Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his desire to make sure that I do justice to the Masai cosmic vision , the professor overestimates my attachment to the logical . |
| 2 | And , and what actually do you do day to day ? |
| 3 | Multi-part questions require you to do justice to all its parts . |
| 4 | Just sit down ( I thought the idea was to dance — IM ) and listen to ‘ Yes Please ’ a few times until you realise that Shaun 's lyrics and the band 's music together still mean something to all their fans who follow a band purely for their music … so what were you doing talking to the stupid old Happy Mondays after all ? |
| 5 | ‘ What are you doing talking to my sister ? |
| 6 | She was also hungry , very hungry , she acknowledged a short time later as she did justice to the duckling and fresh vegetables Roman had ordered . |
| 7 | The return of his four hundred marks was a strong inducement , nevertheless it went against the grain with him to do homage to an Englishman . |
| 8 | He should try his best to be a scientist all through and only then can he do justice to his profession . |
| 9 | Anselm was now ready for the remaining stages of his promotion : in September he did homage to the king and was invested with the lands of the archbishopric ; on 25 September he was enthroned at Canterbury , and on 4 December 1093 he was consecrated at Canterbury . |
| 10 | On the other hand , William of Poitiers imputed to Guy Geoffrey , Thibaud , and Geoffrey Martel irritation at being obliged to perform military service when summoned — which suggests acceptance of their duty ; Orderic 's words imply that Fulk the Young clearly recognized the dependent status of Anjou in 1106 when he did homage to Philip I. The differences of opinion on a point that later lawyers were to regard as fundamental to the monarchy 's position must be taken as proof that , for the great at least , the equation between a fidelis and a vassus could not yet be taken for granted . |
| 11 | He did homage to Edward explicitly for the land held by him of the English king , but is reputed to have added ‘ saving my kingdom of Scotland ’ . |
| 12 | Then at Angers he did homage to his father , swearing on the Gospels that he would be faithful to him against all men . |
| 13 | He does justice to Mountbatten 's considerable failings but also to his still more considerable qualities . |
| 14 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 15 | It does justice to the belief that the teaching activities of an institution of higher education are proper matters for collective responsibility . |
| 16 | The philosophy of the phantasm may , however , help us to do justice to the event of Foucault himself . |
| 17 | So the idea of higher education as a fulcrum for critiquing society can be resurrected — must be resurrected — and still allow us to do justice to the internal integrity of students ' programmes of study . |
| 18 | It is a lamentable fact , however , that the extend of our resources is unlikely to allow us to do justice to many of the highly desirable objectives that the membership would wish the Institute to pursue . |