Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Californian neuroscientist John Lilly may have done most to bring Ketamine to our attention . |
| 2 | It might perhaps have done so had Franco not delayed his assault in order to make a detour eastwards to Toledo . |
| 3 | Although he might perhaps have done better to observe Wittgenstein 's adage , ‘ Whereof one can not speak , thereon one must be silent ’ , one can not help regretting that he has not tried to be less vague about the nature of personal growth . |
| 4 | ‘ But surely you would do better to confront Theda with this and demand the truth from her ? ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes it was all she could do not to reproach Liza for her lack of consideration , for her supine acceptance in letting her mother take on the role which should have been her own . |
| 6 | Nothing would do more to boost Daniele 's status than to be seen showing off on the Corso while his father 's life still hung in the balance . |
| 7 | As we know , sports personalities are becoming ever more surely our national heroes , our gods with feet of clay in platform-sole Pumas , our great mates who do what we do only better ; and no one has done more to turn Britain into this nation of Leisuretown citizens than Christie . |
| 8 | In reality Jason has done more to keep Britain 's spirits up during these recessionary times than any Whitehall bureaucrat and raised more for charity than our greedy captains of industry . |
| 9 | What the Department will do now following Mr Davis ' rejection of their decision remains to be seen . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , as ministers ' eyes glaze over at the thousand ‘ what ifs ’ thrown up by war , they would do well to remember Lord Salisbury 's deflatingly modest dictum from more than a century ago : ‘ The first object of a treaty of peace should be to make a future war improbable . ’ |
| 11 | So , if this way of looking at the world is what starts up that vital fire in your imagination , then you would do well to take Watson 's top and have as your hero someone imbued with plenty of ordinary commonsense . |
| 12 | We would do well to transpose Orwell 's transposition of Chesterton : the metabolism of the Western world is founded on the work of women more completely than we realise until we stop to think about it . |
| 13 | While Eubank would do well to respect Gimenez 's aggressive , hard-punching style — the Paraguayan has lost five times but never been stopped — it is the preservation of his own lavish lifestyle that drives 26-year-old Eubank on to fight after punishing fight . |
| 14 | That 'll do well done Craig . |
| 15 | While they will do well to emulate Morocco , no side organised by Zagalo should be taken lightly . |
| 16 | So does I do n't think Kate is fat at all . |
| 17 | From what I can see I do n't think Lottie wants a nice man . |
| 18 | But since 1945 , the only Attorneys-General to do so became Lord Chancellors which , being an appointment to political office , is distinguishable ; and only two Solicitors-General became judges . |
| 19 | I du n no Steve said yesterday he thought it was cheaper at . |
| 20 | I du n no Wilko kicked him cos he was a pisshead … |
| 21 | I du n no Zed might change his mind in the end , but I doubt it . |
| 22 | I du n no Catherine why do n't you shut your mouth for once . |
| 23 | I du n no Sheila was |
| 24 | I du n no Paul Paulie Paulie got any patches like that ? |
| 25 | No I du n no Sally works on a Monday . |
| 26 | Oh I du n no Kath . |
| 27 | I said , I du n no Lil , I I heard it was gon na go up for sale . |
| 28 | Du n no David |
| 29 | I du n no John . |
| 30 | Du n no John . |