Example sentences of "it do [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Khrushchev 's dry comment on the Soviet lack of ‘ overkill ’ was : ‘ What good does it do to annihilate a country twice ? |
| 2 | And , and I 'm against any Trust status which they tend to , to go because I believe that the beginning of our campaign that because was talking last year about Trust status it did alienate a lot of people against and said , why should we bother fighting for a hospital what would go Trust anyway . |
| 3 | Oliver had reassured her that Sir Thomas could not possibly have committed suicide through anguish at her rejection and she was now prepared to enjoy the rest of the week immensely , even if it did involve a murder investigation . |
| 4 | It was an attempt at prohibition that was never wholly successful but it did set an example . |
| 5 | But it did explain a lot , especially how Stubbly had managed to keep the Mimosa trouble-free over the years . |
| 6 | My head did n't hurt at all , although it did feel a bit light . |
| 7 | The revenue figure is 20% down on 1991 and the company revealed it did make a loss last year , though the size was not disclosed . |
| 8 | But it did make a difference — she realized that in the long hours she lay awake thinking about it . |
| 9 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 10 | Good Lord ! it did make an impression on me , reading the letters of those men . |
| 11 | ‘ It took an awful lot of my powers as Chairman of Academic Review and Resources Committee to steer that course through because it did mean a lot of resource implications that were n't obvious at the beginning . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the glider did start to take-off , it did drop a wing and swing , and there was a collision . |
| 13 | It missed mostly ; when it did score a hit there was a screaming ping and no more . |
| 14 | It was still very active a fed on live foods , although it did lose a lot of weight . |
| 15 | It did resemble a church precinct after a wedding . |
| 16 | It did cause a lot of amusement . ’ |
| 17 | And the I had a look at it once , it did look a bit |
| 18 | What am I to do ? ’ wailed the victim , and indeed it did seem a problem , because — since she was so much taller than either of her companions — her feet were larger than theirs , and she could not get into their comfortable country shoes . |
| 19 | However , it did see a need , if these arrangements were to be given full effect , for the local authorities ‘ to enhance their powers over individual institutions ’ by amending the existing Articles of Government . |
| 20 | Yes , it did reveal an interest in her , but was she right in thinking it was a sexual one ? |
| 21 | ‘ But it shows she was trying everything and it did put an end to the sightings at that time . ’ |
| 22 | It did get a bit rocky after she became pregnant . |
| 23 | No-one wants to have a glare lamp in their face at closing time nor to have a doorman shouting ‘ Drink up ’ in the middle of an act even if it did get a laugh . |
| 24 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 25 | Well it did take a bit of organization to get yourself to the end of the walk , erm with your your weekly rubbish or your daily rubbish , to get that put away . |
| 26 | This enthusiasm , inspired by Scottish sections , was short lived , and nothing came of the move , but it did signal a phase of agitation over representation that was to culminate in formal acceptance of the principle at the 1917 Congress . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , it did provide a stepping stone for some significant figures . |
| 28 | Unfortunately a concrete path , provided by the builders , had to be broken up ; but it did provide a hardcore base for the paving . |
| 29 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 30 | While this pattern was reproduced only imperfectly in the ECSC and while a timetable of functional spillover might have taken an unconscionable time to achieve , what in the end counted for the ECSC was that it did provide an atmosphere of mutual confidence among the leaders of the member states — despite the disputes , none contemplated leaving the Community — and that this helped to pave the way for the creating of the European Economic Community in 1957 . |