Example sentences of "do [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A guy with a face like a tired wrestler says , ‘ Let's do them over and dump them somewhere . |
| 2 | Or , should they be slowing down because sooner or later their hectic pace will do them in ? |
| 3 | They d they should do them in like fishing shops |
| 4 | If I pulled out he would probably do me over for being a chicken , but if I competed and beat him ( unlikely but not impossible ) … well , I might as well have booked my hospital bed then and there . |
| 5 | ‘ That would do me out of a job . |
| 6 | He 'ad a knife and said he 'd do me in if I did n't tell him why we steamed the letter open . |
| 7 | You know when Beecham was conducting it once a trumpeter came in early in one of the big silences : the kind of catastrophe you can do nothing about . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't like wasting my energy worrying about things I can do nothing about , ’ Sally said matter-of-factly . |
| 9 | The weather we can do nothing about , except to recognize what it can be letting us in for , and to take precautions accordingly by spraying contacts or systemics . |
| 10 | That , she knew full well , she could do nothing about , although she disapproved of the whole set-up . |
| 11 | You chuck it at me and I 'll do you over ! |
| 12 | ‘ If your money does n't come we 'll do you in . ’ |
| 13 | Is the union really trying to " do you down " , to " deceive the company to prove that management is incompetent ? |
| 14 | Say , you have a problem with a youth , they could do you out this plan that would sound very good on paper — bring in the social workers , bring in the DHSS and juvenile liaison . |
| 15 | I think I was just miserable , and it was far easier to believe the reason was something I could do something about , rather than face the fact that my depression was very complicated , based on things like my family not having much money , and feeling very isolated and different from the kids at school . |
| 16 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 17 | So the parts that you can remember are possibly parts that God really wants you to hear AND do something about ! |
| 18 | The first level is something that the climbers can do something about , and that is removing their rubbish . |
| 19 | The slighted Samaritan can , of course , reply on her own behalf that she does care about suffering in general but that she cares much more about its manifestations that she can do something about and that involve her personally . |
| 20 | But there is another , very important matter social work can do something about , which , over time , will do more than anything to raise the profession 's standing . |
| 21 | We do not choose the best alternative but the one we can best do something about . |
| 22 | ‘ So the ‘ poor sap ’ she was going to have to ‘ do something about ’ could have been either Po-face or , ’ Melissa swallowed a hard lump swelling in her throat , ‘ the one with the beard . ’ |
| 23 | I think that you could do something in between here , but I do n't know the country well enough to say exactly that mix would be . |
| 24 | And what do you do when somebody 's er having a pay off , do you do her out and the |
| 25 | I can do it on here , oops ! |
| 26 | There is an opportunity now on the fifth of July , when this may well be our last chance to demonstrate , all of us , along with health service workers , cos they ca n't do it on they o on their own . |
| 27 | What did you do it on ? |
| 28 | They should n't do it on er , visibility 's not very good either is it ? |
| 29 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
| 30 | Can I do it on there ? |