Example sentences of "do it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Er people done it thinking that Och well , I 've got three month to get this sorted out , you know , and then unfortunately , by the time the three months was up , they had n't got it and |
2 | ‘ I might do the tennis stuff for three or four years and decide I can do it sleepwalking and turn to something I really care about and like to pursue , which is politics . ’ |
3 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
4 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
5 | Sometimes you feel that he must be doing it to show that he can . |
6 | What is certain is that , did it exist and were it to be opened by some ‘ cleansing regime ’ , the happy openness of British life would go for good . |
7 | The second thing was that almost never did it matter since the whips ran the show . |
8 | What did it matter that she could n't understand what they were saying ? |
9 | What did it matter that she did n't know what to say to him ? |
10 | ‘ But why did it matter that she teased you , love ? ’ |
11 | Did it matter if he was ? |
12 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
13 | And why did it matter if he had ? |
14 | What did it matter if the gilded cherubs on the ceiling were chipped and almost brown , or if the seats all looked stricken with a terrible disease that left huge , bald patches where the plush should have been ? |
15 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
16 | He was far too close to the edge , he might have slipped anyway , and what did it matter if she added just a little extra impetus ? |
17 | What did it matter if Gran took all day to bind the cloths round her aching knees so she could walk ? |
18 | What did it matter if there was a leak in the Press ? |
19 | Freddi did his Zsupan number with all the expertise of an old professional — miraculous ! — what did it matter if his voice had gone — and then , Busacher swallowed hard , realizing his heart was pounding dangerously fast , Therese made her entrance and began to sing . |
20 | What did it matter if the change in posture meant she could see all of his chest now , the hard planes , the well-defined muscles ? |
21 | What did it matter if the way he was standing , with his hands in his pockets , tightened the fine wool of his trousers across his loins and his thighs ? |
22 | What did it matter if it stopped her from sleeping ? |
23 | ‘ What the hell did it matter where they were going , ’ mused Billy , ‘ this was living . ’ |
24 | He would ask what the hell did it matter where he had been , now that he was here ? |
25 | Where did it start and where did it end ? |
26 | When did it start and why ? |
27 | Nor did it mean that Germany and the countries associated with her would be let in until they had purged their crimes . |
28 | Only in the last months of her life did it appear that her policy might not be sustained , because of the changed situation in England and France . |
29 | How did you how d how did it arise that there was this degree of cooperation ? |
30 | Did it explode or ? |