Example sentences of "[pers pn] do [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er this bloke had his done in a shop |
| 2 | How had I done as a test-pilot ? |
| 3 | ‘ What can I do for a child ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ My qualifications bear scrutiny , ’ Leith answered , ‘ but what do I do for a reference ? |
| 5 | ‘ Will I do for a start ? ’ |
| 6 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 7 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 8 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 9 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 10 | Erm and I had to think up something that I do as a hobby er to teach other people . |
| 11 | I mean , I suppose I do in a way . |
| 12 | Let me put it this way , I 'm doing the one job in the world which I really want to do , which I love — and work to me is pleasure , so I do n't have very much time and even the things I do in a way are relaxation . |
| 13 | " Well , I do in a way . |
| 14 | ‘ Well I do in a sense . |
| 15 | In my case it 's every morning , though I do in a sense like it as it heralds the beginning of another crap day at school . |
| 16 | Well my mother was one of the pillars of the Palfrey church and er she er oh I went , my father never used to go , but she used to go and of course I , I used to be an altar server down there when I got a bit older I did for a week or two to the erm do you know anything about an Anglo-Catholic Church I mean where they swing the incense and there is this little boy with the boat ? |
| 17 | Nothing put me off , I 'm happy to say , but in the years before I got the chance to enjoy what I did for a living , I still had to pay the rent . |
| 18 | You see the area and I did on a bicycle you know . |
| 19 | That 's what I did with a cup of tea this morning did n't I ? |
| 20 | My son , aged four , believes in God and Jesus , as I did as a child . |
| 21 | Taylor said enthusiastically : ‘ After the win against Turkey , it was the first time since I 've been England manager that I 've gone back into the dressing room and felt the emotions I did as a club manager . |
| 22 | No , I did as a matter of fact . |
| 23 | Well he does , he goes in on Saturdays very often , he goes in on Sundays very often , you know , goes up to have a look at a site or goes into the office to look over something in peace without the phone ringing all that 's sort of thing , he puts in a lot of time that 's not strictly accounted for , Gerry did , I did as a teacher , but then we were well paid . |
| 24 | ‘ I did in a way , Joe , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Well , I did in a way . |
| 26 | The upshot of this long sessions was that Eliot asked me to send him all the relevant documents , which I did in a letter of 20 May . |
| 27 | Good stuff , but be careful what you let them do after a spoonful or two . |
| 28 | What more do ye do in a day ? |
| 29 | Fellow chairmen attacked Flashman 's behaviour , with Millwall chief Reg Burr saying : ‘ What do you do with a man like that ? |
| 30 | What do you do with a man like that ? |