Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ McIniff was blackguard enough to do that but you 'd think that at least he 'd be ashamed to tell it . ’ |
| 2 | According to the court , it was not enough that the defendant deliberately did some act that had the effect , objectively assessed , of obstructing the police . |
| 3 | That 's , that 's the Voltarol probably doing that to her . |
| 4 | He would he 'd moored ships up in Bottoman 's Bay and that 's when , yeah he had a motor boat then to do that job . |
| 5 | You might have to write the whole programme again to do that . |
| 6 | That 's the car actually doing that , is it |
| 7 | Yes , and Shelley Cameron had been fool enough to do some of that idolising ! |
| 8 | Money always did that with your mother . |
| 9 | And I I really do n't think they have any business without consulting you and me , as the peoples that they represent , because I 'm I 'm a voter in North Yorkshire too , so I do n't think they have any business actually doing this without consulting us first of all . |
| 10 | I do n't think he actually d or she whichever it is the form teacher actually did that did they ? |
| 11 | My missionary vocation landed me with the task , the experience probably did more for me than for the fifty to one hundred loyal missionary supporters who attended . |
| 12 | The station already does much to capture the appearance of a part of the BCR , thanks to the unaided efforts of the Rev and Mrs Arnold . |
| 13 | I tell me self just done that , I have n't even boiled the kettle silly me . |
| 14 | Perhaps the greatest achievements of Haussmann in his transformation of the city were the least visible , for the provision of sewers , gas , and water probably did more to enhance the city 's life than almost anything else . |
| 15 | So is anybody in immediate problems at the moment or you 're o Okay , so , I 'll , it 's your chance now to do some work then for the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 16 | Okay , so I 've got thirty four remaining ones to mark and I 've got er all day tomorrow to do that and some on Thursday and possibly some time tonight . |
| 17 | I mean I kind of you know , you give a start and unfortunately if you 're in bed with somebody else you tend to wake them up , because my wife never does that , she 's just too good to be true . |
| 18 | Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side . |
| 19 | Ironically , a formal process of strategic planning often does more to inhibit than to enhance innovative conceptual thinking … . |
| 20 | Nanny often did that when she was cross with Artemis for leaving her clothes in a heap , or a dirty glass by her bedside . |
| 21 | Well I would n't want to put words in Mrs. Thatcher 's mouth , now if you 're man enough to do that go ahead . |
| 22 | Well I did n't tell him it he can wind it just erase it I mean I do n't I said I 'm alright love just to do all that , I 've got twenty tapes ! |
| 23 | I 'll get the slave outside to do that one . |
| 24 | ‘ A jury already did that . |
| 25 | The scourging voice always did this , whatever golden kernel of hope she treasured , so scared of losing it , it was almost a secret even to herself … the voice seized it , shredded it , pissed on it , trampled it . |
| 26 | You can bung it in the wool cycle just do that . |
| 27 | You know a lot probably to do this . |
| 28 | Well , firstly the decision 's the Councils , obviously , not mine personally , erm there would be less pressure certainly to do that erm because , as I 've said earlier , the charges will allow us to protect the Home Care Service . |
| 29 | A further Running Elephant just does that and at speed while an elephant with a ziggurat on his back is Unburdening his trunk into what seems to be a much too tiny pot . |
| 30 | then it 's a good idea just to do another one and make sure . |