Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There are five T'yungunz in the nest to feed , but if Steg takes too long catching dindins the young 'uns die of starvation ( as do I if I do without food for more than 15 nanoseconds ) . |
2 | We certainly have not ceased erm to undertake educational work and erm I do from time to time er do a number of reports on that work for er our funding bodies and er recently I 've done a report requested by Northern Arts , for the Arts Council I believe . |
3 | He 'd got away with it as a result of a little snooping I did on behalf of the concerned insurance company . |
4 | It 's kind of ridiculous that I have to backtrack after doing the performance I did in King Of Comedy , but it 's a very mercurial business . |
5 | Then in the long run I did in fact to Superintendent about the information we had gleaned from this telephone call . |
6 | Now I think that the Good did say oh well there is a law commission report expected , but I think that you know the Good should address somewhere tha that problem of trust law and regulation should and then I did in fact on going through the report and er you know and also your own reports erm there 's the one about designation of assets you know , which I think was a very good recommendation of yours , I think the actual area of responsibilities and the wider role of actuaries was important . |
7 | Now I think that , that Good did say oh well , there is a Law Commission Report expected , but I think that you know that Good should address somewhere tha that problem of Trust Law and regulationship and then I did in fact on going through the report and er you know and also your own reports erm there 's the one about designation of assets you know , which I think was a very good recommendation of yours . |
8 | What could you do with lump of copper . |
9 | So what what could you do to kind of |
10 | What he , what else can you do at school as extras |
11 | what do you do in reaction to that ? |
12 | What 's she doing in shower with a bleeding towel ? |
13 | But what were you doing on top of the Butcher Building , in Bill 's cab , rescuing me ? ’ |
14 | Er can you remember when you were a small child erm what sort of things you did at playtime at school ? |
15 | Now erm let's come on to er the last war and er I 'd like to know what what you did as part of your war effort . |
16 | Go on , you tell Daddy what you did in front of erm |
17 | Was this something you did after school in the evenings ? |
18 | I waited with hovering impatience for Nell to arrive , which she did at length in a straight black skid ( worse and worse ) with a prim coffee blouse and unobtrusive gold earrings . |
19 | ‘ I do n't mean that Anna did n't go on the way she did in front of Mena , but it was n't directed at Mena and she knew it ; she only minded her being unhappy . |
20 | What must we do to firm up the opinion of those who almost support us ? |
21 | Yes really it 's just supporting or confirming what Mr said , which we did as part of the Southern Ryedale Local Plan , we contacted British Rail , and they were not averse to the reopening of stations on the York Scarborough line , providing they were funded by private investment . |
22 | Ah well you see that 's what I 'm talking about as well , Napier are saying if your guys want to set the exams fine but we did in fact in the last exam paper find a fundamental flaw . |
23 | I can not believe that it is sensible to spend as much as we do at present per hectare on tobacco . |
24 | For the future , I am optimistic that after such a disastrous period in banking we shall continue to enjoy a return to the traditional virtues embodied in professional qualifications ; and that in order to continue providing members with good value for money we shall need to co-operate more than we do at present with other institutes . |
25 | It may be that the Committee is unaware of the amount of work we do on behalf of cycling in Scotland . |
26 | Fortunately for lesbians , what we do in bed with each other poses very little risk of HIV being passed on . |
27 | These things we do in detail in the chapters that follow . |
28 | Although we do not everywhere have the precision of Mesozoic chronology , we do from time to time find evidence , in all parts of the stratigraphical column , of very rapid and very spasmodic deposition in the most harmless of sediments . |
29 | This we do by reference to primary norms . |
30 | What are they doing at college in their thirties and forties — or even their fifties ? |