Example sentences of "done [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 So you 've done me a favour , you see .
2 ‘ And it has n't done me a whole lot of good , let me tell you !
3 In a way , without knowing it of course , the Old Man had done me a favour .
4 The unfortunate Captain — later Major — Lingary ( retired ) and Doctor Halziel have done me a lot of good by disappearing so mysteriously .
5 In a way , I was thinking , Gharr had done me a favour .
6 ‘ You 've done me a favour really .
7 ’ Never mind , Mr. K. You 've done me a power of good .
8 You have done me a favour , I told you so . ’
9 Polycarp , the second-century Christian leader in Smyrna , faced a hostile mob and quietly refused to go back on his faith in Christ : ‘ Eighty and six years have I served him , and he hath done me no wrong ; how then can I blaspheme my King who saved me ? ’
10 Time to fast from it That session with She-She had done me no good at all .
11 ‘ He has done me no injury — yet .
12 The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained .
13 Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven .
14 But you get used to it and I think it 's a grand place , it 's done me the world of good anyway , they do n't half help you .
15 ‘ Yes , Aunt , Leith has this afternoon done me the honour of agreeing to be my wife . ’
16 It seems to have done them no harm , presented them with no discernible limitations in the scope of their work or influence .
17 Stephen Leatherman , director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at the University of Maryland , has done them a favour , ranking America 's beaches for beauty , water temperature , quality of sand and the like .
18 They thought it was best to know what you were up against , but Preston was n't sure it had done them a lot of good in the long run .
19 Ironically Pegasus have done them a favour by winning the European ‘ B ’ Division only last month , and as a result Portadown will now play the cream of Europe next season in the ‘ A ’ Division .
20 FOOTBALL fans thought Lord Justice Taylor had done them a big favour when his report into the Hillsborough tragedy condemned the ill-thought ID card scheme to the dustbin of history .
21 But they quickly realised the judge had done them a great disservice and that his report hinged on a massive irony .
22 So they must have , done them a de done a deal of whole lot
23 And matey done them a little bit longer .
24 And you 've done them a bit all green have n't you , why do n't you do some of erm
25 He reckoned he had done her a service , smashing her dog .
26 She had nagged me to accept it , but now she behaved as though I had done her a disservice by doing so .
27 I have just done her a return kindness by getting invitations for her and her mother , to the Alumnus of the Year award given by Royal Bank as holder of Chair of European Governmental Studies .
28 What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ?
29 ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’
30 ‘ The call-offs mean that if anybody plays well against Germany he will have done himself a lot of good for the immediate future . ’
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