Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 2 | In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process . |
| 3 | ‘ Do not work in a hurry … do nothing for nothing , and see that you get paid for everything . ’ |
| 4 | The widespread promotion of such asset liberating schemes would , of course , do nothing for those without a house to sell or realize the capital value of . |
| 5 | A sagging body and a grey face do nothing for your confidence . |
| 6 | do nothing for a fortnight of course . |
| 7 | In a decade , Clinton 's reforms may salvage the economy' short-term , they do nothing for the deficit . |
| 8 | This can only be good for the G M B and it would hopefully bring on board some , if not all of the doubting Thomases , that have said in the past that we do nothing for them . |
| 9 | And the long socks do nothing for my legs . |
| 10 | ( Otherwise , do nothing to the clusters . ) |
| 11 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 12 | The front bed needles are all knitting , but the back bed needles do nothing at all . |
| 13 | So terrified of doing the wrong thing that they do nothing at all — except bleat like sheep about their petty rules and regulations and their morality . |
| 14 | Perhaps sit and do nothing at all — or perhaps be revolting ? |
| 15 | Policies such as these penalise those who drink sensibly , are detrimental to the drinks industry and do nothing at all to deter those who are determined to abuse alcohol . |
| 16 | They do nothing at all ! |
| 17 | Well now , what they 've done something which I think if there as I said to you in the first place , if they 'd have run their cards played their cards right , they could have said to that fellow ‘ look you 've got no rights to be here , we never gave you planning ’ what 's wrong with this planning people , they step here and they step there , there 's people do things without planning permission , they do nothing at all about it , if I was to go and stick something up in my front garden , they 'd come along and say ‘ hey , . ’ |
| 18 | Do nothing with them . |
| 19 | Even Japanese companies do nothing of the sort ! |
| 20 | If governments do nothing about greenhouse gas emissions , Wigley 's best guess for the resulting warming is around 1.5 to 3C by 2050 , which would cause a global sea-level rise of 4 to 6mm per year . |
| 21 | Umpire Alley eventually warned Holding , but there must have been many Lancastrians who were sad to see Lloyd , on his home ground , do nothing about it . |
| 22 | She has criticisms against statutory agencies who do nothing about this for fear of being branded racists . |
| 23 | If you do nothing about those feelings , the recipient will probably be totally unaware of them ; if you translate them into action , you may well be setting in motion a train of events which will cause harm and destruction , bringing as much grief to yourself as to the object of your ill-will . |
| 24 | Walker says he will adopt a ‘ total approach ’ to inner-city problems : ‘ If you simply improve the infrastructure , but do nothing about jobs , you still have all the problems of crime and unemployment . |
| 25 | The Riders , one may say , have a sense of awe or of the supernatural ; but they do nothing about it . |
| 26 | So what I 'm saying is erm I happen to think that the A L O stuff is some of the most valuable stuff that we do , it 's really one of the main ways forward and if we just sit back and do nothing about it it 's gon na just be wiped out at a a swipe . |
| 27 | Government policy we do n't build any housing , and therefore we 've got five thousand on the waiting list , and that 's why health is a major problem for a lot of people in this city , because we 're not building any houses , she knows that , and she and her party do nothing about it . |
| 28 | But , on the other hand , the public support such actions encourage can be overwhelming — and surely do nothing but good . |
| 29 | Do nothing in a hurry . ’ |
| 30 | That s why when a team gets knocked out of europe — invariably they do nothing in the league . |