Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] do a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ . |
| 2 | I 've recorded a lot of stuff with song writers whose work I like , but I 'll probably do a cover version as my first single because , as a TV presented I 'm bound to get a lot of flak at first . ’ |
| 3 | I could n't do a session without one now . ’ |
| 4 | It 's just cos I , I could n't do a lot more about that one . |
| 5 | I saw it happen , and I could n't do a thing to help them . |
| 6 | I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit . |
| 7 | Well I thought I 'd just do a freezer shop anyway — just the basics basically plus one or two Little Extras , just the odd thing Derek likes , just in case … |
| 8 | I 'd never do a thing like that ! ’ |
| 9 | I suppose in the year I need n't do a star , a star if you wanted to . |
| 10 | I would rather do a cross-word puzzle than try a revenue appeal . ’ |
| 11 | He 's three months old and I love him and I would n't do a thing to harm him . |
| 12 | Oh , but you say , I I would n't do a thing like that ! |
| 13 | Diesel park West sent us incredible demo tapes , but I would not do a deal without seeing them perform live. , |
| 14 | I 'd love to be back in Bishop Auckland just now , if only for the gossip , but I ca n't do a day 's canvassing and sometimes feel a bit of a passenger . |
| 15 | I ca n't do a thing with my carrots |
| 16 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 17 | Q My son is nine and I can honestly say I ca n't do a thing with him . |
| 18 | Come on man , I 've got Come with a nice young lady , intelligent In a cardboard box , informer lick your boom boom there lick your boom boom there with my dibby , dibby dob , police knock my door , they shout my crib , rough me up and I ca n't do a thing , pick up the when the telephone ring informer . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't do a riding turn , darling , ’ said his wife . |
| 20 | ‘ I will probably do a film in America next year , ’ she confirmed late in 1989 . |
| 21 | So there is no reason why you should n't do a rough-cut , followed by a fine-cut , before you start on your final version . |
| 22 | Well probably in your early days you 'll probably do a mix , but if y the quicker you can get to only work , and even to the extent I mean I went out and bought my own book that had personal recommendations on the front and I would actually show that and say look John the only way I actually work , while I get everything ready you might like to look through because it 's the only way I work , I purely work on a personal recommendation basis and that enables me to get quality clients like yourself erm and I can devote time to you rather than have to go out looking for people to tell my story |
| 23 | She was being blackmailed and , because of her promise to Travis never to breathe a word about the woman he truly did love , she could not do a thing about it . |
| 24 | She could n't do a thing about it . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , and you also told me , yesterday , that you could n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 26 | but Martin you ca n't do a song about doggy-dos . |
| 27 | When I left school I would n't go on with me dad at first , I said I wanted to play football and me dad did n't want me to play football and he said you ca n't do a milkround and play football . |
| 28 | You ca n't do a début again can you ? |
| 29 | I do n't think he minded , for once he said to me , ‘ You ca n't do a job like mine unless you 're fascinated by it ’ , and I was n't . |
| 30 | if you ca n't do a lot more work . |