Example sentences of "[vb -s] do his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excellent use is made of the text of Tom Jones , but it is now less detectable that this is a writer who has done his stint of teaching English literature at university level . |
| 2 | Byrne is a fan who has done his homework . |
| 3 | The 69-year-old president is well aware of the potential of Islam as a political tool , and during his 25 years in power has done his best to regulate the influence of Muslim politicians . |
| 4 | Francie Brady is The Butcher Boy of Patrick McCabe 's remarkable second novel ( Picador £14.99 ) , a child whose enquiring , ironical cast of mind and dire , small town Irish background ( his father has done his mother wrong , and she in turn is obsessed with the gloomy ditty from which the novel takes its title ) make him a fancied candidate for an early place in the reform school or the graveyard . |
| 5 | Cdr Massoud has done his best to keep Mr Najibullah in power for as long as possible , largely to thwart his main rival , the Hizb-e-Islami ( Islamic Party ) of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . |
| 6 | In fact they succeeded and there followed a sequence of events that has never been thoroughly recorded in full detail , though Stillman Drake has done his best . |
| 7 | Harry Christopher has done his homework well here , shaping each phrase according to the meaning of the text . |
| 8 | Kenneth Wilkie , asked in the early 1970s to write a feature article on van Gogh for the Holland Herald , has done his best to show that Vincent was the father of Sien 's unborn child . |
| 9 | It is hoped that Customs will keep to their original pledge of applying the rules sympathetically at least within the first year , and waive any penalties where it is clear that the taxpayer has done his best to comply . |
| 10 | Rumsey in West Ham Ward used the same programme , but also issued a leaflet giving details of how he won the DCM , concluding ‘ Do your bit by voting for the man who has done his bit for you ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ He was a highly decorated ace and no one to date has done his aircraft . |
| 12 | And every evening , when Frith has done his day 's work and lies calm and easy in the red sky , El-ahrairah and his children and his children 's children come out of their holes and feed and play in his sight , for they are his friends and he has promised them that they can never be destroyed . " |
| 13 | However , the enforcement agent in a compliance system regards prosecution as a sign of failure , where in a sanctioning system it becomes visible evidence that he has done his job . |
| 14 | He has done his best , as have other surgeons and doctors at the hospital , to persuade the mother that the only means of saving her life , and also I emphasise the life of her unborn child , is to carry out a Caesarean section operation . |
| 15 | He has done his market forecasts and commissioned the author to write the book . |
| 16 | And Gordon has done his first deal with his wife Maggie McKernan . |
| 17 | So , it is ‘ with tears ’ that Paul has done his work . |
| 18 | The chef has done his worst . ’ |
| 19 | Whether this is due to the cheroot or the fact he has done his fatherly duty I do n't know , but we must look a lovely couple . |
| 20 | There has been much misunderstanding , and the hon. Gentleman has done his best to manipulate that misunderstanding . |
| 21 | Saddam certainly has done his best to milk the whole occasion . |
| 22 | He feels he has done his share of slogging through atrocious weather and will not miss getting up at 4.30am . |
| 23 | And then , not having a secretary , you know , he even has to do his own typing ! |
| 24 | If the subordinate is given all the information he needs to do his job , and if the superior is aware of what the subordinate is doing : |
| 25 | What do teachers mean when they say a student tries to do his work ? |
| 26 | The job has not soured his taste for milk , as he often drinks two pints a day and he still enjoys doing his round , which takes in some of Ulster 's most spectacular scenery around the Mourne Mountains . |
| 27 | He 'll eat fish , but he wo n't eat meat and erm , so probably likes a he likes to do his own thing , I said well you ought to book in a hotel and |
| 28 | The sheer ingenuity of an opportunity idea should not bedazzle the entrepreneur to the extent that he fuels to do his sums and work out the profitability of the venture . |
| 29 | What do you say to the fathers , and I have had dozens from up and down the country contacting me , what do you say to the fathers like that chap over there in th in the front row , who has handed over sometimes tens of thousands of pounds , he 's done his bit , he 's had it rubber stamped by the court , he 's gone ahead in good faith and made his his his future , and then the Child Support Agency comes along and just without so much as a by your leave pulls the rug . |
| 30 | He 's done his wee wees . |