Example sentences of "i do [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Ivan H. May of Hampstead Garden Suburb writes : ‘ As a 70-year-old full-time carer looking after a wife suffering from dementia , I do everything in the house : shopping , cooking , washing-up , cleaning , washing , ironing , bed-making , mending and paying the bills , not to mention doing the garden and most of the decorating . |
2 | If , she said to herself , writing Marjorie Richardson and Lady Mayhew and Miss Dunstable down for Easter lilies , if I do everything in the parish that I should do , and I keep the garden going and the meals and the house ( sort of ) and the translation , then where can be the harm in doing this other undeniably humble little thing that so curiously makes me feel strong and alive ? |
3 | Funnily enough , I do it in a chair . |
4 | I do n't do mine in microwave I do it in a saucepan what , put my |
5 | ‘ Not unless I do it in the next three months , ’ she told him . |
6 | ‘ It takes , they say , seven years to make an electrician ; and I did it in a fortnight . ’ |
7 | ‘ It would have taken forty-five minutes by bus , but I did it in a quarter of an hour by bike , ’ he said . |
8 | I did it in a hundred and twenty three , the actual stage one equivalent in the month if |
9 | I did it in the dull knowledge that there was no way I could get up that hill . |
10 | And if some , er , jus it was very thin slices of beef , topside of well I thought I 'll get some beef out , and I did it in the microwave and it cooked but it was it was quite tough . |
11 | I did it in the sixth form , it 's really hard , it takes ages |
12 | I did it in the first year , I 'm in the fifth year now , that was four years ago . |
13 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
14 | I did it in the past , right , and I did blame it on Mark , right and that last thing |
15 | Well that 's why I did it in the morning Jean . |