Example sentences of "[adv] do [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In field after field the government was forced to change course , earning a reputation for dishonesty and lack of principle that , when allied to Lloyd George 's prior reputation , could only do him great damage . |
2 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
3 | He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’ |
4 | In fact , we would rather do it that way . |
5 | But if you wanted to take your revenge and kill me , because of some ancient grudge against somebody who 's been dust for 200 years , then why did n't you just do it last night at my house ? |
6 | See it again , right , I 'll just do it this time without talking it through , and you can just watch |
7 | Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice . |
8 | Mandy Merck says : ‘ To associate Bill Clinton with a known gay activist like myself can not do him vast favours in large parts of homophobic America . ’ |
9 | It would not do you any credit to stay on in Munich without an appointment . |
10 | You may have good grounds for your negative feelings , but those feelings will not do you any good . |
11 | otherwise it just will not do you any good . |
12 | Which will not do you any harm . |
13 | We can always do it another day . |
14 | I think I would probably do it dark green . |
15 | As a moral imperative , far from being incommensurable with his previous considerations , it merely adds others similar in kind ; he now has to see things from his parents ' viewpoint as well as his own , consider their health and resources , ask himself how much they have done to arouse his gratitude or his rancour , whether his staying would really do them any good , whether he can get on with them without quarrelling , and add all this to the information which he must assimilate before he lets the needle of his internal compass finally settle in the direction of Bali or of home . |
16 | Will you please do them this year Agnes ? |
17 | That wo n't do me any harm , for my position is assured ; but you are just beginning your career and it will help you a great deal . |
18 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and , with none of that being around , I thought a bit of this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there . |
19 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and with none a that being round I thought a bita this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there … . |
20 | ‘ It does n't do me any harm . ’ |
21 | Did n't do me any harm . |
22 | I mean , Doncaster did n't do me any harm . ’ |
23 | It 's a lovely world , beautiful world but it 's the people in it you see who are spoiling things so much and I do n't understand youngsters you see but because young people erm there , there was a time when youngsters just er do just as they like and they were n't reprimanded by the parents , whereas my parents were very strict you see and it did n't do me any harm and I 'm glad now that they were . |
24 | it did n't do me any good , you know . |
25 | They would n't do me any good with my Service I grant-you that . ’ |
26 | The gift is there , but until I make it mine , it does n't do me any good . |
27 | It makes no sense for them to stay here ; that 's been tried and it did n't do them any good in the long run . |
28 | So do n't stay , I I 've generally found most people who stay up all night revising it does n't do them any good . |
29 | They 're alright , they , it wo n't do them any harm . |
30 | I 'd be more worried about Tony , cos I do n't think Tony 's as well wise as Paul is , in some ways really for both of them it would n't do them any harm you know because look , they 're , they 're , they 're not typical lads in many ways |