Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] do it " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gave me a line of coke , and asked me to do it for them . |
| 2 | Social Services or somebody to do with or somewhere contacted him and asked him to do it but they paid all cash . |
| 3 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 4 | And helping them to do it , ’ said Breeze zealously ; but Gay shook her head . |
| 5 | And make him do it , do it . |
| 6 | Some moment when she , as a child , was on the verge of doing something wrong , and he could have fulfilled a father 's role and made her do it . |
| 7 | And you stand by and let him do it … |
| 8 | And it 's three little jobs and let him do it . |
| 9 | I 've found that after a few years experience you can tell , you just can you know ; which even if you 've got a group with two very imaginative kids in , who can play instruments really well , and the others sit back and let them do it , then you might give the difference between two out of ten and nine out of ten for effort in the same group , but for the overall effect they would then get the same mark for the group thing . |
| 10 | It is worth considering how to start the investigation : whether to do a bit yourself first to get them going , or work with the whole class as a large group , or just state the problem and let them do it all . |
| 11 | He lay back limp as a rag and let her do it , the way he always let people do things for him , not lifting a finger . |
| 12 | ’ Then waive your share and let me do it alone , ’ I suggested . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll be quite happy to wipe it all off and let you do it yourself , if you 'd rather , ’ Shae returned evenly , already reaching for the pot of cleansing-cream . |
| 14 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 15 | Alexia stood by and watched him do it . |
| 16 | She pointed out to him the attraction of publishing so surprising a paper and urged him to do it as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | Interested , I asked him to whack my bottom with the same instrument and urged him to do it properly so that I could feel what it was like — he did so and I was only just able to restrain my tears it hurt so much . |
| 18 | And do we do it within the financial |
| 19 | ‘ And do you do it with him ? |
| 20 | And did you do it that way , you worked out the percentage and added it on ? |
| 21 | But he was sort of being destructive , quite a boss to go and get them to do it , and they would n't . |
| 22 | his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children ! |
| 23 | You had to go to go to Miss 's and have it do it there , borrow her copper , and wringer . |
| 24 | Sometimes my helper comes in and says , ‘ It 's time for a walk ’ and makes me do it even if I think , ‘ No I 'm too comfy to move ! ’ . |