Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] do " in BNC.
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1 | Windy come here Windy am I smelling or do you normally call me that ? |
2 | There are few women agricultural workers , although some wives and daughters cook or do other domestic tasks on the big estates . |
3 | Parental involvement in decision-making is often restricted to identifying those aspects of the child 's behaviour that fit or do not fit with the views of the professionals . |
4 | If you are n't given a list by the firm , make your own priorities list of all the things you want or do n't want cleaned |
5 | They know that they will get their allotted portion of time on the news , whether or not they say or do anything newsworthy . |
6 | But , be careful in what you say or do . |
7 | ‘ An' remember to be careful what yer say or do , fer yer Granny 's eyes will be on yer in the future . ’ |
8 | The ghosts only attack the adventurers if they say or do something stupid , ignore them , or attack them . |
9 | ‘ And nothing that people say or do can detract from this . |
10 | It is , surely , a way of giving legitimacy to what we say or do , of providing some kind of backing or security . |
11 | But if this is to occur , the teaching relationship must be sufficiently open for students to invest something of themselves in what it is they say or do . |
12 | It certainly keeps the teacher on the ball when the pupils are not prepared to accept everything you say or do without questioning . |
13 | Erm , all quizzes have rules , there 's basically just one rule , that anything I say or do is right , but , and that 's the rules . |
14 | ‘ Whatever I say or do , you 'll think badly of me . |
15 | ‘ — and fact three , ’ she continued , ‘ is that , whatever you say or do , Peter and I are engaged and will remain engaged until we decide otherwise . ’ |
16 | It can hear everything you say or do . |
17 | Whoever designed that do n't like gardening ! |
18 | Mm we do n't know that do we ? |
19 | I mean they did n't know that do they ? |
20 | You do n't know that do you |
21 | yeah but you do n't know that do you ? |
22 | We do n't know that do we ? |
23 | Do need that do n't you . |
24 | I do n't need that do I ? |
25 | I can choose not to do things that do n't excite me , but fortunately things are happening that do you know . |
26 | Browns I do n't really wan na buy that do I ? |
27 | Because Geordies say that do n't they ? |
28 | Both types of survey show a far higher figure for crimes committed than do the official statistics produced by the police . |
29 | Why did he say he would rather resign than do a deal over PR , unless he knew he would n't have to ? |
30 | Naturally I welcome the fact that the reforms are revealing the extent of NHS underfunding , but this will only be of benefit if you acknowledge what is happening and do something about it . |