Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pers pn] do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What does it profit us to list the number of times a mother rubs her baby 's back when we really want to know if she did it with affection or out of nervousness ? |
| 2 | I 've tried it sometimes , never long enough to know whether I did it successfully or not , but I found there is absolutely no way of telling because even if it changes in a way one can predict , what one can predict is the way oneself changes or the world changes at the same time . |
| 3 | Do n't forget to yell as you do it |
| 4 | I will not pass this way again to see if it did him any good . |
| 5 | Admittedly , we on the ground were not the ones who put their lives in danger every night , but as far as the air crew were concerned it was a job they had volunteered to do and they did it willingly , believing that every effort counted in the long run . |
| 6 | Separation and divorce became inevitable ; it was a ‘ good divorce — non-violent and non-tumultuous … we had come to a real separating of the ways and it was obvious there was only one thing to do and we did it very simply . ’ |
| 7 | Kost said to Buchman , ‘ In Hitler 's time , he told us what to do and we did it . |
| 8 | Mark , you should say what you 're going to do before you do it ! |
| 9 | Right , colleagues , we 're now going to the Energy and Utilities debate and er I 'd like to propose that we do it in the following fashion . |
| 10 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 11 | But to think that we do it |
| 12 | I thought that Wilko giving him the number 2 shirt this season was a positive sign , but I 'm starting to think that he did it out of loyalty rather than in expectation of a comeback . |
| 13 | Thi a I have to say that she does it all the time and she goes , looks around . |
| 14 | Yet he begins to notice if we do it . |
| 15 | As for the dummy , you must be ready to strike as you do it , because the distracting effect on your opponent is short-lived . |