Example sentences of "do [pron] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We ca n't do nothing without the money . ’ |
| 2 | And he said that I had perceived correctly , that he might do nothing without my goodwill which he would strive to gain , if I would allow it . |
| 3 | Those ‘ threatened ’ by the computer should recall that they are dealing with an ‘ idiot machine ’ that can do nothing without them . |
| 4 | ‘ I can do nothing without their approval . ’ |
| 5 | And I think Jesus would probably agree , believing nothing gets us no where , we can do nothing without faith . |
| 6 | ‘ T is true that releasing Stephen will put him back on the throne , but our army can do nothing without my Lord of Gloucester at its head . |
| 7 | I have made it perfectly clear to the ferry owners in Rathlin that we shall do nothing without discussing it with them and the islanders ' development and community association . |
| 8 | In 1974 military engineers stood by to operate power stations in Northern Ireland during the protest strike by the Protestant Ulster Workers ' Council , though they could have done nothing without the help of at least the power station managers . |
| 9 | Wales had all those great backs but they could have done nothing without their forwards . |
| 10 | They can ch they can do you without having your telly on now , they can still |
| 11 | Erm and er but I think it 's it 's better to take the time , and provide something that is erm what is needed , rather than to just go ahead and erm do something without referring to the people it concerns . |
| 12 | Senses ( b ) and ( c ) however can both be treated in terms of the notion of " passively experiencing " some event , with ( b ) implying on top of that a refusal to stand by passively and let someone do something without intervening . |
| 13 | Whenever possible , Mrs. Ayliffe accompanied her husband on his travels and acted as his interpreter , for he steadfastly refused to speak and simultaneously to interpret , maintaining that no-one can do one without detriment to the other . |
| 14 | It is said that 50 per cent of people in Basildon read the Sun , and the appalling ‘ Terry ’ Dicks also claims ‘ I could n't have done it without the Sun ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ You could hardly have done it without us , of course , but never mind that . |
| 16 | Thus Terence Davies is to be congratulated for having ‘ wrenched high art from the lower depths of his deprived Liverpool childhood ’ ( The Mail on Sunday , 16 October 1988 ) , which is a ‘ recreation devoutly to be wished ’ and not least because ‘ he has done it without rancour ’ ( how typically British ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , no , he would never have done it without you . ’ |
| 18 | And , what 's more , he 's done it without sacrificing the lightness and strength of the guitar , nor any of its internal volume . |
| 19 | Although the merger gave them the chance to start Andy claims they could ‘ never ’ have done it without it — the recession has taken clients and exposure has been ‘ painful ’ on occasions . |
| 20 | I could n't have done it without the help my husband gave |
| 21 | But , no , my husband has helped an awful lot , I could n't have done it without him . |
| 22 | Of course , Mr Nakamura could not have done it without a lot of help from his staff : two of them resigned with him and all other executives are taking a six month pay cut of between 20 per cent and 50 per cent . |
| 23 | If she could have wiped his memory as well as her own , she 'd have done it without any hesitation , and at whatever cost . |
| 24 | I think she might have done it without regret . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That 's right , ’ Laura exclaimed , ‘ I could n't have done it without you . |
| 26 | I could n't have done it without you . ’ |
| 27 | We could n't have done it without them . |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't have done it without help from a Ministry grant and my brother Matthew . |
| 29 | ‘ She never would have done it without such easy access to a gun ’ Woman used jail issue weapon to take her own life |
| 30 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |