Example sentences of "do what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They will do what they like . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They will do what they like , ’ she said to him . |
| 3 | He also warned : ‘ I prefer it not to be carried because the Conservatives , who are desperately clinging at straws because of the popularity of our policy , against the irrelevance of theirs , would do what they could to make mischief about it . ’ |
| 4 | Their sons are noisy and mischievous and do n't always do what they are told , and in every respect are normal , healthy , confident little boys . |
| 5 | From now on the locals would do what they were told to do by Detroit , and if they did n't like it they could take the option of either getting out of their own free will , or being booted out . |
| 6 | ‘ They can do what they like for me — blow the place up for all I care — I 'll be off to my mobile home in Lytham St Annes before long . ’ |
| 7 | If anybody can do what they like with it , it 's him . ’ |
| 8 | When they started dancing I did n't try and stop them because I had to let them do what they felt was right . ’ |
| 9 | At 10.30 the men can stand down and do what they like — study , read , watch television — until midnight when , if all is quiet , they turn in . |
| 10 | Since paraprofessional social welfare personnel are an important resource for meeting people 's needs , one would assume that policy makers , social service administrators and professional social workers would view them in this light and would do what they could to support and develop this valuable resource . |
| 11 | They can do what they like to me , but I hate the idea of your being messed about … |
| 12 | It was their problem , I thought , and they could do what they liked . |
| 13 | Bishops can do what they have already promised to do , namely ‘ be faithful in laying hands upon others ’ , namely church planters . |
| 14 | They were offering free accommodation and food to someone who would do what they described as a little gentle housework . |
| 15 | If the challenge comes , though , they will usually do what they can , however inadequate and apprehensive they feel . |
| 16 | They were not swayed by the Coal Board 's insistence that they could do what they wanted any more than by the unions ' claims about the threatened mines . |
| 17 | ‘ I quickly learned not to cry and to let them do what they wanted , ’ says Jonathan , 32 . |
| 18 | I 'm doing what I can and I think everybody should do what they can do . ’ |
| 19 | Sometime in the next two to five years they would expect to get together and do what they did with Concorde . |
| 20 | Referring the problem back does not allow the counsellor to fall into a trap , for most people will normally do what they want to do , regardless of the best-intentioned advice . |
| 21 | Until Wednesday , the worst manifestation of that was warning young Members that they would not get promoted if they did not do what they were told . |
| 22 | Well actually , the function of the youth bus is like in the absence of buildings in , in area 's where people want to go , it 's fulfilling that function , on the bus there are things like videos , people can play music , they also get erm , you know , we do n't just let them do what they want to do , although were , you know , where quite erm , quite progressive with them , we actually provide , we have information on the the bus , provide information , we 've got a Coun we involve local Councillor 's like on Aids and stuff like that , I mean you have to be quite sensitive when you do something like that , you know especially if , you know , with the age group , erm , but erm , you know you get younger people coming on , twelve year olds to thirteen year old and what not . |
| 23 | I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want . |
| 24 | For some reason , perhaps because they had heard it together , she equated that girl with the dead girl in her mind and thought that if bombers could actually see the people they were going to kill , see that they were young and beautiful and full of hope , they might not do what they did . |
| 25 | I 'm for the artist speaking to the audience , backing them and letting them do what they want . |
| 26 | Some , some people possess the means of product production and , and can do what they like to many other people , they 're the people |
| 27 | Some individuals resented the fact that ‘ some people can do what they like while others ca n't ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ The British can do what they like . |
| 29 | ‘ Then you can do what they say , like a little boy . ’ |
| 30 | As well as the letters that poured in , the other guests on the programme had all said privately that they would do what they could to help ; Ian Hislop , the editor of Private Eye , had already printed a Friends of John McCarthy ad for free , and Gerald Scarfe had agreed to design a programme cover for the upcoming Benefit . |