Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has sat and matched the former world amateur champions shoot up the rankings and said : ‘ I 'm glad to see them doing so well but it 's annoying when you know you are as good as them but are not able to do anything about it . |
| 2 | They are happy to see me doing well , but they would never force me into anything I did n't want to do . ’ |
| 3 | Class members would be most welcome in the team but few will come forward unless you as their teacher encourages them to do so . |
| 4 | See you when you started crying last night there was no need for that Matt , nobody can what do you want me to do please you when you kick , that was three things you kicked over in the space of minutes |
| 5 | Eventually Mrs Webster explained that she had had an evacuee before me , who had ‘ breathed on the wall ’ , and she did not want me to do likewise . |
| 6 | When she was eating her toast he said , ‘ What d' you want me to do today , then ? |
| 7 | So I said what do you want me to do then , leave this mattress on the bed ? |
| 8 | What do you want me to do then ? |
| 9 | What do you want me to do then ? |
| 10 | ‘ So what do you want me to do now ? ’ she asked flatly . |
| 11 | She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment after his callous dismissal of her father 's death , but now the biblical phrases Luke had employed earlier were suddenly hammering at her brain and heightening her agitation , although she suspected that she was playing into his hands by allowing them to do so . |
| 12 | Fillan agreed to talk to and ( Secretary to the Catholic Bishop 's Conference ) with a view to encouraging them to do more . |
| 13 | they sell them do n't they ? |
| 14 | Just by naming them does n't commit them to do anything , they may say Well he never asked me I 'm not doing that . |
| 15 | And handling them does n't get any easier . |
| 16 | There will be an ever-widening gap between maintained and private schools , and especially boarding schools , which will have to continue to provide extra-curricular activities , even if they have to pay extra to their staff to enable them to do so . |
| 17 | The right to good quality information for patients and the public was the essential prerequisite to enable them to do so . |
| 18 | On the contrary , he looked at me admiringly , flourished his pen , wrote in the sum , turned the page , signed and asked me to do likewise on Jean-Claude 's account . |
| 19 | No one ever asked me to do so — though everyone has since assumed that , for all eternity , it will be my round of drinks . ) |
| 20 | And these take it down off the counter and do it like this , and I 'm getting more strength in my hands , now , because I 'm using them to do more . |
| 21 | They were the school caretakers but my job helping them did n't last long . |
| 22 | The popular view of black sportsmen 's rise is more simple : they have a ‘ natural ability ’ that equips them to do well in physical enterprises . |
| 23 | The agisters were ordered to pay the agistment dues into the Wardrobe or into the Exchequer , and the sheriffs were commanded to compel them to do so by distraint where necessary . |
| 24 | well they 're alright , but I mean you can tell they take the grease out of the kitchen , but , they 're a bit of a bind are n't they ? of all the cleaning and I mean I do n't see why the people who make them do n't sell the blimming proper filter to filter themselves instead we do n't have |
| 25 | Well I have to wear them do n't I ? |
| 26 | Individual patients should , however , retain ultimate control over their care and their primary nurse will often facilitate them to do so . |
| 27 | But he did hurt me did n't he ? |
| 28 | Done , it did n't hurt me did n't hurt me , did it hurt you ? |
| 29 | she did well to of got them did n't she ? |
| 30 | Fits me does n't it ? |