Example sentences of "did [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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
2 In Cuba the Communists ' early association with Batista did them great disservice when his second regime ( 1952–8 ) became increasingly corrupt and unpopular .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 My son did them last night .
6 Not that it did them any good .
7 With remarks like ‘ Ah well , that never did me any harm ; I have gone through worse ’ , he would brush aside his colleagues ' explorations as irrelevant , yet hint at having himself suffered as a child .
8 While I 'm standing up to my thighs in water trying to kill a lot of fish that never did me any harm , somebody in this town takes it into his head to rub out Jack Mahoney . ’
9 He never did me any harm . ’
10 We did ya this copper kettle he asked , I 've not seen that before .
11 Tilly , carol singing , Milly , and what did you fifty P for ?
12 Did you two block yes , an accident .
13 Did you that bloke with the beard that 's working down your way now ?
14 Did you those girls
15 I got those buttons did you this morning ?
16 you did n't grumble about it did you this time ?
17 You did you little piggy so you say pardon
18 So how did she this letter .
19 How did they old ones survive then ?
20 Did they big mooths next door huv tae clipe about the topless gogo dancing in the Albany ?
21 I will not pass this way again to see if it did him any good .
22 they nearly did it brilliant way , remember I had the little labels on them and they 've all got mixed up one way or another
23 Well ca n't , if I did it that way it would use your because it might all , take all the bubbles out !
24 It did it all day , or nearly .
25 If I did it all day I would n't like it — woman 's work is never done , she 's on the go all the time — even before you go to bed , you 've still got something to do — emptying ashtrays , wash a few cups up .
26 Yeah who did it all day yesterday ?
27 I was quite embarrassed when we did it two years ago . ’
28 And we did it first half , and when we were in possession , we were winning it in their sort of last third of the field , and that was giving us a great chance to create scoring chances and that 's what we 've done again today which has worked very well .
29 However tempting it may be , try to avoid falling in to the trap of ‘ in my day we did it this way ’ or you may receive a stinging reply .
30 So if we did it this way , erm , let's pick an actual bearing , so that we get it right .
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