Example sentences of "did it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We simply did it to amuse people . |
| 2 | ’ We did it to give some of the great youngsters a chance ’ |
| 3 | She stated , ‘ I did it to stop the child crying . |
| 4 | ‘ She only did it to take him off you , ’ Nick said . |
| 5 | You think I did it to take my mind off , ’ Emily said . |
| 6 | But I never took it that seriously ; I just did it to do it . |
| 7 | ‘ I did it to help my country , ’ Mr Henderson told a press conference later . |
| 8 | ‘ Unless you did it to gain some advantage , of course . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps he did it to please the Patriarch . |
| 10 | They think I did it to get you into trouble or something . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , I do hope they do n't think I did it to get out of doing my chores ; that would be too bad . ’ |
| 12 | I only did it to impress that lot . |
| 13 | They just , they just did it to raise some funds , I ca n't remember why they did it . |
| 14 | He did it to protect Lennie from being killed a frightened man , by someone like Curley . |
| 15 | So I did it to bother her . |
| 16 | In the beginning I did it to look good , cos I wanted the money , towards the end it was doing it to live , it was literally doing it to live . |
| 17 | It 's my humble belief you only did it to hurt me , oh yes , spit on the bourgeois , épater the middleclass , oh aye , get your own back on Mr Grant and me for our fitted carpets and crinoline toiletroll covers when you grew up on berr linoleum in a singelenn' in Bridgeton . |
| 18 | Perhaps he did it to hear Mother scream . |
| 19 | I love the passage ( Numbers 14:15-17 ) where Moses craftily dissuades God from killing his own people by suggesting other people will think he did it to cover up his inability to get them to the promised land . |