Example sentences of "[pron] do [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Now , when I do something , I have to think what Bill Whyte would want to know about it and how can I explain it . |
2 | ‘ As long as I do something outside the parish , ’ Anna said , ‘ does it matter what I do ? ’ |
3 | It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something . |
4 | I do my bedroom out every day — sweep it and dust the furniture and I do something else every day , like I dust the tops of the cupboards or I give the wardrobe a polish . |
5 | When I get out there , I 'm going to make sure I do something worthwhile — you know , like a robbery or something . ’ |
6 | If I do something stupid , like if I do a chequebook and card , I go to prison . |
7 | Every night I do something I have n't done for years . |
8 | Wreaking further havoc among the dirty socks , discarded takeaway containers , unwashed dishes and unanswered correspondence is-as we have already determined-impossible , so I do something even more earth-shattering : I clean up . |
9 | ‘ You 'll kill me unless I do something . |
10 | ‘ It is suitable that I do something involving a black rhino to raise the money . ’ |
11 | ‘ I just hope one of these days I do something else that proves to be as phenomenally successful . ’ |
12 | so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother does n't come to me now , he stays at home cos he 's going on fifteen , and as he 's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he does n't come any more I 've got to actually give him |
13 | So let's have a look at erm the previous one no we 'll look at , we 'll look at Kelly 's here and if I do something like save so we put here total is one pound fifty . |
14 | I do nothing but think of my duty ! ’ he snarled savagely . |
15 | At least if I do nothing , then I 've done nothing wrong . |
16 | I am visited by dense and dreamless sleep before the horrific wakefulness ; hours in which I do nothing but watch . |
17 | I do nothing except work here , go to lectures and study . ’ |
18 | Nevertheless , it is noteworthy from the annotation of their books that they use translations wherever possible ( as indeed I do myself , life being as short as it is ) . |
19 | I 'm not sure I do myself . |
20 | I do myself . |
21 | I mean , I do myself . |
22 | Although , that being said , I do myself possess one of Paykhull 's medals . ’ |
23 | I do myself . |
24 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
25 | Then I do summat I ai n't never done before . |
26 | The plain , large woman in a flowered overall said quietly , ‘ I do me best . |
27 | I do me own repairs — make me own spares when I need ‘ em . ’ |
28 | Well I do me and Jonathan erm they do n't like me er read all his books . |
29 | " And when she says she wants a baby in the house , I do her the credit of believing her . " |
30 | oh I do its like the mountains |