Example sentences of "do [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trials and tribulations which beset Piggott after his riding career was over — imprisonment in October 1987 for tax fraud — do nothing to distract from his achievements in the saddle , and never have his skills been better demonstrated than when he won his twenty-eighth Classic . |
| 2 | NME has yet to print anything nasty about Kingmaker , and I wish they 'd hurry up and do something because NME are a completely unchallenging and boring music paper who do nothing to contribute to today 's thing . |
| 3 | Nor do I long to be whipped , Obersturmfuhrer . ‘ |
| 4 | How do I paint in there then ? |
| 5 | Neither do I warm to the two works by Klemperer which were originally issued to commemorate the conductor 's 85th birthday . |
| 6 | Very rarely do I eat at home . |
| 7 | Yeah do I , do I throw in objections or |
| 8 | ‘ And do I assume from your obvious excitement that you now wish to go ? ’ |
| 9 | Where do you come from , Miss Telford — or do I appear to be inquisitive ? ’ |
| 10 | What days do I pay for ? |
| 11 | Gary was like Barry , like Barry Self : a lantern-jawed know-nothing , an unreflecting hedonist , a mastermould of brute conceit who none the less exploits a small but tenacious legacy of charm and luck Why do I bother with my father ? |
| 12 | What do I demand from the software package ? |
| 13 | ‘ Do I detect from your tone , Chief Superintendent , that you think us a couple of queers ? |
| 14 | BELVILLE : In vain , my Pamela , do I struggle against my affection for you . |
| 15 | ‘ What do I mean to you ? ’ , |
| 16 | What do I mean by that ? he wrote . |
| 17 | To begin with , what do I mean by bottlenecked ? |
| 18 | What do I mean by limits ? |
| 19 | What do I mean by good technique ? |
| 20 | The erm other side of the coin is if the blood donor has had a liquid lunch And what do I mean by liquid |
| 21 | So , what do I mean by disability representation ? |
| 22 | First , what do I mean by an imprinting stimulus ? |
| 23 | What do I mean by nicer ? |
| 24 | What do I mean by that ? |
| 25 | What do I mean by group narcissism ? |
| 26 | What does sh , what do I mean by lead time ? |
| 27 | How do I cope with that . |
| 28 | Do I pass to a rootless , wandering , no-woman 's land , or is this a new beginning — the natural , though perhaps premature , order of things ? |
| 29 | ‘ I am not pregnant , nor do I suffer from anorexia , ’ she added frostily , ‘ I 'm trying to shake off an illness I 've had for a few months , that 's all . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And how do I fit into these plans — if at all ? ’ |