Example sentences of "do [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know we have n't long been acquainted , but will you do me the honour of becoming my wife ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll do me the honour of dancing ? ’ |
| 3 | By now everyone was dancing , and it seemed quite natural for Huw to ask : ‘ Would you do me the honour , Mrs O'Dell ? ’ |
| 4 | Will you do me the favour of remembering that , Sara ? " |
| 5 | If the hon. Gentleman would do me the service of going to the Library and reading the judgments , he would find that in the earlier proceedings , neither the Home Office nor my hon. Friend were held in contempt for the actions that were taken on 1 and 2 May . |
| 6 | I stated my views to Lord Stanley as fully as I could , but I fear that the Exchequer is not in a condition to enable him to second my views , 1 think you will do me the credit to say that if any man can organize an Expedition for interior research I can , and that there are few if any here more qualified from experience for such a task . |
| 7 | ABBERLEY : Would you do me the goodness of turning your electrocardiograph around to me ? |
| 8 | Might do me the power of good , lose some weight . |
| 9 | The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained . |
| 10 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , Aunt , Leith has this afternoon done me the honour of agreeing to be my wife . ’ |
| 12 | But you get used to it and I think it 's a grand place , it 's done me the world of good anyway , they do n't half help you . |
| 13 | Although I realise that organising childcare for two small children is bound to be difficult , if it can be arranged , it will do you the power of good . |
| 14 | Come on a Club 18–30 holiday and there 's every chance it will do you the world of good . |
| 15 | But physically — this type of exercise will do you the world of good . |
| 16 | It would do you the world of good . ’ |
| 17 | and that 'll do you the world of good . |
| 18 | But while we 're on the subject a dose of hard living might do you the world of good . ’ |
| 19 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 20 | ‘ And I think that someone would like to dance it with me , ’ she said , as Herman , lured by the smile , came across and with a ludicrous bow , asked Erika if she would do him the honour of the dance , Erika graciously accepting , to her delight leaving Fritz looking disconsolate and unhappy . |
| 21 | ‘ She was bent on making mischief because I would n't do her the favour she wanted , and she bloody well succeeded , did n't she ? ’ |
| 22 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ A bit of country air will do her the world of good . ’ |
| 24 | Done him the world of good . |
| 25 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 26 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 27 | I 'm sorry we could n't do it the day you arrived , but it took a little bit of organizing . " |
| 28 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 29 | Using positive phrases , such as ‘ I really like … , ’ rather than negative lines like ‘ you do n't do it the way that I like … , ’ will improve your chance of having a productive dialogue . |
| 30 | I says , I 'll go next week This was after three weeks , I says , I 'll go on next week and I 'll take over the job of yard foreman , and I 'll do it the way I want it done , not the way that . |