Example sentences of "[vb base] do [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 2 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |
| 3 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 4 | And in the fourth year I tend to do them an evaluation sheet , where I write down lots of questions about the project they have just done , and maybe get them to sit for a double lesson and write about the things they experienced and found out … |
| 5 | I tend to do it the weekend before the month starts . |
| 6 | ‘ That means I get to do it the way I think best . ’ |
| 7 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 8 | I got in touch with the Cathedral choir and was invited to sing with them , though they actually had plenty of quite good tenors and were I think doing me a favour rather than the reverse . |
| 9 | Do do you the men actually take part ? |
| 10 | So you 've done me a favour , you see . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've done me a favour really . |
| 12 | ’ Never mind , Mr. K. You 've done me a power of good . |
| 13 | And you 've done them a bit all green have n't you , why do n't you do some of erm |
| 14 | I 've done it every week . |
| 15 | It might be a bit awkward when you start off but once you 've done it a bit it gets easier . |
| 16 | You 've done it a thousand times already , but you do it again , just for something to do . |
| 17 | All right , so you design a cup and rod device to compress a cat 's testicle and crush it , and when you 've done it a few thousand times over word gets out and you have protests and pressure . |
| 18 | You 've done it a hundred times before . ’ |
| 19 | Listening , as you become more comfortable and you become , you 've done it a few times you know what you 're gon na have to say and then you , you er , you listen more carefully to the answers . |
| 20 | Well , we 've done it a couple of times before . |
| 21 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 22 | that 's the wrong way , you 've done it the wrong way have n't you ? |
| 23 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure I 've done you no wrong . ’ |
| 25 | I have done her no harm and I wo n't have her stay in my house , prating perverse fool as she is . |
| 26 | But because he has not disowned his book , himself applying the match and hoisting it aloft on a stick , his gestures have done him no good . |
| 27 | The unfortunate Captain — later Major — Lingary ( retired ) and Doctor Halziel have done me a lot of good by disappearing so mysteriously . |
| 28 | You have done me a favour , I told you so . ’ |
| 29 | The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained . |
| 30 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |