Example sentences of "do [adv] what i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | You did do exactly what I told you , did n't you ? " |
2 | You can have a shot at red , you can do that , then I will do exactly what I did just now . |
3 | And then they 'd leave and I would do exactly what I wanted . |
4 | I could do exactly what I want . |
5 | We have done exactly what I wanted us to do — brought a great singer back into the difficult world of the performer . |
6 | ERIC Clapton closed his blues night with a touching version of a Bessie Smith classic , but as he sang ‘ Makes no difference what I do/Some folks will criticise/I 'm gon na do just what I want to do ’ , it seemed as if he was anticipating his reviews . |
7 | I 'd have been free to travel , to write , able to do exactly what I wanted with my life . ’ |
8 | But many people would prefer to do just what I did , and take a stroll along the most beautiful scenic promenades . |
9 | And then she quite confounded me by doing exactly what I advised , and I always thought she took me for a crank whose horse sense , if any , was a forced calm not to be heeded . |
10 | Listen carefully and do exactly what I say . |
11 | ‘ Watch me , ’ said her mother , ‘ then do exactly what I do . ’ |
12 | ‘ When the Trust took over eighteen years ago I was made what was called Garden Manager , and I used to run the garden and the gardeners did exactly what I wanted . |
13 | I did just what I had to do , and never realised that it was my best . |
14 | He did just what I wanted and bent forward to pick them up . |
15 | And I think I had about , I do n't what I 've done really but I just , the following day I felt it in my , my groin , the left side of my groin down my leg and up my stomach . |
16 | And I do n't what I get |
17 | ‘ Lily always does exactly what I want . ’ |