Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 2 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 3 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 4 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 5 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 6 | She made two journeys up it , muttering to herself : ‘ It 's the last thing I do for the nigger . |
| 7 | I am always at risk in the things I do for the Motherland , but idiots create the kind of additional risks one can not always allow for . ’ |
| 8 | To my mind , what I do as a medical sociologist is just as scientific . |
| 9 | Erm and I had to think up something that I do as a hobby er to teach other people . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's no-one in the world that thinks more than I do about every goddam f—ing thing that happens with us . ’ |
| 11 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 12 | Well I do at the . |
| 13 | the first thing that I do at the beginning of the lesson is one sec |
| 14 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 15 | I do at the moment , sympathize , that 's a nice colour |
| 16 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 17 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 18 | It 's a setup with a lot of punch , it 's reliable and I feel confident with it — anything that I do on the album I can do live . |
| 19 | Someone once said he 'd have known me anywhere by the voice but he 'd have passed me by in the street on account I look much better in person than I do on the telly . |
| 20 | I 'm only in the public eye because of what I do on the ice . ’ |
| 21 | I do on the phone do n't I ? |
| 22 | What I do in approaching him thus I do with the king 's goodwill . |
| 23 | She 's very concerned and the present line partial though it be , represents a a blight situation on that , on the , on potential er occupants of that line and certainly erm I find myself more in in er agreement with Darcy 's views than I do with the other two councillors of East Grinstead , that 's not er not secret |
| 24 | I feel more in common with the Reverend William Paley than I do with the distinguished modern philosopher , a well-known atheist , with whom I once discussed the matter at dinner . |
| 25 | I do what I do to the best of my ability and hope that people will hear about it and come and visit . |
| 26 | All I do to the Tokais when I get them is put five springs in the back , take the tremolo arm out and tighten all the screws at the bridge and raise the action . |
| 27 | For his firm support and that of Charles Elly as Deputy Vice-President , despite other intense pressures on their time , I owe a singular debt of gratitude — as I do to the Secretary-General and all his staff , not least the dedicated private office team who have been such a help to me and to Catherine my wife . |
| 28 | I think the key is what I do to the hair . |
| 29 | And this bit I do before the lesson and I do this , clean it up afterwards . |
| 30 | Mind you I pay for it afterwards when I do around the garden . |