Example sentences of "and do what " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 2 | The desire to gain affection and approval from its owner can be a prime motivator for the horse to try and do what we ask of it . |
| 3 | To try and do what makes me happy , dress in a way that makes me happy . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The rest of those in the room have to try and do what the leader does as fast as possible afterwards , but without making obvious who the leader is . |
| 6 | You just have to try and do what got you good results in the first place . |
| 7 | ‘ Black people are the original people of the Earth , no one could exist on the planet without us and we must wake up , to struggle and do what we have to do to come into power , ’ announces Chester , striding across the stage , as the audience cheers . |
| 8 | Sometime in the next two to five years they would expect to get together and do what they did with Concorde . |
| 9 | In any field of employment a successful application depends to some degree on the applicant 's being seen to say and do what is expected during the selection process , and to this extent conventional selection methods can always be faulted for the way they may presume that words uttered on a form or in an interview are reliable indicators of future performance . |
| 10 | Now our government of course , still bolted completely to Reaganomics , Thatcheromics whatever , just believes that business should just get on and do what it wants and drive wages down and sack people if that 's what they feel 's best . |
| 11 | Defending the report , Japan 's Minister of International Trade and Industry , Kozo Watanabe , stated that his department had done no more than publish the " bare facts " , and that henceforth Japan would " say what it has to say and do what it has to do in international affairs " . |
| 12 | Well it was something that you hear a lot about it and er I 've never done anything about it and it 's cos I 'm starting to think towards the future and it 's gon na be nice to know that I 'm gon na have a pound or two to go and do what I want when I retire . |
| 13 | Since there had been clearly nothing she could do about the situation , Laura had been forced to buckle down and do what she could to keep the twins happy . |
| 14 | More middle aged people should go out and do what they want |
| 15 | Well , she 'll say to him , put kettle on and butter some bread , and he 'll sit there , and he 's smoking , and he 's continuing what he 's doing , you know , and she 'll go and do what she 's doing , and she , have you flicking arse-hole you to do , and , you know , any , it just goes in that ear , comes out 'ther ear , and just sallies on , and do n't take blind bit of notice . |
| 16 | I mean Friday night we do n't do much anyway you know , I mean it 's like everything else if I do n't , if I say to mum , mum we 've got nothing to do , I mean it 's like everything else you ca n't afford to go out and do what , things that you would like to do , but you know like bingo and things , so we al , we get a game of cards going just to stop the rot and the boredom |