Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barbecue is always one of the more popular events , though where we do this depends rather on whether the wind has dropped or not ! |
| 2 | ‘ A day of rest for most people , although I do more real work today than in the rest of the week put together . ’ |
| 3 | Law gave credence to such fears by his unashamed espousal of the image created round him ; in May 1912 he told the National Union that " nobody knows better than I do that political work can not be done on strictly business lines , but the nearer you can approach to business lines the better for the political work " . |
| 4 | Mr Jackson tells me to shove my dirty clothes in a placky bag , so I do that . |
| 5 | He 's tall , blond , very muscular … but he does n't like gardening , so I do most of it myself . ’ |
| 6 | And I think once I do that I shall have lost out because Chris has got Park Lane and he 's not going to part with those . |
| 7 | And what you do , is you , say the whole week ending in , , your week ending day is Tuesday , so you do that , the new week ending day , so the Wednesday 's got to be four . |
| 8 | find out what they actually need which is the second part and to do that once you do that it 's quite easy , as I say once you 've actually made contact with them and you are on a friendly basis , you then , you can hold very very useful conversation and let them come over quite naturally . |
| 9 | Er I think er it 's easy to talk about taking off two and a half percent here and there , I could probably put forward a number of reasons why it could add on two and a half percent , five percent to the figures and indeed I 'd be very disappointed if at the end of the day , we did n't achieve er greater reductions because once you get out long distance through traffic , er whose prime purpose is to move from A to B as quickly as possible , once you do that it gives you the opportunity then of bringing in the sorts of measures to improve pedestrian safety , er to slow traffic down , introduce traffic calming , which you ca n't do on primary routes . |
| 10 | But once you do that , soon as you put your mallet against the hoop , you push the hoop if it 's loose forward anyway |
| 11 | The point is not that we in any way deliberately do down the intelligence of animals — although we do this as well — but that it is hard for us to imagine the workings of forms of intelligence that have evolved to cope with environmental circumstances different from our own . |
| 12 | Oh , so we do all the rest and we write them . |
| 13 | Right , so we do that , send it off . |
| 14 | There is an overland trade-route now , so we do less business with them . ’ |
| 15 | Once we do that , the deal 's back on . |
| 16 | Rather , it commands the government to make sure that its actions do not help acceptable ideals more than unacceptable ones , to see to it that its actions will not hinder the cause of false ideals more than they do that of true ones . |
| 17 | Once they do this , teachers can detect patterns in absence in terms of , for instance , particular days of the week or year groups . |
| 18 | And if I do that , how shall I any longer be the red ? ’ |
| 19 | If I do that , the Company does n't have to know I 've been interfacing data when I should n't . |
| 20 | Right up through there , and tell me if I do that oh ? |
| 21 | And then we did a jungle trek and erm the guide said if I do that you 've come near , if I do that you have to go away , if I do that you 've got to quickly climb a tree |
| 22 | And then we did a jungle trek and erm the guide said if I do that you 've come near , if I do that you have to go away , if I do that you 've got to quickly climb a tree |
| 23 | And then we did a jungle trek and erm the guide said if I do that you 've come near , if I do that you have to go away , if I do that you 've got to quickly climb a tree |
| 24 | if I do that you 've all got to scatter and we were really worried about what we might find . |
| 25 | If I do that two or three times I can make about half the cost of the room per day at the hotel — honestly . ’ |
| 26 | See if I do that ? |
| 27 | If I do that |
| 28 | If I do that ? |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , but people might think there 's something personal between us if I do that , ’ she mocked faintly . |
| 30 | But if I do that , well , I copy the C four , C six down have C five , C seven and then when I go in and insert the extra rows then er , well that formula 's not going to refer to those new rows that I insert it 's still cell the right of price and the right of sales the wrong sales certainly . |