Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got to play some flamenco and bass on a couple of songs and I get to do lots of weird effects and things . ’ |
| 2 | One to the sea , which is about 80 miles away , and another to Sao Paulo which is quite near , and I hope to do some shopping for presents there before I come home . |
| 3 | It lasted three days in court and I had to do night duties and then , finishing between 12 and 2 a.m. , going on nights again , going off early , going to court . |
| 4 | I had butterflies in my stomach enough and I had to do something , so I grabbed the nearest paw , which belonged to Merlyn Rees . |
| 5 | Our solicitors had prepared the necessary ‘ instruments ’ , and all Karen and I had to do was ‘ execute ’ them , but when we emerged into the mild sunshine of Beaumont Street twenty minutes later , my life had been changed out of all recognition . |
| 6 | And I had to do something , too . |
| 7 | But they lied to me and I had to do it in English . |
| 8 | I think that 's why I like children — because there was always somebody smaller than me and I had to do everything for them really when I was younger — feed them , change their nappies … |
| 9 | Michael : It 's about sportsman and when he was seven he was a good football player and then when I was about ten or eleven I went swimming and then when I was about eleven I dived in without any — urn — with no water in the pool so I got eye-sighted and then , when I was about fourteen it was I played snooker and I had to do the strokes really good because I was eye-sighted . |
| 10 | So then er and I had to do with the antique . |
| 11 | I thought that there must be something wrong with me , and I had to do something to prove that I was not just a thing which other people used , of value only because you , Papa , are so enormously rich . |
| 12 | So it was all a hotchpotch , it was all and I had to do the the best I could for those who showed fish and that was the only way I could do it . |
| 13 | year but the end result came when the two children did get took into foster care erm , that 's when I realized that it was a problem and I had to do something about it . |
| 14 | And I had to do conversions on thousands of pounds and litres and gallons , I was working from a con |
| 15 | The initial police response was good but after a few days I could see they were getting swamped with other cases and I had to do something . |
| 16 | ‘ There were a lot of traumatic phone calls between the two of us and I had to do a lot of soul-searching . |
| 17 | Indeed , the thrust of what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I seek to do is to tell people of their rights , how they can best achieve them and how they can claim in a way which is much different from before . |
| 18 | I overwork , I know that , and I try to do too much sometimes . |
| 19 | And looked after it and I went to do this job for . |
| 20 | There 's a job to be done here and I intend to do it . |
| 21 | And I want to do it ! |
| 22 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
| 23 | That 's what I want to see happen in this country and I want to do it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got panto and I want to do it because I 've got to pay the mortgage . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm very keen to get success at the club , and I want to do everything I can to bring it about . |
| 26 | ‘ The cottage is still crammed and … and I want to do some visiting . ’ |
| 27 | Leap of Faith will be my third completely straight movie and I want to do more of that and less comedy . |
| 28 | Next year , I 'm coming back to finish the general SVQ , and I want to do Highers too . ’ |
| 29 | I have n't written it completely down here but erm and I want to do more boxed next year . |
| 30 | Okay this is the fourth in our series and the second on the presidency and I want to do two things in this lecture . |