Example sentences of "do [pron] any [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 They 're alright , they , it wo n't do them any harm .
2 I 'd be more worried about Tony , cos I do n't think Tony 's as well wise as Paul is , in some ways really for both of them it would n't do them any harm you know because look , they 're , they 're , they 're not typical lads in many ways
3 As a moral imperative , far from being incommensurable with his previous considerations , it merely adds others similar in kind ; he now has to see things from his parents ' viewpoint as well as his own , consider their health and resources , ask himself how much they have done to arouse his gratitude or his rancour , whether his staying would really do them any good , whether he can get on with them without quarrelling , and add all this to the information which he must assimilate before he lets the needle of his internal compass finally settle in the direction of Bali or of home .
4 It makes no sense for them to stay here ; that 's been tried and it did n't do them any good in the long run .
5 So do n't stay , I I 've generally found most people who stay up all night revising it does n't do them any good .
6 it did n't do me any good , you know .
7 They would n't do me any good with my Service I grant-you that . ’
8 that 'll do , for the only one that 'll do me any good .
9 after being down there and he had one and he was talking to his mates when and he was going do think this 'll do me any good ?
10 The gift is there , but until I make it mine , it does n't do me any good .
11 That wo n't do me any harm , for my position is assured ; but you are just beginning your career and it will help you a great deal .
12 I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and , with none of that being around , I thought a bit of this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there .
13 I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and with none a that being round I thought a bita this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there … .
14 ‘ It does n't do me any harm . ’
15 Did n't do me any harm .
16 But I do n't think it would do me any harm to develop some more organizational skills because mos most jobs require them .
17 I mean , Doncaster did n't do me any harm . ’
18 It 's a lovely world , beautiful world but it 's the people in it you see who are spoiling things so much and I do n't understand youngsters you see but because young people erm there , there was a time when youngsters just er do just as they like and they were n't reprimanded by the parents , whereas my parents were very strict you see and it did n't do me any harm and I 'm glad now that they were .
19 Will curry do me any harm after this ?
20 ‘ They 've never done me any harm and I have seven bairns , ’ she said while eating a bag of chips in the sun .
21 Erm , just a point of information , I think er on the hundred and thirty-one million , including the Lincoln , and I think er they would have been you would have been under serious er distress on that , because the information I have had from the Department of Transport , is that if the Lincoln scheme had gone ahead , it would have effectively blocked everything else for the next five years , and that would n't have done you any good , from where you 're elected , either .
22 Have I done you any harm ?
23 It would not do you any credit to stay on in Munich without an appointment .
24 You may have good grounds for your negative feelings , but those feelings will not do you any good .
25 you do n't like camomile , that 's not gon na do you any good .
26 otherwise it just will not do you any good .
27 ‘ You can argue until you 're blue in the face , my girl , ’ Beth told her firmly , ‘ but it wo n't do you any good .
28 ‘ That wo n't do you any good , you know . ’
29 ‘ That wo n't do you any good if it 's escape you 're looking for . ’
30 ‘ It wo n't do you any good to keep me here , ’ she said at last , in a dull voice .
  Next page