Example sentences of "do [pron] any [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Moping about Kelpie wo n't do you any good , or Kelpie , either , ’ her mother said briskly . |
| 7 | The man continued to look at her strangely , and then at last he said , ‘ It 'll not do you any good , love . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What I mean , love , ’ the man said slowly , ‘ is that it wo n't do you any good , nor your grandfather neither . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | So is it gon na do you any good really ? |
| 11 | Did n't do , did n't think it would do you any good did we ? |
| 12 | Wo n't do you any good like but |
| 13 | ’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm . |
| 14 | ‘ And nothing that can do him any good , either . ’ |
| 15 | We did n't do him any good at all . |
| 16 | He would not do her any real harm . |
| 17 | It did n't do her any good at all . |
| 18 | If you can not do it by constructing the notion of pains which are not yours , you can not do it any other way . |
| 19 | ca n't do it any other way , so I said oh I 'll go and have a look , I 've got to go down town and |
| 20 | exactly , it 's the only way you can do it and I would n't do it any other way , because I do n't bel I do n't , I do n't think it 's fair , if I was using the phone continually I 'd get rather annoyed , I mean that I 'd , they 'd have a right to be annoyed , but as I do n't I think it 's ridiculous so I 'm not hardly surprised at all , so I think it 's stupid as you say , but there you go . |
| 21 | But it wo n't do us any good either cos we wo n't have any work to do . |
| 22 | Will it do us any good , mother ? ’ |