Example sentences of "do it [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the little good it 's supposed to do it brings with it inherent problems . |
| 2 | And if she did slip away , why did it matter to him ? |
| 3 | What did it matter to them ? |
| 4 | What did it matter to her if he had one special woman or a harem ? |
| 5 | What did it matter to her if Silas made an idiot of himself over this woman ? |
| 6 | What did it matter to her , after all , that he no doubt planned to entertain his ladyfriends here ? |
| 7 | Did it matter to you at that time who it was ? |
| 8 | What , if any , dangers did it hold for her ? |
| 9 | I asked , ‘ How much did it mean to you to know that people at home were working for your release ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So if not nostalgia , what did it mean to you ? ’ |
| 11 | How differently did it appear to him from the Berelands ' assessment ! |
| 12 | Returning to my burglary , for instance , I 've described the process , but what did it do to me ? |
| 13 | What did it do to us ? |
| 14 | What , for that matter , did it do for them now ? |
| 15 | Only when he had returned to his own office did it occur to him to flick through his passport 's pages . |
| 16 | Only then did it occur to me that , of course , my witticism would not be easily appreciated by someone who was not aware that it was gypsies who had passed by . |
| 17 | Nor did it occur to me then to enquire how it was possible in those days for a keen Wesleyan Methodist to become a publican . |
| 18 | Such was the feeling Joss Barnet had aroused in her , that not for one moment did it occur to her to blame him for anything . |
| 19 | Only much later did it occur to her that this was her failure : academically self-sufficient and wholly self-centred she saw their sullenness and ignorance as their concern and their fault . |
| 20 | Only now did it occur to her how easily he could have taken advantage of the situation . |
| 21 | ‘ Did it occur to you that I might have made other arrangements ? ’ she said eventually . |
| 22 | After you 'd been erm in daily discussions w with the management , when did it occur to you that things w just not gon na happen ? |
| 23 | but because he knew it was our troop , you know but erm , that 's the thing when you , nine times , about eight times out of ten you did it to another troop , but then again they did it back to you , but this time he was a right cocky son of a bitch , I mean we all liked him , but he was right cocky bastard , so he |
| 24 | In the absence of any details it is difficult to assess the force of these references to biology and sociology … . ( 1 ) What , if any , were the false biological views in question ? ( 2 ) How did it follow from them that women could not be ordained to the priesthood ? ( 3 ) What are the views which have taken their place ? … . ( 7 ) Have the views about women which have now come to be held proved to be true ? |
| 25 | What sort of effect did it have on you that kind of directness ? |
| 26 | and what did it have in it ? |
| 27 | For only then did it come to her that — she still had n't done her interview ! |
| 28 | And then the idea ( how did it come to me ? ) that it must not simply be glass but big glass . |
| 29 | So actually seeing though first time , how much of a shock did it come to you , or was it just or was it expected ? |
| 30 | Gradually trust developed and themes emerged : sadness , ‘ A grief with no end ’ ; anger , ‘ Why did it happen to me ? ’ ; and frustration with the professionals who could not fully understand their plight . |