Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is almost as fat as he is and it will do them both good . |
| 2 | They do n't do them any more . |
| 3 | When Dr Maxwell came along a little later , I asked him about it , and although he pooh-poohed it a bit and said it was all a lot of nonsense , I did get him to admit it could n't do me any actual harm to go to the classes and do exercises . |
| 4 | The way some people look at it is , why should I let you write a book that wo n't do me any good but might do me some harm . |
| 5 | I am an American , this is my home , it does n't do me any good commercially to race in a formula the people back home do n't understand . |
| 6 | Er , I actually had two stillborn babies , one one year after each other and they put me on Valium and it did n't do me any good at all ! |
| 7 | Erm one card would really do me some good . |
| 8 | PLAYER : They 're hardly divisible , sir — well , I can do you blood and love without the rhetoric , and I can do you blood and rhetoric without the love , and I can do you all three concurrent or consecutive , but I ca n't do you love and rhetoric without the blood . |
| 9 | ‘ I can do you some nice curls at the sides as well , ’ added Gloria . |
| 10 | ‘ Might even do you some good in another direction , my lad ! |
| 11 | Now there 's no need to learn all of the tables erm er what I will do is if you want any more lessons I 'll do you some special tables cut down so you only have to learn about half the normal and then you 'll know them all cos if you know two sixes . |
| 12 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 13 | ‘ Moping about Kelpie wo n't do you any good , or Kelpie , either , ’ her mother said briskly . |
| 14 | The man continued to look at her strangely , and then at last he said , ‘ It 'll not do you any good , love . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What I mean , love , ’ the man said slowly , ‘ is that it wo n't do you any good , nor your grandfather neither . |
| 16 | Do n't go down the pub though , that probably wo n't do you any good Now , that covers exam techniques in general and what I 'm we 're looking for in papers . |
| 17 | So is it gon na do you any good really ? |
| 18 | Did n't do , did n't think it would do you any good did we ? |
| 19 | Wo n't do you any good like but |
| 20 | ’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm . |
| 21 | ‘ And nothing that can do him any good , either . ’ |
| 22 | We did n't do him any good at all . |
| 23 | ‘ Might do him some good . |
| 24 | Once when Williams was ill , Horne called at his flat and dropped through his letter box details of a holiday plan which he though might do him some good . |
| 25 | A few games in the reserves could do him some good . |
| 26 | He had reasoned that , even if they could n't talk there , the morning concert might do her some good , that she had never willingly set foot out of the flat since it happened , that in any case he had a father 's responsibility towards his younger sister , and he had promised to go and hear her . |
| 27 | He would not do her any real harm . |
| 28 | It did n't do her any good at all . |
| 29 | That 's because I did n't have time to sit and colour with him so he decided he 'd do it all blue himself did n't you ? |
| 30 | No with erm , just the purple , you know I was gon na do it all cerise |