Example sentences of "i [vb past] do [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I had persuaded myself that sending men to prison was n't something I cared to do for the rest of my life . |
| 2 | And if I could put that half a million pounds in context , as I tried to do in an amendment in Council yesterday evening , that is almost exactly the increase in charging for people going to day care facilities . |
| 3 | So , I did what I learnt to do as a working-class woman , which was to justify why I did my work by saying , well of course it is a metaphor for all kinds of struggle , and of course it is , but actually the original reason was n't that at all . |
| 4 | Well that 's what he said oh no when he went to sleep I did I 'd done about a page this is what I read out , I went Professor Plop and the Time Machine . |
| 5 | Each one of their jobs I 'd done except the carriage cleaning of course , but of course that was a straightforward job , cleaning carriages . |
| 6 | You know I mean it 's so annoying and I wish now I 'd done at the time , wrote their names down . |
| 7 | That night I watched television and did some paperwork , amending the maps to include the newly named Black Destroyer Hill , writing a brief description of what I 'd done to the rabbits and logging both the effects of the bombs that I 'd used and the manufacture of the latest batch . |
| 8 | This made me aware of how badly I 'd done with the domestic arrangements . |
| 9 | AS a student , all I 'd done in a hospital was two weeks as a medical student , wandering around . |
| 10 | I the work I 'd done in the past the training I 've had the experience I 've had with Hector and his work that was all leading up to that . |
| 11 | I did do in the front , er , yes . |
| 12 | THE FIRST thing I had to do at the NME was draw a cucumber . |
| 13 | So then er and I had to do with the antique . |
| 14 | Mercifully , I was able to complete all I had to do within a very few days and I wondered whether the Sheikh had put a few words in the right ears . |
| 15 | The pot-bellied tosser told me that the club wished to make a gesture in recognition of all I had done for the ‘ Stiffs ’ during my spell as manager , and after much discussion it was agreed that they could best show their appreciation by raising the price of my season ticket for next year by 25 per cent . |
| 16 | WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise . |
| 17 | Following the work that I had done at the MU on the Circuit Board Fault Diagnostic Aid in connection with my MSc project , 2 members of the staff had gained experience of expert systems : the Chief Technician and a civilian who had assisted me during the project . |
| 18 | I was also misled by work I had done on a simple model of the universe in which the collapsing phase looked like the time reverse of the expanding phase . |
| 19 | But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term . |
| 20 | I sought a subject , as I had done in the past , by looking at my TV screen to see what was going on the world . |
| 21 | We at Holy Cross were able to have a happy relationship with the Baptists at Judson College , and I was invited to give a regular course in the comparative study of religion , which I attempted to do in the way which would now be described as that of dialogue . |
| 22 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 23 | I had the Count send him my plans for the work I wanted to do on the buildings . |
| 24 | ‘ I never knew what I wanted to do for a living . |
| 25 | I was really enjoying my new status as a mother and being at home and caring for Danielle and watching her grow and learn was all I wanted to do for the rest of my life . |
| 26 | All I wanted to do for the first few weeks was to let Skipper get to know me and his surroundings . |