Example sentences of "he [vb past] [indef pn] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hated everything to do with household chores and keeping the place clean so he concentrated hard on creating as little mess as possible . |
| 2 | He needed someone to do this for him . |
| 3 | CONOR O'DWYER ( Laura 's Beau ) : ‘ He had plenty to do coming onto the racecourse , but finished in great style . |
| 4 | Liam complained that he had plenty to do with the new shop opening for him to be running around after doctors — ‘ just because a couple of kiddies are sick ’ . |
| 5 | So I had to give me father a hand , you know , to keep the garden , and he had plenty to do . |
| 6 | He had plenty to do with me before you came , flashing your eyes at him ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe he never meant Damien to end up dead , but I 'm certain he had something to do with it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Is that why you told me he had something to do with the murder ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Hassan strongly suspected that he had something to do with Wolfgang Klein 's death . |
| 10 | Yeah he had something to do with it and we 're gon na have thirty four trees . |
| 11 | He had nowt to do with Mr Bishop ! |
| 12 | He says he had nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Sjogren repeated that his client insisted he had nothing to do with the explosion that brought down PanAm 103 . |
| 14 | Nothing was left in it except Patrick himself and he had nothing to do now but to depart . |
| 15 | He had nothing to do with his neighbours . |
| 16 | Indeed , in a remarkable episode , El Cid is said to have forced Alfonso to swear an oath on sacred relics to the effect that he had nothing to do with his brother 's murder . |
| 17 | Nails was looking out of the window as if he had nothing to do with any of them . |
| 18 | But when she saw his look of mingled amazement and indignation , she knew beyond a doubt that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 19 | It was n't the nigger 's fault that he had nothing to do for the moment . |
| 20 | He was tried and executed , protesting that he had nothing to do with the affair . |
| 21 | But if he had nothing to do with the kidnapping of that girl it seemed to be too much of a coincidence that he should have appeared just then . |
| 22 | He invented engagements when he had nothing to do , and ordered La Stampa to keep up his Italian as a surprise for Fred when the present stage was over . |
| 23 | But I 'd just like everyone to know for Daddy 's sake that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 24 | He had nothing to do with the Sally Nash affair , and the Sweets represented no threat to him . |
| 25 | He had nothing to do with it , and yet , even now , it seems so powerful , so strong , so clear . |
| 26 | As he had nothing to do , he tried to melt into the background and give his own eyes a chance . |
| 27 | He had nothing to do with the case , and in the cold light of day she was rather ashamed of her unexpected fascination with him . |
| 28 | Danny Gardiner said he sold drugs to Chalky White … but he had nothing to do with his death . |
| 29 | They were investigating alleged deception by his flatmate , which he says he had nothing to do with . |
| 30 | In ‘ The disappearance ’ , Imamu has to prove that he had nothing to do with Perk 's disappearance by finding her dead body in someone else 's house having been murdered by that person and Boo has to risk his own life in order to save that of Scout 's before his most ignorant neighbours realise he 's not a squirrel eating monster . |