Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 2 | where you do it |
| 3 | No we , we all take a turn on it where you do it . |
| 4 | Both , in tandem , have transformed who does what and where they do it to create the wealth governments now seek . |
| 5 | Okay , so you do it with the Xs then , I did it with the numbers , that 's the easy bit . |
| 6 | Right so you do it on other side and then work out what that comes to , so why did you multiply that side by a hundred ? |
| 7 | I thought , you either do it , so you do it to here and I bet he fell for it did he ? |
| 8 | I would say in employment yes , or people that want to get employment example would be yeah at M D secretary suddenly shot into the job of producing the company newspaper now I mean somebody like very quickly has to get to grips with this obviously can not give up six months to go and do it so you do it on a half day release basis . |
| 9 | You ca n't do it with one , it 's too few , and you do n't need three , so you do it with two . |
| 10 | round the ten every happens to everyone they work you know ten twelve is the obvious one to go for the go eight nine ten twelve fourteen and then once you do it you do n't realize you 've done it and you do n't stop . |
| 11 | Well like you say you feel nervous about it at first but once you do it , you 've got . |
| 12 | Although they do they do I mean I 've been I 've been to the presentations |
| 13 | sober he can do more than they do I mean i that ai n't the sort bloke you wan na lose , and I 'm , when he balls and shouts at them well he gets on your nerves really but at the end of the day I 'll you know , I 'll put up with it . |
| 14 | But if we get them to sit down and actually do the cycle you know , so they do it |
| 15 | are reasonably senior , and the great thing is once they do you one favour that 's it , and it 's better because rather than have , for example a junior police officer , who has no idea of covering his tracks |
| 16 | If I do him brown or put in white all round |
| 17 | You see , if I do you a wrong and you forgive me , it 's not because I 've exercised grace , it 's because you 've exercised the grace . |
| 18 | ‘ If I do it for you , I 've got to do it for everyone … |
| 19 | She apparently told her sometime lover , Marlon Brando , ‘ I do n't know if I do it right ’ and Norman Mailer , another to enjoy her favours , was quoted as saying that the screen goddess was ‘ pleasant in bed , but receptive rather than innovative ’ . |
| 20 | If I do it I must give at least ten pounds and I simply have n't got ‘ em . ’ |
| 21 | So I feel happier in my mind if I do it every day . |
| 22 | If I do it at half the speed , just do it at thirty miles an hour , how long will that take ? |
| 23 | If I do it at half the speed . |
| 24 | Now if I do it at half that speed , if I do if I drive at thirty miles an hour , how long will it take me to do the sixty miles ? |
| 25 | I make my living out of explaining things to a lot of dum-dums , and if I do it at all I expect to get paid . ’ |
| 26 | What am I most likely to get out of this if I do it ? |
| 27 | There 's a letter I really ought to get written tonight — I had n't realised it was quite so late , and I can get it off by first post if I do it now . ’ |
| 28 | If I do it in private , I may easily fall into the way of doing so in public . |
| 29 | If I do it that way she 'll either refuse to go , or , if she does go , she 'll be back within a short time . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If I do it too directly they wo n't listen to me . ’ |