Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's do [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | I board the plane feeling no pain , eat the evening meal and continue with the G&T theme , land in Gatwick and make the connection via the smoking area of the bar and another gulped Gordon 's , then pass on the second offered dinner but not the accompanying booze and quietly pass out somewhere over the West Midlands , to be woken by a dishy blonde with an impudent , dimpled smile and we 're here we 've landed we 've arrived , we 're on the stand at the airport and I 'd ask her what she 's doing later because I 'm drunk enough to not care when she says ‘ No ’ as she probably will , but I know I 'm too tired and besides my left eyelid 's stuck again and I suspect it makes me look a bit like Quasimodo , so I do n't say anything except , ‘ Uh , thanks , ’ which is cool or sad , I 'm not sure which . |
2 | ‘ If a child ca n't see how it 's performing , ’ demanded Mr Stannard , ‘ how 's it to know if it 's doing well or not ? |
3 | ‘ But he 's done well and hopefully he now sees it the same as we do and we will see him on the bench in our next league game . ’ |
4 | He 's done more than most in the Greater Ranges in the last ten years and still has the prospect of many more years to come . |
5 | He 's done more than just survive in the 31 years since he lost his legs . |
6 | The bank automatically thinks he 's doing badly because they do n't hear anything from him . |
7 | And guess what he 's doing now that he 's made it ? |
8 | He 's doing more than 100 mph . |