Example sentences of "do what i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All the same , I have not done what I set out to do . |
| 2 | ‘ If I 've done what I set out to do , ’ Maggie managed defensively . |
| 3 | " Jane , you could n't have done what I told you " |
| 4 | ‘ I 've done what I came for , ’ she declared , marching out of the house . |
| 5 | ‘ This programme is soundly in place at Waterford and is in the process of being implemented in Wedgwood with the expectation that it , too , will be fully in place by year-end or early next year — at which time , having done what I came to do , the chairmanship will be assumed by Dr O'Reilly . |
| 6 | I 've not had one tool that 's done what I tell it to do every time . |
| 7 | Watch me and wonder what would have happened if I had n't sent you away last night , if I 'd done what I longed to do , if I 'd let you make love to me … |
| 8 | That I 've done what I 've done because it seemed to me right , not because I wanted to spite him . ’ |
| 9 | Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er |
| 10 | And then you have to explain it to the person opposite you , or a long distance phone call , and say how you , , and this , because there was a colour done what I 've said , he said my colour 's completely different , and you 've propose all those colour bits , but |
| 11 | I have done what I wanted , or thought I wanted , I have pushed as hard as I could , and this is it . |
| 12 | I should have done what I wanted . |
| 13 | This was no doubt very wicked of them , but I bear them no animosity at all : I had done what I wanted to do , which was to obtain a glimpse of the Caucasus from the most easternly town of any size in Turkey . |
| 14 | The first thing she asked was if I had done what I promised |
| 15 | It meant that I could still do what I regard as a worthwhile job . |
| 16 | You can do what I 've described . |
| 17 | Any minute now , I 'll do what I 've done every day of my adult life . |
| 18 | You should do what I 've done , cut yourself completely free of him and make a new life for yourself . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , erm okay well I 'll go , I shall be coming back here actually , but er , I 'll take this lot I think now anyway , well no I wo n't I 'll do what I 've got to do here now and then I 'll , I 'll go afterwards |
| 20 | Good , right , so I will do what I 've got to do , you will do what you 've got to do |
| 21 | I 'm glad he 's gone — I can do what I like , now . ’ |
| 22 | I can do what I like on these pages , and nobody on earth can prevent me . |
| 23 | I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 24 | And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’ |
| 25 | I can do what I like . |
| 26 | ‘ When I 'm eighteen and can do what I like , I 'll eat all my cakes uncooked , ’ Benny pronounced . |
| 27 | I can do what I like . ’ |
| 28 | And although the sub-text of my increasing thinness ( which I chose to ignore ) read , ‘ I am doing this because I feel so helpless that not even my own body belongs to me ’ , the apparent text read to me , and increasingly to others , ‘ My body is my own and I can do what I like with it . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm nearly seventeen and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 30 | " But they are powerless to do anything ; this chapel was built for my mural paintings and I can do what I like . " |