Example sentences of "do [pron] [adv] [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would do them later because I tell you what happens then , there will be a ch , there may well be a choice in two columns , I do n't know if that |
| 2 | I have n't done it easily but I 've done it and I 'm pleased . |
| 3 | Let me make it crystal clear — I have done it before and I do not mind doing it again — that I do not have any fundamental or irrevocable objections to timetable motions . |
| 4 | Sometimes my helper comes in and says , ‘ It 's time for a walk ’ and makes me do it even if I think , ‘ No I 'm too comfy to move ! ’ . |
| 5 | I can do it OK if I hang onto the side , but when I let go I just sink . |
| 6 | But I 'm not gon na do it today cos I wan na tape . |
| 7 | Er there 's mine needs a few bits and bobs I ca n't do it though cos I have n't got enough money . |
| 8 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 9 | ‘ Some people think I am crazy but I thought I had better do it now while I have the chance . ’ |
| 10 | I got quite good ones actually cos I got two children next to each other and a few years later I got them to do it again but I do n't know if I can find them all . |
| 11 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
| 12 | The parent attitude would be ‘ do it thus because I tell you to ’ , again crossing the stimulus/response lines . |
| 13 | He does it better than I do . ’ |