Example sentences of "do them [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | do n't forget when they 're added when they 're added you can do them one bit at a time . |
| 2 | They 're alright , they , it wo n't do them any harm . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This level of examination goes beyond the groundwork laid at the First Level by testing more complex writing and understanding , and giving candidates a range of choice , not only of questions that will do them most credit , but of answers that will best suit the circumstances described . |
| 8 | Will you please do them this year Agnes ? |
| 9 | ‘ You could do them permanent damage , Miss Trunchbull , ’ Miss Honey cried out . |
| 10 | I presume you wish to help underdeveloped countries but I fear you could do them considerable harm . |
| 11 | I 've done them all strawberry , all blackberry I mean |
| 12 | Yeah , well I du n no , do it all properly I must do all my bits and pieces tonight , I have n't done them this week , oh let's have a look at the poll tax , because I thought there was one more , I 'm sure there is |
| 13 | I imagine so , is she due to do them next year ? |
| 14 | Now it 's too late to do them this morning cos the van 's already gone . |
| 15 | Now obviously this can happen a bit , but I do n't think , on the whole it happens very much , at least certainly not in a way that matters erm I do n't think it does matter if people change things a little bit , because erm but on the whole people are doing things in the way that they 're doing them erm because they 've got accustomed to doing them that way and that 's the way that they 've planned it , and that 's the way that it comes out as a result of all of those pressures that there are on them . |
| 16 | Am I doing them any harm ? |
| 17 | People used to have an instinctive feeling that all that waste matter hanging around inside them could not be doing them any good . |
| 18 | Is he doing them this year ? |
| 19 | when I had the time , did them all tension and set , you know , but erm , as you say now , they probably cost you about fifty pound a go every time they go away |
| 20 | In Cuba the Communists ' early association with Batista did them great disservice when his second regime ( 1952–8 ) became increasingly corrupt and unpopular . |
| 21 | And when they were espoused the King did them great honour , and gave them many noble gifts , and added to Rodrigo 's lands more than he had till then possessed : and he loved him greatly in his heart , because he saw that he was obedient to his commands , and for all that he had heard him say . |
| 22 | What I 've done is just taken over from Catherine last year on her topics which er , seem to quite successful and I certainly know that Marian did them last year and found them good . |
| 23 | My son did them last night . |
| 24 | Not that it did them any good . |
| 25 | If you do them last thing at night you might find it difficult to get off to sleep . |
| 26 | He never does them any harm . |
| 27 | Do the sponsors feel that this tawdry display does them any good ? |
| 28 | Madame Gloriana turned away murmuring to herself , ‘ That 's what they all want to know , although I 'm not at all sure if it does them any good . ’ |