Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The horses have done nothing all winter and it would do them so much good .
2 Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said
3 I mean , if somebody was petrified of setting eyes on the youth again , then it would n't do them much good , for him to be sent to make good what damage he 's done to their house , or ,
4 Her XR3i , I calculated , would do me just fine for a few days .
5 You 'll do me more good nor a bucket o' medicine .
6 An O S one to fifty thousand and that 's what I thought I 'd picked up this morning to take with me but when I looked it was Chester and Wrexham so it did n't do me much good .
7 ‘ It was sweet of you to come — it 's done me so much good .
8 He stated that he had met too many people who had become mentally disturbed by playing about with ideas and activities which have done them deep emotional damage .
9 This means they do n't do you much good , but neither do they do you any harm .
10 I think that 's important ; just playing E and A does n't do you much good — it limited my playing so much … ’
11 Even if this week brings conflict with an authority figure or a reminder of an obstacle to conquer , it ca n't do you too much harm .
12 That 'll do you more good nor owt else . ’
13 If that is too difficult , seek other help — counselling will do you more good than valium ’ .
14 ‘ I think a glass of Guinness would do you more good , ’ she said .
15 Well , you are beginning to lose it , and as a medical man I assure you it will do you more good than harm . ’
16 The tall dark-faced man seemed to have no problem managing his robes , though his haste did n't do him much good .
17 It would hardly have done him much good in his professional life , where women were always wanting to know if they were having them or how to stop them or conceive them , if he had been .
18 E's have n't done him much good , have they ?
19 But Adam had taken that line and it had n't done him much good .
20 But selling more slaves would have done it little good if it could not get paid for them , and in the 1680s the planters owed the company money for two full years supply of slaves .
21 They , they painted there house a year ago and they 've done it again this year , you ca n't tell where it 's stopped and where it 's done , do you know what I mean .
22 But she keeps doing it she done it again last night , did n't smell till yesterday .
23 oh , I 've not done it yet this morning
24 Done it really nice , done mine at the weekend .
25 No I done it bloody last week .
26 Hereford need a win at Torquay tomorrow … they 've done it once this season in the coca cola cup … the only side to have won at Plainmoor this season …
27 She took her time , and done it real careful .
28 Do you know , I mean for so long now we 've done it very much on personal effort .
29 That 's one of the main reasons why we think he ca n't have done it very many times . ’
30 Erm , I think I will give up being Chair this time , I 've done it too long , too long , and I 've had it John as Co-Chair during the year and I hope that he 'll be able to carry on as , as Chair Person , I think really I 've done it , done it for long enough erm , and we 'll have to ask , we hope , we hope the Treasurer just taken over will carry on
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