Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] do [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Obviously , everyone has to do what they think is right , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I mean did they you know deliver political speeches to try and . |
| 3 | Well I mean did you I mean she knows that Emma was sleeping here last night does n't she ? |
| 4 | I want to do what I can to open the gateways , ’ he told New Scientist . |
| 5 | I want to do what he said , go where he leads , follow his example , enter into the life he offers . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm very keen to get success at the club , and I want to do everything I can to bring it about . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to do whatever I can to help fight it . ’ |
| 8 | You know that I want to do anything I can to help . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd done everything I set out to do . |
| 10 | Watch me and wonder what would have happened if I had n't sent you away last night , if I 'd done what I longed to do , if I 'd let you make love to me … |
| 11 | So that was If I 'd done it you see , that was spoiling them . |
| 12 | but I 'd done it you see |
| 13 | ‘ I like to do what I can , you know . |
| 14 | Never would I wish to do whatever it is they do — nobody would ! |
| 15 | And when I started doing it I knew the hang of it and I turned round to her afterwards and said , " That was easy . " |
| 16 | As a teacher I try to do what I can , but in a lot of cases you come up against a brick wall with a lot of racist graffiti on it ! |
| 17 | So I 'm gon na see how I get on an if I keep doing it I 'm just gon na get it as overtime . |
| 18 | I went to do what I thought I could do the best . |
| 19 | I preferred doing what we call off-diary stories , not the councils and the jobs that came up as a matter of routine . |
| 20 | , well I mean , I did do what you want , Penny and I would come along but I think you 'd see better in , in a box . |
| 21 | I had to do what they told me to do . |
| 22 | And so I had to do what I could ; I … |
| 23 | The first thing she asked was if I had done what I promised |
| 24 | Afterwards I had no sense that I had been forgiven , but I had done what I was called upon to do and there it must rest . |
| 25 | This was no doubt very wicked of them , but I bear them no animosity at all : I had done what I wanted to do , which was to obtain a glimpse of the Caucasus from the most easternly town of any size in Turkey . |
| 26 | Well , I had done what I could to protect the new catapult and , while I was sorry that what had happened at the Rabbit Grounds had cost me a trusted weapon with many battle honours to its name ( not to mention a significant sum out of the Defence budget ) , I thought that maybe what had happened had been for the best . |
| 27 | That I 've done what I 've done because it seemed to me right , not because I wanted to spite him . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've done what I came for , ’ she declared , marching out of the house . |
| 29 | Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er |
| 30 | ‘ If I 've done what I set out to do , ’ Maggie managed defensively . |