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 . ’ |