Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is not enough space in this chapter to do them justice and standing orders vary from one committee to another . |
2 | Boom boom do it boom , boom I break your neck off |
3 | She had a cup of tea did she Joyce ? |
4 | For example , when a householder is in the market for double-glazing does he resort to Yellow Pages , take the advice of a neighbour , or depend on one of the well-known and heavily advertised names ? |
5 | But it was not long before he was off on location again , having accepted an offer from the Italian director Pietro Germi to star in a comedy entitled Till Divorce Do You Part . |
6 | ‘ There 's something I need to say to you , Dad , and I 'll never have the courage to do it face to face . |
7 | It was a wonder she had n't paid the part time gardener extra cash to do it foe her ; perhaps the money in the joint account had run out . |
8 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
9 | cos er , we do n't ours does n't touch town does it Gordon , our erm |
10 | ‘ What in God 's name do ye wantta be looking at tings like that for ? |
11 | I like her hair tha that colour do you Geoff ? |
12 | What flavour did you get. ? |
13 | But you do n't like granary do you Chrissy ? |
14 | All right yeah well let's erm le let's stick to talking about the leaf stem for now cos we do n't want to go on er slagging off every bit of art that 's around the city centre do we Barbara otherwise |
15 | How big a part did you daughter Bria , now three , play in this change ? |
16 | Want some pocket money do you darling ? |
17 | What a stupid thing to do you idiot James . |
18 | Anjou wines are so distinctive , that in 1920 a competition was held to design a glass to do them justice . |
19 | Do you like it , you like autumn do you Freda ? |
20 | You do n't want a lot do you Jonathan ! |
21 | any cheese do you Phillip ? |
22 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
23 | I mean if you think about it it was just an impossible task to do it sort of fairly or so that everybody felt all right about it and also that you know if it 's your own children you 're having to choose presents you know the who whole idea was sort of very very difficult really . |
24 | For example , a photocopier which would only be bought by office managers and which would need fairly detailed copy to do it justice would be a waste of money to advertise on TV because the number of office managers in your audience is so tiny , and TV is not the right place to put a lot of product detail because time is so limited . |
25 | That 's the right time to do it Lynda , to win the game |
26 | Unsurprisingly , given this position , he is insistent that Anglo-Saxon and philology be retained as essential features of English studies , even in the light of the growth of the discipline : " Our first responsibility is to our subject , and , as that expands , we must not look for more ingenious methods of selection but for more time to do it justice . |
27 | Indeed , well I suppose it was , I did it , I do n't think he got a catch did he Botham , he 's given a leap in the air and he 's now on his knees explaining what 's happened . |
28 | No no we do n't stand up t to have our dinner do we mum ? |
29 | SO what are the odds on Anne and Tim staying together 'til death do them part , when all the other Royals have failed ? |
30 | til death do us part |