Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
| 32 | We know , even those of us who are still smoking know what the , what the problems are , let's get on and do something about it ! |
| 33 | She was a wreck and had planned to go and do something about it once dinner had been prepared , but now that would have to go by the board — there would be no time — and , besides , she could hardly appear to Luke 's business partner and his wife in one of Luke 's towelling robes , could she ? |
| 34 | Are you going to come and do something about it or not ? ’ |
| 35 | No one asked that question , they simply focused upon er the , the communist insurrection in the south and the American , American commitment to the global containment of communism meant that they had to go and do something about it and domestic political pressures were there too er President Kennedy came out of the Cuban missiles crisis a hero because his people mistakenly believed that he 'd won a foreign policy success and that he 'd acted in a restrained and statesmanlike manor . |
| 36 | These people want something satisfying , so you will try and do something about it wo n't you ? |
| 37 | These people want something satisfying , so you will try and do something about it wo n't you ? |
| 38 | And it 's no good moaning , so has to go and do something about it , |
| 39 | We ca n't just ignore it erm it is proper planning to try and do something about it . |
| 40 | That could , that needs to be maintained , it could also be extended , though of course they have great difficulties because of er their , their own financial restrictions , but we also , I think as a community , need to think about who these homeless people are , and , and not to regard them as some kind of alien population , but to realise that there are , they are our own neighbours , they are our own families that are in this predicament , and that collectively we need to join together and actually make demands on central government and locally to try and do something about it . |
| 41 | I want you to go and do something for me . ’ |
| 42 | I 'll go and do something for an hour . |
| 43 | ‘ It seems a shame not to try and do something for him after he 's sent a letter all that way . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ The idea is we are going to try and do something with his hands to see if we can give him some form of grip . ’ |
| 45 | First of all , presumably , you lose your normal time structure of having to go off and do something on a regular basis . |
| 46 | to go and do something in Dundee , so they 've advertised his job |
| 47 | On the first few dates or longer , some young couples are too embarrassed to talk about it , let alone go and do anything about it , and girls do n't want to be seen as anticipating sex and run the risk of being labelled as slags . |
| 48 | Better to surrender quietly to that hell of pain , to slide into it , to crumble and fold like burning straw , to merge and coalesce and become one with it , until , phoenix-like , she floated away on the other side , whole and free . |
| 49 | Once you decide to specialize and become something of an expert in any field , you can study through public libraries , further education classes ( providing that there is adequate provision for speechreaders ) , correspondence courses , exhibitions and so on . |
| 50 | can if you want , in the it 's not that far to go around and use one for the whole day . |
| 51 | Tyrell ran the March team in 1970 but the car was not good enough for a driver of Stewart 's calibre so Tyrell decided to build and run one under his own name for Stewart . |
| 52 | the the flats is er a a no go area sort of thing and a kid 'll come along and spray summat on a wall and next day three kids 'll come along and spray things on the wall , so that you 've got more and more graffiti going all over the place , more and more rubbish , more and more people coming to the flats just to get into trouble . |
| 53 | Such a visit should involve talking to personnel to try and understand something of their jobs and to work out how best to tell the story in visual form . |
| 54 | In this room there was an enormous human bomb in front of them which was liable to explode and blow someone to bits any moment . |
| 55 | Wayne , Ricky 's favourite pony , had such a low threshold of boredom that he had a special manger hooked over the half-door so he could eat and miss nothing in the yard at the same time . |
| 56 | Everyone wants to be able to design and create something with an individual touch , whether it 's an outfit to wear or soft furnishings for the home . |
| 57 | This kind of putting oneself in the place of another and attempting to portray and communicate something through a medium which is unsuitable to it is very essential for an understanding of religion . |
| 58 | ’ I just want to congratulate and thank everyone in this room tonight for all they have done to bring this moment to reality . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ I 'll go and fix something for the kids ’ supper , ’ Leo offered . |
| 60 | Do you go and tell somebody about something , or do you write them a memo ? |