Example sentences of "do [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | That rarity , an album without a filler — admire every aspect as Owens finger-flicks his way through the Stax-happy , gospel croons on a couple of things Sam Cooke would have loved to wrap his larynx around , and opts for the more brooding approach on the let's do crunch of ‘ Why You Treat Me This Way ? ’ — ‘ Blues Soul ’ is remarkable not only for the performance of its outfront star , but also for that of the Pete Wingfield-led back-up squad , which nary places a quaver in the wrong place , along with Mike Vernon 's knowing production . |
| 2 | I know it is a terribly sexist remark but I do think of the machines in our first workshop as old ladies . |
| 3 | When 200 of Drexel 's former employees appeared on an hour-long television show recently , their host , Mr Phil Donahue , told them exactly what most Americans probably do think of them . |
| 4 | Oh , Breeze , do think of something . |
| 5 | However , if I do think of myself as making a considered choice , can I deny the justice of your reproach ? |
| 6 | ‘ You do think of all the might have beens , ’ Sandra admits . |
| 7 | I do think of myself as a housewife . |
| 8 | But before you do think of the following : |
| 9 | So do think of that . |
| 10 | Maybe they do think of themselves as being professional in the same , or similar , sense to that which is commonly understood . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh Lydia , ’ said Betty , ‘ you do think of the weirdest things . ’ |
| 12 | Rain walked up the room after Mona with Ruby running crabwise beside her begging : ‘ Do think of something , Rain . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid my intentions do n't always match my actions , but I assure you I do think of you far , far more than I put pen to paper ! |
| 14 | To cope with a very steep bank , particularly if overhanging trees make a pitch shot impossible , do think of running the ball straight at the bank . |
| 15 | Robson did think of playing Platt alongside Bull but rejected the idea of using two inexperienced players at the same time . |
| 16 | I did think of paying them a non-means-tested benefit in exchange for abstention , but I 'm sure I 'd never get the figures past Margaret Beckett . |
| 17 | Director Ken Spencer said cheekily : ‘ We did think of recreating a tableau of the Mirror pictures but we decided against it . |
| 18 | She said , ‘ So you see , she did think of you , and wanted you to know that she had . |
| 19 | We did think of bringing a pooch along to follow the bride , dressed as a bridesmaid . |
| 20 | He says he did think of whipping up and running them down , but it would have been useless , they could shoot far faster than we could drive at them . |
| 21 | And she had no intention of telling him just what she did think of him , not that it would have made sense , anyway — either to him or , more importantly , to herself . |
| 22 | He really did think of her as little more than a tramp . |
| 23 | I did think of going down to Syon House but remembered Benjamin 's instructions never to approach Johanna without him being present for she dwelt in a twilight world where every man , except Benjamin , was her seducer . |
| 24 | I did think of making a call at Ipswich to present my warmest compliments to Mistress Scawsby but that would have been too dangerous . |
| 25 | Something I did think of when you mentioned about the the cattle dung that the word that we remember was . |
| 26 | ‘ And I did think of driving to Karlovy Vary to … ’ |
| 27 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 28 | Er , we did sample of the regional wines , last night erm . |
| 29 | My colleagues and I were particularly interested in the Central Laser facility , whose staff do research of their own , but also ‘ run the shop ’ for some 36 groups in 26 university departments , involved in the programme . |
| 30 | It 's not necessarily in the hi-fi reviewer 's own interests to belittle those differences that do exist of course , but it 's hard to avoid concluding that all too often the range of variations between CD players really is as small as suggested above . |