Example sentences of "[coord] i do it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I knew I could do well academically and I did it as a challenge to the conventional idea of the black kid who 's good at sports , yet with no brains . |
| 2 | ‘ It takes , they say , seven years to make an electrician ; and I did it in a fortnight . ’ |
| 3 | And if some , er , jus it was very thin slices of beef , topside of well I thought I 'll get some beef out , and I did it in the microwave and it cooked but it was it was quite tough . |
| 4 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 5 | But I did it with a heavy heart , I can tell you . |
| 6 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 7 | I know I should n't have gone near the sea , but I did it as a protest . |
| 8 | Er but I did it at a scale like erm one centimetre for o for every hour it 's blowing in that direction . |
| 9 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It would have taken forty-five minutes by bus , but I did it in a quarter of an hour by bike , ’ he said . |