pair of shoes to walk in . |
| 16 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 17 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 18 | is abolished the taper will be changed so that , instead of people over social security levels losing 15p in the £1 , they will lose 20p , thereby penalising people who are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty , provide pensions for themselves and do what the Conservative party always preaches — stand on their own two feet . |
| 19 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 20 | Secondly we could 've or we could accept the status quo and and do what the county council 's suggesting . |
| 21 | And do yourself a favour by not wanting tea instead of coffee : ‘ Sir , would that be hot tea or iced tea ? |
| 22 | I propose that we get on and do it a fast as possible . |
| 23 | So , while the electrician is making a new connection , we ( including the managers from the office ! ) decided to find the shovels and do it the hard way . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure we should reverse things and do it the other way around as the Americans do but it certainly means we can hit our irons well and , believe me , this course is going to demand exceptional iron play . |
| 25 | ‘ If that 's the case I 'll stay out longer than I 'd planned , and do you a favour ! ’ |
| 26 | She took all her medicines , and did everything the doctors said . |
| 27 | Reliability is much to , much more to do with replicability , it 's , it 's another if another researcher went in and did it the same way , would they get the same results ? |
| 28 | It was then believed that if a cat crossed your path and did you no harm , you had been incredibly lucky . |
| 29 | ‘ She told us to come up an' do yer a nice kindness by talkin' to yer . ’ |
| 30 | But do me a favour . |