Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a power in him , a suppressed vigour that made everything he did one hundred per cent positive . |
| 2 | Clary would smile , nod obligingly , with a look that knew something they did n't , one which delved deep down through two small black holes into a mind of knowledge , hidden inside , never daring to seep out . |
| 3 | I think can I just say one thing we did actually h it was n't community industry erm the people that did it I do n't know |
| 4 | Alongside the new universities themselves , starting their degree courses from scratch and employing large numbers of sometimes rather dubiously qualified new lecturers , there was a parallel development in the polytechnics , many of them offering degree courses for the first time , and devising courses in subjects such as literature , languages , and philosophy that had nothing whatever to do with the technology-based courses for which they had first been invented . |
| 5 | One or two odd shapes were found , but most authorities dismissed these as patterns produced by the physical processes of rock formation that had nothing whatever to do with living organisms . |
| 6 | ‘ Just because of a stupid argument that had nothing whatever to do with your job here ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured suavely , and from then until Mrs Novakova came in to tell them that dinner was ready he engaged her in surface conversation that had nothing whatsoever to do with the reason for why she was there . |
| 8 | He was about to make an attempt to steer the conversation back to Heather 's visit in August when , in a sudden rush , Mrs Diamond reached the limit of her reticence and revealed what he did not doubt she had also revealed to Heather . |
| 9 | He often comes in of an evenin' and he took one look at the cow and told me what to do . |
| 10 | He stopped her in the corridor , and told her what to do . |
| 11 | He simply asked the woman one question — and told her what to do in faith . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've already phoned Miranda and told her what to do … |
| 13 | Well you see at the Penny Farthing she 's supervisor , everyone think she 's if you had her in your house and told her what to do she 'll do it , but , she needs , she 'll be quite . |
| 14 | I looked at loads and told them I did n't like any and I wanted to wear just black . |
| 15 | Eighteen year old Jason Raby who carried out the attack … and Anthony Langton who 's twenty-three and told him what to do … both admitted causing Mrs Cooper grevous bodily harm . |
| 16 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 17 | She swallowed the hurt and told herself he did n't really mean it . |
| 18 | I played for Kendall at Blackburn Rovers and admired what he did there . |
| 19 | Well if it was dark and she could n't see you she might have put her arm out and hit you it does n't what it feels like is n't always what it is if you see what I mean . |
| 20 | She said ooh th they 're talking about But whether he er whether he attempted to kill her and managed it I do n't know but that , that was what I heard anyway . |
| 21 | He did what he meant and meant what he did . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's only because you stayed — and did what you did — that I can make light of it . ’ |
| 23 | And those who worked with him on ecumenical committees knew that this was nothing like so rigid an Anglo-Catholic as sometimes he was portrayed ; and remembered what he did for the Methodists and other non-Anglicans in Durham . |
| 24 | Mr Martin was faking it ; he was in control and remembered everything he did , Remove the elements of memory and awareness , however , and Mr Martin 's behaviour begins to resemble what psychiatrists call ‘ multiple personality disorder ’ ( MPD ) . |
| 25 | And his mother gave me an apologetic smile and said something I did n't catch as she hurried after husband and son . |
| 26 | ‘ He stood up and said what they did was wrong and he may well be a marked man now . |
| 27 | Cherry stopped him and said what you doing she said George this old man he 's said I 'm going to give this to the manager like he said because I 've been brought all these trolleys back . |
| 28 | He considered her good but unremarkable clothes , and wondered what she did for laughs . |
| 29 | But found it he did , and the Congress 's early visibility and successes owed something to his organizing talents and access to parliamentary and public opinion at home . |
| 30 | He did very little work himself , but bullied everybody who did . |