Example sentences of "i do be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So all I do is go through this , file that , oh yes , yes , file it and then you 've got your client files and everything , file everything , the pile goes down , some of it 's bin , binned . |
| 2 | ‘ You forget , Fran , that , as a Capricorn , everything I do is based on hard fact , not imagination . |
| 3 | What I do is sit in the chair by the fire . |
| 4 | I also swear that what I do is done with the full knowledge of Bishop Wishart ! ’ |
| 5 | All I do is look in the |
| 6 | I mean , I do n't know I , you see I left I had to come here so I left before Bob Monkhouse and everything , I just , I , all I did was go for couple of free drinks and plate of free food , which , I do n't think I got . |
| 7 | What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards . |
| 8 | What I did was to teeter from side to side like a tall mast on a small ship in a heavy sea . |
| 9 | As I said , what I did was dictated by necessity . |
| 10 | All I did was looking in the windows . |
| 11 | In fact , practically all I did was to go for solitary walks or pretend to read Virgil or Sophocles , whose two dead languages were now as meaningless to me as mental arithmetic , and as incapable of claiming my concentration . |
| 12 | The first thing I did was get on the phone to her . |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of the things I did were done for shock value . |
| 14 | If a car suddenly swerves round the corner while I am standing in the middle of the road , the right thing for me to do is to jump for the pavement as spontaneously as a cat . |