Example sentences of "[noun] do [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words did you the flat ? |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , Aunt , Leith has this afternoon done me the honour of agreeing to be my wife . ’ |
| 3 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 4 | ‘ May I present myself , Mrs. Stevenson , since I am unable to find Madame Rodet to do me the honour ? ’ |
| 5 | Mr Gould , who in describing this new species did me the honour of calling it after my name , states , that besides the smaller size and different colour of the plumage , the beak is of considerably less proportional dimensions than in the common Rhea ; that the tarsi are covered with differently-shaped scales , and that they are feathered six inches beneath the knee . |
| 6 | LADY DAVERS : Child , prithee do us the favour of taking a turn or two across the room that we may arrive at some degree of certainty whether or no thou art the identical little Pammy formerly so famous for thy tarts and cheesecakes . |
| 7 | How you gon na do it though , cos I saw Cath doing it the week before and Cath oh yeah she did . |
| 8 | Policing do you the drop the E , or do you leave the E in ? |
| 9 | Nearly fifty years later Magdalen did me the signal honour of electing me an Honorary Fellow . |