Example sentences of "do [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was in my judgment , an offer of a warranty … as to the state of the title , and it was done to induce him to exchange . |
| 2 | And I 'd I do think it 's possible erm with help for people both sides have a partnership to change you know if we take an honest look at ourselves . |
| 3 | It was all Wilson could do to thank her for her concern . |
| 4 | But it 's a problem accentuated in a white ruled society that for decades regarded migrant blacks as temporary sojourners in urban areas , and little was done to accommodate them until influx control laws were removed four years ago . |
| 5 | Has all the tedious public work you have done made you any the better ? |
| 6 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 7 | Right , what can I do to kill you ? |
| 8 | Some would argue that society as a whole was incapable of rising to it morally and that little could be done to enforce it . |
| 9 | and that 's what they 've done , all then that done ripped it |
| 10 | It has n't been done has it ? |
| 11 | ‘ We fuel cells have done our best You really put us to the test Exhausted now the charge is done Replace it with another one ’ |
| 12 | You 're going to receive twelve strokes ; and then , young lady , I 'll tell you what you 've done to deserve them . ’ |
| 13 | Whatever can I have done to deserve you , Miss Chilcott ? " |
| 14 | What have I done to deserve it ? ’ |
| 15 | What have I done to deserve it , I ask ? ’ |
| 16 | In the mid-1880s , Mr Lawson Tait , who as police surgeon in Birmingham during the 1890s exhibited a profoundly misogynist attitude in his treatment of rape victims , commented that ‘ to leave only the inferior women to perpetuate the species will do more to deteriorate the human race than all the individual victories at Girton will do to benefit it ’ . |
| 17 | The idea is crude , but as to tyranny , that practised by the men through their unions is tyranny , and , if something is not done to counteract them , the tyranny will become greater . |
| 18 | He was striding fast up the hill , and it was all she could do to catch him up . |
| 19 | What do you do to encourage him ? |
| 20 | God knows what they 'd done to offend her . |
| 21 | I mean that 's that 's one of the things I want ed to talk about was the relevance of archaeology to that sort of work I mean certainly I 've done surveying you know |
| 22 | What did they do built it out of concrete or sand ? |
| 23 | Does this have to be done writing it down ? |
| 24 | Connie held that it was a simple matter to forgive your enemies because , if you had the sense you were born with , you did n't see much of them , whereas with the way society was constituted , you spent most of your time with your nearest and dearest , and the things they could do to annoy you made the whole concept of forgiveness extremely difficult to entertain . |
| 25 | Britain was in decline and something had to be done to reverse it . |
| 26 | Harry hurried out behind her , heard her shoes clicking with angry swiftness on the platform , wondered what he had done to annoy her — was he too obtuse , too inquisitive ? — and was about to call after her when she pulled up abruptly and turned to face him . |
| 27 | I 'll just finish reading this and then I 'll er go and do give me a smackerooney , look at that lovely face , a little angel , a little angel |
| 28 | In particular , while some things we can do give us great satisfaction , other tasks leave us cold . |
| 29 | It found that the Health and Safety Executive , West Yorkshire County Council , the Fire Brigade and Bradford City football club were all aware of the fire hazard caused by years of accumulated rubbish , yet nothing was done to eliminate it . |
| 30 | What I 'll do to pick it up play a game , probably play a game later . |