Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 2 | " I always obey my father without question as I did today , and all I ask is that you help me to continue to do that . " |
| 3 | To this the Queen returned a gracious reply which while maintaining the full impartiality of the Crown encouraged me to continue to do my best to serve her as her First Minister . |
| 4 | What , then , makes them want to do it ? |
| 5 | And I believe that with the privileges that come to those who benefit most from the capitalist system there are obligations , and so the combination of that latter thought makes me want to do something about the inner cities , plus a revulsion at waste and hopelessness and dereliction and concern which is self-evident in some of these older towns and cities . |
| 6 | I hate it when people cry , cos it makes me want to do the same thing . |
| 7 | I am sure you would be amused if you could see me struggling to do such a basic ‘ computer thing ’ as merely use it as a word processor ! |
| 8 | Let them know does it ? |
| 9 | me want to do a da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da |
| 10 | So far three critics have attempted this comparison ( with varying statistics ) , but none of them has done justice to the intensity and range of Shakespeare 's pronouns . |
| 11 | But 1 believe they will have to try , and will most of them want to do so . |
| 12 | ‘ I think the book said a lot of them want to do it . ’ |
| 13 | Generally , anyone who invited me to lecture did pay travelling expenses without my having to ask , but there were a lot of other people and places — like farmers and release sites — we had to visit , not to mention collecting food and injured birds . |
| 14 | And , and , I asked did you have a perm done and she said no . |
| 15 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 16 | What am I a-going to do til the lil owd basket come back agin ? ’ |
| 17 | Am I seeing Did you did you just Did you see what I saw ? |
| 18 | Only what am I goin' to do now ? |
| 19 | Were I to agree to do more than that , it might have the effect of making it extremely difficult for either management or employees to launch a successful bid . |
| 20 | ‘ Now why would I want to do that ? ’ he asked mildly . |
| 21 | Why on earth would I want to do a thing like that ? ’ |
| 22 | What type of survey do I want to do ? |
| 23 | Why would I want to do anything that would lessen my chances of making money ? ’ |
| 24 | Why would I want to do that ? ’ |
| 25 | What do you mean what do I want to do with it ? |
| 26 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 27 | I made do with peripheral vision , which , after all , is the next best thing . |
| 28 | I mean does n't everyone have a ritual ? |
| 29 | So he sa , I mean does anybody know anything about anything like that ? |
| 30 | Does it matter , I mean does it matter how you look ? |