Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
| 2 | ‘ But I do not flatter myself that I can do anything about them . |
| 3 | He answered : ‘ The man told me that he was a detective , and that I should say nothing about him to anyone . ’ |
| 4 | You thought British art had been ‘ needlessly neglected and undervalued and that somebody ought to do something about it ’ . |
| 5 | Home in on a cause that you can do something about . |
| 6 | I hope that you will do something about it . |
| 7 | The plain fact is that one may learn something about features of recovery by looking at large numbers of individuals but the converse does not wholly follow . |
| 8 | Set up in 1920 by actor Leslie Howard and director Adrian Brunel among others , with the hope that they could do something about ‘ raising the standards of British films ’ , the company had only enough capital to produce six short comedies . |
| 9 | Knowing that she turned the peeping Toms on with her performances — and that they could do nothing about it as they sat there , transfixed by her sex and her flagrant use of it . |
| 10 | Several leaders of the Liberal Party " were known to favour a Popular Front to move the Government , but acquiesced in the view that they could do nothing about it unless the Labour Party changed its attitude " . |
| 11 | Now , as far as Conservatives are concerned , I speak myself and I 'm sure everyone here would offer the same sympathy as the the government has promised that they will do something about this . |
| 12 | The Government wish that such increases were not happening , but realise that they can do nothing about them . |
| 13 | The fac targets are focused on things that are within that own persons control , that they can do something about themselves , straight away . |
| 14 | " We want to bring it to the attention of communities that they can do something about the rubbish in their streets , " said UNEP 's Richard Lumbe , launching the campaign in Nairobi . |
| 15 | We suspect that he may know something about the downing of this plane that we do n't know he knows , if you follow me . |
| 16 | She could no longer feel her feet , but , glancing down at them , not too obviously for fear Richard should feel that he ought to do something about them , she saw that both of them were now bleeding . |
| 17 | Although she had never allowed herself to consider it a possibility , the thought had crossed her mind that he might know something about that letter . |
| 18 | Sean 's dad did not even leave his seat because he was unprepared to do anything about this problem , but he knew that he should do something about it . |
| 19 | He feels that he must do something about it . |
| 20 | The fact that he could do nothing about it made Burun 's enjoyment of the situation all the sweeter . |
| 21 | We could borrow one easily enough from a lifting vessel or salvage tug but the chances are high that he 'd know nothing about explosives . |
| 22 | He took it seriously at first , affronted that anyone could say anything about anyone so close to him , but before very long , he saw the funny side . |