Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thing about the Sienese , ’ Haverford said , voicing a thought he intended to use in one of his ‘ Jottings ’ , ‘ is that they always want somebody else to do their dirty work for them . |
| 2 | We send you in to do battle with the enemy , and what happens ? |
| 3 | I expect him so to do . |
| 4 | Blackmail somebody else to do it for you . |
| 5 | Show me how to do it . " |
| 6 | just before we show you how to do this , check some final details . |
| 7 | They show you how to do things , not like in the hospital where there 's all mothers round you and nurses and they 're all watching you . |
| 8 | That 's the idea cos when it 's the exam I ca n't come in and do it for you or show you how to do it . |
| 9 | But I 'm not going to er sit here teach you or show you how to do that because that 's the training course responsibility . |
| 10 | Although I would n't t in interfere with show him how to do the job and er I would make sure he understood the job . |
| 11 | I have , I have one fellah in particular , erm , I 'm the meat manager , and he puts the ham away , the mess , every time he does it , so I , I tell him , and I show him how to do it , but still , he consistently does it wrong you know . |
| 12 | I was watch him how to do it . |
| 13 | Do n't make me think about it , just tell me how to do it ! |
| 14 | I am totally convinced that the people in Holyhead want you to put things on , pick them up at the door , drop them off , teach them how to do it er and drop them back again . |
| 15 | The latter can be replaced or ‘ sealed in ’ with gloss paint — get someone else to do this for you if you can , and stay out of the way until the smell of paint has dispersed . |
| 16 | If possible get someone else to do the job . |
| 17 | Get someone in to do the cooking ? |
| 18 | Study their rates and then decide to throw them into touch and get somebody else to do it . |
| 19 | Do n't need , I mean if we get somebody in to do that , we 'd have somebody in do little bits of repairs here and there , but generally it 's alright . |
| 20 | If you 're good at do-it-yourself , then fine , have a go , if you 're not this particularly applies to the gents , swallow your pride and get somebody in to do it for you . |
| 21 | Just tell you not to do it . |
| 22 | Tell you how to do , see , right Gail ? |
| 23 | They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels . |
| 24 | Tell her not to do her nails at the table . |
| 25 | Get the bomb squad out any way , but erm , the British army has got a lot of important that 's they way we would fight the Russians , take over a small hamlet , mortify it and that 's how the only way we would ever up the Russian 's grass nest , they take it very seriously , so what they did if they tell us how to do it , walks us through , show us what to do , let us do it and then they 'd make us do it again , but without any mistakes and that , it was really good and they showed us how to er mortify up a house , go , going through all the sewers and stuff is quite fun |
| 26 | Until Apple began its marketing initiative there were only two options available ; pay someone else to do all of the job for you or do it all yourself . |
| 27 | ‘ Prime Minister , I strongly advise you not to do this . |
| 28 | He watches the boxing and I find something else to do . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll stop , take myself out of tennis and find something else to do with my life . |
| 30 | What could you stop doing , or devote less time to , or ask someone else to do ? |