Example sentences of "done [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you 've done me a favour , you see . |
| 2 | In a way , without knowing it of course , the Old Man had done me a favour . |
| 3 | In a way , I was thinking , Gharr had done me a favour . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've done me a favour really . |
| 5 | You have done me a favour , I told you so . ’ |
| 6 | The unfortunate Captain — later Major — Lingary ( retired ) and Doctor Halziel have done me a lot of good by disappearing so mysteriously . |
| 7 | ’ Never mind , Mr. K. You 've done me a power of good . |
| 8 | Polycarp , the second-century Christian leader in Smyrna , faced a hostile mob and quietly refused to go back on his faith in Christ : ‘ Eighty and six years have I served him , and he hath done me no wrong ; how then can I blaspheme my King who saved me ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He has done me no injury — yet . |
| 10 | The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained . |
| 11 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , Aunt , Leith has this afternoon done me the honour of agreeing to be my wife . ’ |
| 13 | But you get used to it and I think it 's a grand place , it 's done me the world of good anyway , they do n't half help you . |
| 14 | It seems to have done them no harm , presented them with no discernible limitations in the scope of their work or influence . |
| 15 | And you 've done them a bit all green have n't you , why do n't you do some of erm |
| 16 | Stephen Leatherman , director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at the University of Maryland , has done them a favour , ranking America 's beaches for beauty , water temperature , quality of sand and the like . |
| 17 | Ironically Pegasus have done them a favour by winning the European ‘ B ’ Division only last month , and as a result Portadown will now play the cream of Europe next season in the ‘ A ’ Division . |
| 18 | They thought it was best to know what you were up against , but Preston was n't sure it had done them a lot of good in the long run . |
| 19 | He reckoned he had done her a service , smashing her dog . |
| 20 | I have just done her a return kindness by getting invitations for her and her mother , to the Alumnus of the Year award given by Royal Bank as holder of Chair of European Governmental Studies . |
| 21 | She had nagged me to accept it , but now she behaved as though I had done her a disservice by doing so . |
| 22 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The call-offs mean that if anybody plays well against Germany he will have done himself a lot of good for the immediate future . ’ |
| 24 | Done you a bit good |
| 25 | Someone may have even done you a favour . |
| 26 | Why ? because this is not your country , because the British have done you a favour by letting you in . |
| 27 | You Well he said , Well it 's done you a lot of good now then because your knees are still good . |
| 28 | ‘ I think that this evening has done you a world of good , ’ he said softly . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sure I 've done you no wrong . ’ |
| 30 | T'would have done you no harm , and been good for the |