Example sentences of "do [adv] do [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd do n't do that again ! |
2 | Do that do n't do that . |
3 | They they change everything over do n't they , they they do n't do this and they do n't do that . |
4 | We do all do some other political things , Sheila . |
5 | I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair . |
6 | Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah . |
7 | But they did not do much more than that . |
8 | She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss . |
9 | In 1887 Peach and Horne did not do much field work as the former had sciatica and the latter suffered from what was described as inflammation . |
10 | While writers simply reflected people 's greater knowledge of the colonies and did not do much to increase it , the churches made quite substantial efforts to keep in touch across the Atlantic . |
11 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
12 | The pipes had frozen and the tiny electric fire did not do much good . |
13 | Increasing the cost of bricks , timber and glass did not do much to lift the housing standards of the poor . |
14 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
15 | Even British participation in the new South East Asian Treaty Organization ( SEATO ) , formed in September 1954 , did not do much to reassure Washington . |
16 | There were Christmas trees in all the windows except Doris 's and everyone was probably at home , though most people did not do much on the Eve . |
17 | TWO academics , who clearly did not do much of their research in the North-East , have written a book called Bad Language . |
18 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
19 | The pilot did not do much to soften the trip . |
20 | He did not do that any more . |
21 | The nursing staff definitely did not do that . |
22 | ‘ She did not do that , Headmistress ! ’ |
23 | You simply did not do that sort of thing to men like Luke Denner ! |
24 | Women did not do that kind of thing , even in cosmopolitan Cairo . |
25 | In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling . |
26 | Zuwaya said they should not watch television together ; sons should not smoke in their father 's presence , nor try to wheedle or coax money from them ; and mostly they did not do those things . |
27 | In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) . |
28 | The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die . |
29 | Charles Boag-Thomson , QC , for the father , said to the girl : ‘ Daddy tells me he is very upset because he did not do these things . ’ |
30 | But er it did not do bad , got a fair good picture with it . |