Example sentences of "[pron] 's [noun sg] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many factors can affect someone 's ability to do their job effectively : personal problems , such as financial worries , divorce , drug or alcohol dependency , as well as pressure involved in the job itself and problems in the organisational set-up . |
| 2 | I ca n't begin to try to explain what is in someone 's mind to do such a thing . |
| 3 | I make no apologies for this it is self evidently both right and in everyone 's interest to do what we can to support this transition process . |
| 4 | That is , the socio-economic status of one 's childhood does affect the degree to which goals will be compromised or energy will be devoted to achieving a particular goal . |
| 5 | … one may get on knowing very well that one 's courage does not come of itself … |
| 6 | But to survive an arrow a mile from a road with a killer around to make sure I did n't make it … where in one 's mind did one search for the will to survive that ? |
| 7 | One 's sexuality does n't automatically presume that a particular stance is inevitable . ’ |
| 8 | When there is more than one right act it is one 's duty to do one of them , though not one in particular . |
| 9 | At the very least one owes it to one 's family to do this , as well as to oneself and even one 's current employer . |
| 10 | That ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ has ‘ such-and-such ’ for its fulfilment is as unproblematic as is the rule of grammar that ‘ X does such-and-such ’ is the execution of the order to X ‘ Do such-and-such ’ , or the rule of whist that the act of trumping has the consequence that the trick is won — provided one 's opponent does not use a higher trump . |
| 11 | And it 's not everybody 's job to do that , so ordinary people took the jobs as shunters and could be taught how to do it in short time , if they were average and er in good health . |
| 12 | That the situation may not be anyone 's fault does not mean that no sacrifices are required . |