Example sentences of "do [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I also want to make it clear as a private individual that I cam do nothing to stop them . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Bottomley , 44 , has been dubbed variously ‘ the milkmaid ’ and ‘ golden Virginia ’ , but the epithets do nothing to promote her cleverness and political acumen — she coined the jibe ‘ scaring not caring ’ on Labour 's health pronouncements . |
| 3 | Well the advisors do nothing do they ? |
| 4 | But they do nothing do they ? |
| 5 | do nothing tell you |
| 6 | But when this state of tension is almost permanent and you do nothing to counteract it , those physical problems are likely to arise . |
| 7 | ‘ Certainly the education authority and society in general do nothing to help us resolve this problem . ’ ‘ |
| 8 | If Library Information Services professionals do nothing to encourage their institutions to change , then new institutions will emerge in their place . |
| 9 | These films , with their ‘ touristic ’ inventory of cockfights , hot mulattas , haciendas , rubber plantations and the odd dumb Indian , do nothing to temper what one Venezuelan director described as ‘ European ignorance ’ about Latin America . |
| 10 | ‘ And do I distract you as well ? ’ |
| 11 | The most popular question of the moment is how do I upgrade my machine . |
| 12 | And where do I sign it ? ’ |
| 13 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |
| 14 | ‘ Do I assume your friend is innocently involved ? ’ |
| 15 | Do I stir it first the tea ? |
| 16 | Deardrie , how do I bring him back to reality ? |
| 17 | ‘ Not only do I bite my nails , ’ he sighs , ‘ but the skin all around them . ’ |
| 18 | my witness do I hurt you and they all said no . |
| 19 | And the question normally is well , do I pay it off or not ? |
| 20 | Good heavens , man , do I pay you to stand about like a tailor 's dummy ? |
| 21 | cabbage , savoy cabbage , carrots and he 'd cu cut them like I always cut them cos they were only them little baby carrots so , what I do I slice them down |
| 22 | How do I explain it to you ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do I strike you as the sort of man who 's attracted to Amazons ? ’ he asked , his grey eyes flicking curiously on her face , waiting to hear what she would say , but , she felt , not terribly concerned whether she replied or not . |
| 24 | But do I love him ? |
| 25 | All that time I kept thinking , do I love him ? |
| 26 | I love them when they 're naughty , I do I love them . |
| 27 | This old house , she thought , why do I love it so much ? |
| 28 | I do I love it . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , why do I love you now ? ’ she said softly . |
| 30 | Where do I send it ? ’ |