Example sentences of "to do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it going to do me or my mates any good ? |
| 2 | Dear Comrade Surkov , You are warmly invited to do me the honour of attending my forthcoming Inauguration in Washington DC , on 20 January 1989 , as 41st President of the United States , and to read your famous poem of international accord , ‘ Friendship ’ . |
| 3 | She , on her side , had always the sisterly feeling of wanting to ‘ thump ’ anyone who exploited me or tried to do me down . |
| 4 | Richard Manning , defending , told magistrates in Abergele , North Wales : ‘ There was no attempt on Mr Southall 's part to say ‘ I am Neville Southall , you are not going to do me , are you ? ’ . |
| 5 | Immediately afterwards we see Iago telling Othello of Brabantio 's anger , and claiming that ‘ I lack iniquity/Sometimes to do me service ’ , else , ‘ with the little godliness ’ he had , he would have attacked Roderigo ( I.ii.3ff . ) . |
| 6 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 7 | For what good it was going to do me , I was fairly sure that these two were on the other end of the lead poisoning Connors and I had nearly contracted . |
| 8 | " If you want to do me any favours , " I said , " maybe you could get me reinstated later , when I 'm better . |
| 9 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 10 | Well , yes , but I wanted them to do me a list you see . |
| 11 | Or ignoring the fact that the sender of that poison pen letter might try to do me some very real harm ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't want you to do me a favour . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ May I present myself , Mrs. Stevenson , since I am unable to find Madame Rodet to do me the honour ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 15 | The first was to Duncan the Drunken in Barking who agreed to do me a weekend deal on a Transit in exchange for a loan of Armstrong . |
| 16 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 17 | ‘ Was it worth so great a violation to do me such a little hurt ? ’ |
| 18 | He wants me I mean he wants to do me a favour , Paul , so he might gi he might , you know I mean he say for us , I mean for us he would |
| 19 | Would you like to do me some do something for me ? |
| 20 | I 've hardly got any in cos when I left my nursery I got them all to do me one and when I left my school I got a load of them to do me one I did n't get many at the day nursery , but I got a handful . |
| 21 | I 've hardly got any in cos when I left my nursery I got them all to do me one and when I left my school I got a load of them to do me one I did n't get many at the day nursery , but I got a handful . |
| 22 | I 'll have to do me |
| 23 | This extract is made up of two consecutive speeches to Jessica ; either speech can be played for an audition , but if you have the time to do them both together the extract works well . |
| 24 | Concern about our motives in doing the research was combined with a feeling that it would do those participating in it little good , but would certainly benefit those in the police management and outside who wanted to do them harm . |
| 25 | Having only recently arrived in the Province , this is the first ti me he has had to do them , and they are taking him some ti me . |
| 26 | The problem is made worse because consumers are rarely told of the risks associated with drugs : most , not unreasonably , expect their medicine to do them good . |
| 27 | ‘ Usually charitable audits are years behind because there 's no time to do them , ’ he added . |
| 28 | The calculations needed to refine quantum chromodynamics , the theory of the strong nuclear force between quarks , are so tedious that theorists can not be bothered to do them . |
| 29 | Experiments of the most Draconian nature wold be necessary to untangle these possibilities , says Altman , ‘ and you would n't be able to do them in a natural setting like Amboseli ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Somebody 's got to do them . |