Example sentences of "he [verb] to do it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed to do it because it flattered his ego . |
| 2 | Because of his inexperience and the firing of the two previous directors , he asked to do it under another name , not wanting to take the rap for a flop . |
| 3 | He tried to do it now , but she dodged back into a corner . |
| 4 | He tried to do it at home and that was |
| 5 | Why would he need to do it in the dark ? |
| 6 | But if he has to do it all over again , there are likely to be two main changes : a tougher approach from the start and a campaign team which knows what time the Nine O'Clock News starts . |
| 7 | First , he has to make scientific discoveries actually work , and second , he has to do it cost-effectively . |
| 8 | The next day he has to do it . |
| 9 | His ideas are all he has to do it with . |
| 10 | It 's something that has taken us years to do and he has to do it in five minutes . ’ |
| 11 | Everything out on the floor and now , and now he has to do it , so he did it now , it 's still there like . |
| 12 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 13 | I think , I think he needs to do it |
| 14 | No I just think he needs to do it |
| 15 | ‘ There are a lot of things that make Milton so good , but the most important is that he wants to do it , ’ says John . |
| 16 | But if the team was you and me , for a start , and Jazz is okay — he wants to do it , I can tell the way he looked , and he 's bright … well , we 're halfway there . ’ |
| 17 | If he wants to do it his way and he succeeds then great , but so far it has n't been that successful . |
| 18 | I mean if you live in a posh area , er , the student 's going to take a pride in what he 's done , because you know you can give him it every day of his life , and he , he wants to do something , but he wants to do it himself . |
| 19 | But he wants to do it does n't he ? |
| 20 | I do n't know how much he 's paying , I do n't even know if he wants to do it yet , it 's me who 's got to talk to firms |
| 21 | He said he learnt to do it in the field during the Falklands War . |
| 22 | ‘ The question , ’ Benny interrupted , ‘ is how he intends to do it . ’ |
| 23 | How was he going to do it ? |
| 24 | It begs the question however ; when 's he going to do it at Windsor Park ? |
| 25 | But you tell me how just how is he going to do it ? |
| 26 | Does he have to do it twice or explain how he 's done it ? |
| 27 | ‘ Does he have to do it without Choak knowing , sir ? ’ |
| 28 | It was bad enough that they were deceiving these innocent , kindly folk — did he have to do it so well ? |
| 29 | ‘ I was delighted he decided to do it , ’ Maggie said . |
| 30 | In his last adventure Pete had to rescue the beautiful Princess Petal from the evil clutches of the monster Terradawn.And with your help he managed to do it . |