Example sentences of "[verb] do [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd done it in Gaelic to cover up the vulgarity . |
| 2 | For twelve days her subconscious mind had ‘ seen ’ Sylvia calmly and confidently entering the cupboard under the stairs with no signs of panic ; so when , on the thirteenth day , she came to do it in reality there was still no need for anxiety to manifest itself . |
| 3 | He did not want to do it in front of the crowd . |
| 4 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 5 | To increase public knowledge , he set about creating Britain 's first comprehensive design guide for houseowners , called Do It In Style , which Wandsworth Council are now publishing , as well as writing and speaking on the subject . |
| 6 | You may have to do it in longhand . |
| 7 | They did do them in white , but they do n't seem to have them here , I only saw one pair , they were n't my size the other day . |
| 8 | That 's what I meant about the meta-metal , if you took it back to metal you could n't make up a page like your upper and lower case with a big R , unless you spent three years chiselling and fitting the thing , but somehow it looks as if it ought to have been possible to have done it in metal because that 's where it took its springboard from . |
| 9 | In other words sex can be great fun , you do n't need to have to do it in order to just have babies . |
| 10 | if , if , if he says I 've done it in class and I do n't want to finish it off at home , that 's fair enough , but what 's gon na happen when he gets to secondary level and he 's got this idea that if he does n't finish it in class , that 's it , he does n't do it , he wo n't finish learning the topic |
| 11 | And she had done it in secret . |
| 12 | It never occurred to him that the story was questionable , that Wainfleet had deliberately published something he did not totally believe and that he had done it in retaliation for being humiliated . |
| 13 | Said to do it in reverse |
| 14 | But they lied to me and I had to do it in English . |
| 15 | I had to do it in self-defence , or else he would have killed me . |
| 16 | Actually the last time I was stood up on a platform and did this was in front of erm a S G T congress in Dieppe and I tell you I had to do it in French , and it was much more difficult so I 'm hoping this one will go smoothly , but I , what I 'd really like to do is begin with is offer you erm delegates and platform both , a very very warm welcome from the trade union movement in Portsmouth . |
| 17 | I have made all the amendments that I wished to make to the procedures and I have done it in pencil with a copy to circulate . |
| 18 | It 's very thorough , and if you are not producing the goods on the field you have to do it in training or you 'd be out . |
| 19 | er I practised it er twice already , and I er have to do it in front of the jury . |
| 20 | And you have to do it in office hours as well . |