Example sentences of "did [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 2 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 3 | he did me the honour of revealing his sources . |
| 4 | Mr Gould , who in describing this new species did me the honour of calling it after my name , states , that besides the smaller size and different colour of the plumage , the beak is of considerably less proportional dimensions than in the common Rhea ; that the tarsi are covered with differently-shaped scales , and that they are feathered six inches beneath the knee . |
| 5 | Nearly fifty years later Magdalen did me the signal honour of electing me an Honorary Fellow . |
| 6 | In other words did you the flat ? |
| 7 | We did her the favour of pretending that she was not talking about her own lack of brains . |
| 8 | Well that 's , that 's well that 's all I can recollect in relation to why we did it the way we did . |
| 9 | ‘ So did I. The feeling wears off . ’ |
| 10 | A little later Speedbird 486B did us the flavour of relaying our intentions to Bilbao , and we were given a routing via the standard reporting points November One and November and holds while the British Airways flight landed there . |