Example sentences of "he do [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | People and animals portray in this , in the Tahiti painting , never seemed to be in a hurry , erm , even when always relaxed even when working and I wondered how much of this was cultural and erm , how much was due to the large amounts of erm drugs consumed in most paintings at this , this period but that I suppose I 'll , I 'll never know for sure about , erm with this painting I found in the background , er there 's a figure , that 's looking in on the situation and I , I for myself think 's its probably Gaugin , as he portrays himself as Christ , which I think he did quite a lot to me in , in , in a few of his paintings and so this painting gave me tremendous sense of being looked in on and this figure in the background , was the person that was doing the looking in . |
| 2 | I think the architects cos I was I was engaged in trying to find a sort of temporary work for er somebody in archaeology and and erm I remember I got to s to an architect and and he did quite a lot of that sort of work you know and they |
| 3 | Actually , I think he did quite a lot for gay understanding , to not wrap up those characters he played at all . |
| 4 | The great man paced back and forth , uttering as he did so a formula of annexation appropriate to the moment : |
| 5 | Nathaniel Sherman removed his helmet to mop his streaming face and as he did so a movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth . |
| 6 | When he did so a bitter cry was heard , and black blood flowed from the reed-stumps ; this was the death-cry of the witch who guarded the reeds , and the blood was hers . |
| 7 | Toby ran to the sobbing boy and took the flannel , and as he did so a naked razor blade fluttered down and tinkled on to the floor . |
| 8 | As he did so a white man put a dollar on the table and said to the barman , ‘ shut that nigger up ’ . |
| 9 | As he did so a jolt of static electricity hit him right in the tip of his unrestrained bobber . |
| 10 | From time to time Osman turned and gesticulated at the stretcher and every time he did so a cry of anger rose from the crowd . |
| 11 | He conducts great concerts , and before long he will make the lame walk — and then he does just a good concert and people are disappointed . |
| 12 | He does quite a lot on Broadway in fact . |
| 13 | Oh he does quite a bit of , he does a bit of erm supplying it |