Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , Heather , d' you really think the hay is on fire ? ’ |
| 2 | There is little doubt that it was the labour shortage which caused the shift to leasing , but although this provided more revenue than persistence in demesne farming would have done it still left the landowner with reduced resources . |
| 3 | Too many people twigged — or at least thought they did — that he had done it only to open the door of Number 10 . |
| 4 | They 'd do it deliberately to embarrass the Government . |
| 5 | How you put your point across getting your point across and not being afraid of doing it , doing it effectively putting the point across , being positive in putting your point across so it 's all about putting your point across effectively , clearly congruously i.e. my body says what I mean . |
| 6 | Oliver Why do I always get the blame ? |
| 7 | So what I 've got to do is to try and get down to that , but do I actually stop the mallet dead when it , as it hits the blue , because if , I do n't wan na move the blue ball , but , if , if I was to play it like that it would be an obvious crush the ball into the mallet . |
| 8 | He prefaced a book called Bringing Up Children In A Difficult Time with a ‘ Statement of an anti-permissive author ’ : ‘ How did I ever get the reputation of being an advocate of excessive permissiveness ? ’ he asked plaintively and disingenuously . |
| 9 | Was it chosen to suit your weight and with comfort in mind , or did you just like the look of it ? |
| 10 | Or did you just see the info on rss ? |
| 11 | And they said , just said in the end again there was er an article or something and it was saying that you know that er did did you eventually get the money ? |
| 12 | Familiarity Rating : ‘ How well did you previously know the junction ? |
| 13 | ‘ Did you perhaps have the feeling that there was someone there ? ’ asked the doctor gently . |
| 14 | Did you then consider the use of guns , firearms ? |
| 15 | ‘ As accountant for the firm , did you never question the validity of the books ? ’ |
| 16 | Did you never enter the tunnel like you were |
| 17 | Did you ever have the tendency to objectify women , in a sexual sense , or over-romanticise women in a way that might be equally offensive to feminists ? |
| 18 | Now did you want the s did you ever have the chance to stay on at school ? |
| 19 | Did you ever have the feeling that you were almost more a part of management that you were a representative of the workforce ? |
| 20 | And did you ever use the expression , on a different subject , er a burn sticks ? |
| 21 | Did you ever hear the way they took the whisky to Arbroath ? |
| 22 | Did you ever hear the word stip Being used for a pole that was placed against a corn stack to keep it from |
| 23 | Did you ever hear the like of that ? |
| 24 | Did you ever hear the cellphone operators complaining that the early competition adversely affected their business ? |
| 25 | There 's this film like you know , when it 's turn like cinema or not , Silvester Stallone , and it 's called Oscar , did you ever see the preview of that ? |
| 26 | Until that point , did you ever take the gospel seriously as ‘ good news ’ ? |
| 27 | Did you ever notice the doctor 's cheek-bones ? |
| 28 | ‘ Did you actually hear the recording of the message the Milettis received this morning ? ’ |
| 29 | Now on the management charge which is what I want to ask you about , cos that 's what you 've said in the brochure , on the management charge , did you deliberately set the management charge too low to hook the punters ? |
| 30 | Well , do you honestly think the answer would have been the same if I 'd been Norman Ward Westerman or Lord Boddy ? ’ |