Example sentences of "do it [subord] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I said , " Yes " , and I plugged it that I 'd done it while I 'd had Louisa and that 's what I think went in my favour in a way . |
2 | I would have done it if I had had the chance , but somebody got there first . |
3 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
4 | if , if I was really stuck and I had the , the tools , which , I would n't have you see , but if I did have the tools there , then yeah I would be able to do it cos I 've seen Martin doing it quite a few times , so |
5 | ‘ I 've got panto and I want to do it because I 've got to pay the mortgage . |
6 | I am really sad that nobody wants to do it like I have done it for them . |
7 | I 'm not doing it because of that , I 'm doing it because I prefer to do it , but it is n't that , it 's just the fact that I wo n't be here tomorrow to go and |
8 | I would n't have dreamed of doing it if I 'd known he was dead . ’ |
9 | ‘ I did it because I wanted to make you look the way you do now . ’ |
10 | I just do it because I like helping others . ’ |