Example sentences of "do [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | That I too have done my little bit for pollution ? |
2 | It 's still hard to know whether I 've saved them all , but at least I know I 've done my best . |
3 | I 've done my running around . ’ |
4 | ‘ I have n't done my bit . ’ |
5 | He had not helped his cause when he ‘ trotted blithely down the steps to greet eager reporters with the news ‘ Its all off boys ’ ’ and added , to cries of ‘ Jimmy 's selling you ’ the ripost that ‘ I 've tried boys , I 've done my very best . |
6 | I 've done my job , and quite well , I think . |
7 | Having done my first sound broadcast in the Forties and made my first television appearance in 1952 , I can remember when Lord Reith 's belief that broadcasting 's prime function was to inform , to entertain and give all sides a chance to state their case , still reigned . |
8 | I 've done my share of baby care . |
9 | It was favourably received and I felt that I had done my hitherto neglected ancestor proud . |
10 | I 'd done my homework in advance . |
11 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
12 | For a number of years I have done my best to present the ordination of women in the Anglican Communion to Orthodoxy and to Rome in terms of development rather than revolution . |
13 | I am sure I would have gone to the Crusades and done my bit , although that might just have been the racist in me or my natural desire to loot . |
14 | Indeed , how could I ever go back to Bristol without having done my prep ? |
15 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
16 | But now , at last , I am beginning to see that for all the ‘ believed failures ’ of the past , I have done my best . |
17 | Relying on memory , the dates in my diary and what my wife recalls of all I said on coming away from the Presence , I have done my best to get things right . |
18 | Her sidelong glance had caught a quick exchange of looks between them as if Father Devlin were silently saying , ‘ I 've done my share ; now it 's your turn . ’ |
19 | To be able to stand and say ‘ I have done my best , I can do no more ’ allows you to have self-respect , and that is something no one can take away ! |
20 | P.C. Well , Sir , I have always done my duty . |
21 | I have always done my duty , as my record will show . |
22 | I suppose I 've done my part to help them by writing extensively about laser weapons for New Scientist and other magazines . |
23 | He ought not to have died , and if I had gone with my mother to the doctor and done my part as a son , I feel as if he need not have done . ’ |
24 | I almost feel as if I have gone on getting to know and understand her after she died , and have done my mourning as I go , whereas with my father the relationship was perfect and complete and ended with his death . ' |
25 | Jason and Rachel Sheffield rush between us , helping with the boat , and there is Jean who has been our main support and encouraged and organized us through all the long months of preparation , fed us , nagged us and even done my washing ! |
26 | I 'd blacked my eyebrows till they were like tarmac , I 'd put raspberry-coloured gloss thick on my lips and I 'd done my eyelids in a limey shade of green . |
27 | Someone else has n't done my story have they ? |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Until then I had done my cooking , such as it was , on that fire . |
30 | ‘ You 've been asking all the questions , and I 've done my best to answer them . |