Example sentences of "[prep] do [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Fran had no intention of doing just that had only just struck him , and he did n't like it one little bit ! |
| 2 | It was when they were in the process of doing just that that Edward Greenwood walked in unannounced . |
| 3 | That does n't mean to say they should n't achieve inside the home too , but it does mean that they should have the chance of doing both if they want it , and I think perhaps most do . |
| 4 | Yet the judge left as alternative verdicts open to the jury , guilty of causing grievous bodily harm , contrary to section 20 or guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm , contrary to section 47 , without indicating to counsel his intention of doing so or giving the defence the opportunity to deal with such alternatives . |
| 5 | This will no doubt be welcome , but before accepting it the company should be sure that it is aware of all the consequences of doing so and can handle them . |
| 6 | This will no doubt be welcome , but before accepting it the company should be sure that it is aware of all the consequences of doing so and can handle them . |
| 7 | Some people are capable of doing better and will if judiciously kicked into it . |
| 8 | I think first of all , I 'd like to be very brief , but just to say the purpose of this short report with the appendices has not got any special status with food control , just set the record straight as to what we are capable of doing currently and what we ca n't do . |
| 9 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 10 | They were tricked into doing so because , although in a sense they entered voluntarily , they would not have entered had they known the true nature of the shop and its managers . |
| 11 | But growing up and learning how she ought to feel and behave , what she ought to value , means that she has to give up doing just as she pleases . |
| 12 | Both men are reporting what seem to them the facts of the case , and they are the more confident about doing so because no Englishman has arisen to rebut their arguments . |
| 13 | The jewellery tycoon Gerald Ratner has been banned from driving for three weeks for doing more than a hundred miles an hour on the motorway . |
| 14 | Fair enough he may have had a very good reason for doing so but I thought that that would have been a typical apack erm he did say well you know I just want to run it by him , you know , just to make sure but you , you still needed to know why he thought that his accountant had to be involved . |
| 15 | He should take responsibility for doing so or accept responsibility for his party 's vote at the next election , when Labour will be returned . |
| 16 | 1 Entertain only if you have a good reason for doing so and only if you have something of value to impart to the guest . |
| 17 | The best ( rated 5 ) will pay for itself in less than a year , while the least cost-effective ( rate 0 ) is worth doing only if you are planning to carry out other major renovation work at the same time . |
| 18 | The war did not prove particularly popular with the English nobility , who served when called upon to do so but gained little from it . |
| 19 | Although this is acceptable to most contemporary researchers — those interested in conducting spatial or multi-level analyses may be prevented from doing so but most researchers accept these limitations as an inevitable consequence of confidentiality requirements — it is not an optimum strategy for historical researchers who often do wish to identify individuals in order to link datasets . |
| 20 | It is an offence under Section 47(2) to do any act or engage in any course of conduct which creates a false or misleading impression as to the market price or value of any investments if the purpose is to create that impression and thereby induce another person to acquire , dispose of , subscribe for or underwrite those investments or to refrain from doing so or to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights conferred by those investments . |
| 21 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 22 | Nevertheless , many people who might otherwise have gone on to Government employment schemes have been deterred from doing so because of the difficulty in finding jobs as a result of going on those schemes . |
| 23 | In practice to have vague objectives will prevent one from doing much and yet not generate positive action . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure Adam will have no difficulty in doing exactly as he pleases , which at the moment happens to be attending to his guests . ’ |
| 25 | Peter Gibson J said , at p638 : An employee with experience in a particular industry who is intending to leave , whether to join a competitor as an employee or to set up in competition on his own account , commits no breach of contract in doing so unless either there is a specific term of his contract to that effect which does not fall foul of the doctrine against restraint of trade or he is intending to use the confidential information of his employer otherwise and for the benefit of his employer . |
| 26 | The public profile of the CBI 's director general mainly derives from his willingness to pronounce in public on issues of political interest , his fluency and persuasiveness in doing so and the fact that he can claim to speak for British industry . |
| 27 | Braintree prevented the try but were offside in doing so and went in at half-time 6–0 down . |
| 28 | There are clear financial advantages in doing so and the handling of the claim should be improved by involving reputable firms with whom we have developed a relationship . |
| 29 | But these workers had a " guts feeling " that if things were designed to last much longer and an infrastructure was set up to repair them , at least as much work would be created in doing so as was available in the capital-intensive mass production lines producing the throw-away goods . |
| 30 | Don Burrell had long recognised that there were " two Janes " ; the Jane who knew she was too good a player not to win and the Jane who recognised that there was far less pressure attached to doing badly than doing well . |