Example sentences of "have done [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen Leatherman , director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at the University of Maryland , has done them a favour , ranking America 's beaches for beauty , water temperature , quality of sand and the like . |
| 2 | ‘ But when the stranger has done one a signal service — ’ |
| 3 | Mentally it has done him a lot of damage . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I think that this evening has done you a world of good , ’ he said softly . |
| 5 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And it might have done him a bit of good . ’ |
| 8 | What 's more they might have done him an injury if he had n't pulled off his cassock pretty smartish and turned back into Matt , which calmed them down . |
| 9 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The call-offs mean that if anybody plays well against Germany he will have done himself a lot of good for the immediate future . ’ |
| 11 | And while she might not have done herself a lot of favours over the last five years , it has to be concluded that she is better getting out while the going 's still good . |
| 12 | McGrath said : ‘ It could have done us a lot of good to have been beaten so heavily at Coventry . |
| 13 | Yeah , well I think they could have done it a bit quicker do n't you ? |
| 14 | Well I think , I would have thought they could have done it a bit quicker , the bathroom , if they wanted to . |
| 15 | So you 've done me a favour , you see . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've done me a favour really . |
| 17 | ’ Never mind , Mr. K. You 've done me a power of good . |
| 18 | And you 've done them a bit all green have n't you , why do n't you do some of erm |
| 19 | It might be a bit awkward when you start off but once you 've done it a bit it gets easier . |
| 20 | Well , we 've done it a couple of times before . |
| 21 | I had done what a lot of people do when struck with shyness — tried to detach myself from a situation because I anticipated rejection . |
| 22 | It did n't take much to get him back into proper work ; the pleasant surprise was that the three weeks holiday had done him a lot of good . |
| 23 | In a way , without knowing it of course , the Old Man had done me a favour . |
| 24 | In a way , I was thinking , Gharr had done me a favour . |
| 25 | Reid insisted that his team had done themselves a favour in their quest to make a late run for Europe and that any favours done for neighbouring causes were only coincidence . |
| 26 | She had nagged me to accept it , but now she behaved as though I had done her a disservice by doing so . |
| 27 | He reckoned he had done her a service , smashing her dog . |
| 28 | They thought it was best to know what you were up against , but Preston was n't sure it had done them a lot of good in the long run . |
| 29 | I never thought I 'd say that a sneak thief had done us a favour . |
| 30 | ‘ I do feel that financial managers have done themselves a disservice by just giving the numbers — you have to stop , take the managers through them and be an integral part of the operation . ’ |