Example sentences of "do [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've done nothing to put myself in a position where I have … hit men coming after me ! ’ |
| 2 | When it was done he ordered her into the sleeping-bag . |
| 3 | He worries — wrongly , it now seems — that Mr Mitterrand will do anything to cheat him of the succession . |
| 4 | Now that the election has been announced , will the Minister take the opportunity to apologise to the industry 's workers and employers for failing to do anything to protect them in the past 13 years ? |
| 5 | Pursuing legal action would have cost them money they did n't have ( unless it meant selling their house which was not an option ) but doing nothing left them with the feeling that justice was n't being done . |
| 6 | He might well be creating havoc with her pulse-rate , but he was only doing it to comfort her after a bad day ; it did n't mean there was anything personal in the action . |
| 7 | ‘ Do I strike you as the sort of man who 's attracted to Amazons ? ’ he asked , his grey eyes flicking curiously on her face , waiting to hear what she would say , but , she felt , not terribly concerned whether she replied or not . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 9 | John , how much do I owe you for the erm the lens ? |
| 10 | Now do I do it over the music across the north I do it over the music Okay right here we go . |
| 11 | Do I get one from the state , or is it going to be , yes , where does it come from ? |
| 12 | ‘ Hey lads , ’ he would shout as he pushed his head through the door , ‘ Did I tell you about the cover from ‘ What Difference … ’ ? |
| 13 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 14 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 15 | Did I tell you about the cocktail that Sal told me called erm |
| 16 | ‘ I knew , the moment I put the phone down from making that call to England , that not only did I love you with every breath of my being , but there was no way that I could take your being married to anyone but me . ’ |
| 17 | Only after leaving did I glimpse myself in the mirror . |
| 18 | ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be . |
| 19 | Why did I see it in a story ? |
| 20 | Did I see anything of the riots ? |
| 21 | Why did I introduce myself as a sceptic about values but not about facts ? |
| 22 | Oh yeah is that did you tell him about the test ? |
| 23 | ‘ When you netted this young man , unproven , untrained , did you tell him of the risks ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ What did you tell them at the paperworks ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And , if you thought I might be , why did you hire me in the first place ? ’ |
| 26 | Did you intend them as a short-term loan , retrievable when your contract with Sarella was over , or was it more in the line of outright theft ? |
| 27 | Did you drop them on the floor ? |
| 28 | ‘ Did you drop it on the path back ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Did you think it worth the effort ? ’ |
| 30 | Business asked the 10 youngest : ‘ How did you make it to the top so quickly ? ’ |