Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three of four months I could n't think or do anything else . |
| 2 | We wo n't actually make or do anything , but it will be really neat lying in the meadows thinking about all the money we are making on off-shore tax haven related business . |
| 3 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 4 | Na , I mean answered a yes to that question , but I do n't think it 's a matter of do you want or do you no , cos I do n't think the choice is there . |
| 5 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 6 | I mean I do n't write for therapeutic purposes in the sense that you might imagine , you know , someone in a mental hospital would paint or do pottery or conceivably write in order to relieve the inner tensions . |
| 7 | Before a company can exist or do business it must obtain a certificate of incorporation from the Registrar of Companies ( in Cardiff ) . |
| 8 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 9 | Now did they give you that and it 's something you do n't need or do you think maybe it 's something you do need ? |
| 10 | When you say Supported , do you mean they did n't object or do you mean they |
| 11 | May the scarf unravel and do an Isadora Duncan on the wretch . |
| 12 | There are a lot of ways that er both the Councillors can get into the habit and recycling is quite habit forming of recycling and from that er home use of recycling they will learn that there is a lot of products they can use in their councils ; recycled plastic makes very good er roadside signs that do n't rust and do n't need painting . |
| 13 | He ca n't behave or think or speak or do anything else better than I can — nearly as well as I can — so he 's going to be the Old Man of the Sea until I shake him off somehow . |
| 14 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 15 | Erm , really its a question of , do we borrow or do n't we borrow . |
| 16 | ‘ Use it up , wear it out ; make it do or do without ! ’ the old New England maximum goes . |
| 17 | In the arena the rider has to halt the horse , make it pace and do figures and turns . |
| 18 | ‘ I can see I shall have to tell you more about Brownies before you believe in what they can do and do do . |
| 19 | Enjoy what you can do and do n't get too worried about what you ca n't . |
| 20 | But one thing I think I can do and do well is a guitar solo . |
| 21 | ‘ But , then , why not steal stuff you can eat and do n't steal the stuff you ca n't and do n't bother with the dogs ? ’ |
| 22 | horrible types that can eat and eat and do n't put on an ounce |
| 23 | If that 's in the question , then do compare and do contrast . |
| 24 | These people may need to get married — trapped — to prove that they can get out , that divorce is not impossible , to discover that they can influence and do something about the situation . |
| 25 | The ideal type codifies a scheme of reasons which would motivate someone who was wholly a bureaucrat , and understanding proceeds from what such purely rational — legal persons would think and do . |
| 26 | This is not to suggest that life in a large mental handicap hospital is a fulfilling experience ; on the contrary , it has already been established that such places should not ideally exist and do not represent a suitable home for mentally handicapped people . |
| 27 | Well do they like or do they stick , stick the thing round , round their arm |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , he 's trying to make himself look useful so the next time he wants his own name in the paper I 'll remember and do his bidding . |
| 29 | The more that a young horse can see and do , therefore , the better . |
| 30 | But perhaps when you 're lying down on the floor and tied up by little people you can hardly see and do n't believe in , that 's not the best time to start communicating . |