Example sentences of "[noun sg] to do [pers pn] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ There 's something I need to say to you , Dad , and I 'll never have the courage to do it face to face . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What a stupid thing to do you idiot James . |
| 5 | Anjou wines are so distinctive , that in 1920 a competition was held to design a glass to do them justice . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |