Example sentences of "do [det] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Here , let me do that before you bust a gut ! ’ |
| 2 | You can do that while I put the washing out . |
| 3 | He laid the naked red scrap briefly in Effie 's arms , and said abruptly to McAllister , ‘ Let Rose do that while you take the baby from me and find something to wrap it in . |
| 4 | You ca n't do that until you get the notes can you ? |
| 5 | I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ? |
| 6 | In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling . |
| 7 | But how could she do that when she needed the money ? |
| 8 | Obviously you ca n't do this while you have the ball ( you 'd kick it instead ) , or when you 're very close to it ( you 'd probably execute a sliding tackle ) . |
| 9 | However , they will only do this if they have a chance of hitting an adventurer — if a spell such as Zone of Sanctuary is in operation , for instance , the Skeletons will bide their time . |
| 10 | At Faringdon 's , the singers stood on chairs but I do not usually do this if I sing the song with children . |
| 11 | and I mean I have done several since I left the Scottish Office as well which is quite good and I thought that I might put Sandy at his ease by telling a couple of amusing incidents that have happened post the Scottish Office days |
| 12 | These days there are too many quick forwards to do that unless you have an extremely quick centre back . |
| 13 | He had to do that before he joined the air force . |
| 14 | What 's more , someone will have to stay to receive it but there 's no problem getting one of the tank farm operators to do that because they know the tanker driver . |
| 15 | I do n't want to do that because I have a young family and I like living in Hoylake . ’ |
| 16 | You would n't be able to do that if you had a frozen shoulder . |
| 17 | We would have to get a special cradle to do that and I have no real idea as to how long his nerve will hold . |
| 18 | Seen in this way , it is clear that fairy tales play a significant part in helping us grow up — and that they are able to do this because they MAKING A SHORT STORY 57 introduce us to ideas about change , conflict and coming-to-maturity through the medium of make-believe . |
| 19 | They are able to do this because they have a dominant position in many markets and have the financial resources , excellent graduate training schemes , pay competitive salaries and offer a broad range of opportunities for young would-be executives to gain early experience . |
| 20 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 21 | The nymphs remain with their mother through one or two moults , infecting and reinforcing one another , and they may go on doing this after they leave the nest , as the young of any one year remain more or less together in a loose family association . |
| 22 | Carry on doing this until we find a degree of difference sufficiently small to give us a " yes " answer to Question 2 . |
| 23 | One church 's house groups were doing this as they made a study , chapter by chapter , of Richard Foster 's Celebration of Discipline . |
| 24 | I did that because I got an amazing about of money and to be honest I rather liked the idea of swanning around in a special effects car . |
| 25 | I do do that because it gets a bit uncomfortable sometimes , you know |
| 26 | Maybe but it is difficult when people do that because I mean the majority of us are going up and down and you get this one that 's going across and |
| 27 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |
| 28 | She did this when she had no grasp of a conversation or no understanding of a situation and felt herself de trop . |
| 29 | I only did this because I know the outlet where I purchased the fish from has its own excellent quarantine facilities and I have used this shop for over 10 years and have never had any trouble with fish purchased from there . |
| 30 | It really is essential that you do this if you want a garment of the correct size and shape . |