Example sentences of "done [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The horses have done nothing all winter and it would do them so much good .
2 I ca n't stand husbands who come home and say ‘ Oh look you 've done nothing all day , only a bit of housework and looked after the child ’ .
3 And of course you 'd want some fun this evening , having done nothing all day .
4 Because I have spent the whole day since six o'clock this morning working , and working hard , and this … painted maypole has done nothing all day long and will do nothing tomorrow , except complain about those who do work .
5 She said nothing to me and after rehearsals I was still standing there ; I 'd done nothing all morning , and she called me into the office .
6 Romany King has done nothing this year but the fact that he ran so well last time at Aintree has kept him short in the market .
7 ‘ They 've never done me any harm and I have seven bairns , ’ she said while eating a bag of chips in the sun .
8 I 've done them all strawberry , all blackberry I mean
9 Yeah , well I du n no , do it all properly I must do all my bits and pieces tonight , I have n't done them this week , oh let's have a look at the poll tax , because I thought there was one more , I 'm sure there is
10 Mum look , I done my own buttons
11 I have always done my own dressmaking and last year , with a growing interest in knitting , I decided to buy myself a machine .
12 I 've done my own cleaning ready for Christmas which I had n't the energy for in the spring and my husband and I walk about 3–4 miles every day .
13 Most people done their own negotiating .
14 But they had only done their own jobs .
15 ‘ Oh , she done her own shopping , miss ! ’
16 But he has done himself some damage and will need to work hard , and with some care , if he is to secure re-election to the shadow Cabinet in November .
17 ‘ If he has done you such injury this fellow must be held to account . ’
18 Erm , just a point of information , I think er on the hundred and thirty-one million , including the Lincoln , and I think er they would have been you would have been under serious er distress on that , because the information I have had from the Department of Transport , is that if the Lincoln scheme had gone ahead , it would have effectively blocked everything else for the next five years , and that would n't have done you any good , from where you 're elected , either .
19 Have I done you any harm ?
20 No , looks as though they 've done you some sort of .
21 It 's arguable that the industry has done itself more damage by its inflated claims than anything else , because they spared people like Rifkin into action .
22 Erm apart from that I think we 've done everything this week .
23 Have we done one this year ?
24 However , the Government should have done something this year to mitigate the costs of that 20 per cent .
25 No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege .
26 ‘ Father , ’ said Tutilo , burning into startling whiteness , ‘ I pledge you my faith I never did nor never would have done him any harm , nor do I know of any who might need to wish him ill .
27 I had never done him any harm , yet I seemed to be the object of a deliberate campaign .
28 Er could n't have done him any harm .
29 Four spoonfuls a cup , and bags of boiled sweets on the side , have never done him any harm , he reckons .
30 That could n't have done him any good . ’
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