Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] do [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 2 | Clearly , apart from the financial arguments , in terms of employment policies , if that is the case , erm , then , employees who are present see their pay , their total pay or reward package , has included the benefits of the local government evaluation scheme , will say , well you take that away , or you 'd better start doing something about our pay arrangements in recompense . |
| 3 | He did not want to do it in front of the crowd . |
| 4 | But Mr Reynolds declared : ‘ Our first priority is to get all parties around the table , and we would not want to do anything at this stage that might hinder the process . |
| 5 | You may not need to do it in Scotland as well to the in England . |
| 6 | but I know that if it was really bad I 'd just stop doing anything for while , for two or three |
| 7 | TUC day of Action — The Union did not decide to do anything in support of the day . |
| 8 | Agreement on this suggestion would bring the meeting to a close , and most of those present would not have to do anything at all about the wretched book . |
| 9 | As it happened , Mr Kim did not have to do anything about this affair . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is also the budget that has taken notice of what the opposition have actually said we listened to you we have not persevered with our original thinking , we 've talked to the officers , we 've listened to what you 've said , we may not have done it with the greatest grace possible but . |
| 12 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 13 | It should be remembered that recovery is a process of improving perception and is not merely an intellectual process : if sufferers could fully see and understand what they were doing to themselves , they would not have done it in the first place . |
| 14 | . An élève of your school , I do not wish to do anything but what will elucidate the truth … |
| 15 | Lorton had insisted that they both took part in the burglary , when he could easily have done it by himself |
| 16 | Would anyone ever have to do anything with infinite conductors shaped like that ? |
| 17 | ‘ You could hardly have done it without us , of course , but never mind that . |
| 18 | One can always try to do something for individuals . |
| 19 | They will probably want to do something about the fat and other charnel substances floating in the water , as well . |
| 20 | If I 'd followed my own path , I 'd probably have done something like that [ arts ] . |
| 21 | The union itself , the members will also have to do something about this as well . |
| 22 | The other , the other weakness it possibly turned up is that , my experience is that , unless something bad there , the press do n't really want to do anything about it , if you 're just trying to sell your wares and say how good you are , and then hide a bit behind , I mean they 'll turn around anyway the circle , must be something . |
| 23 | Oh , yes , she recognised the sexual awareness that was an integral part of his attitude towards her , and it made her uneasy , but he could n't really mean to do anything about it when he despised her so intensely . |
| 24 | I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him ! |
| 25 | It 's a long trip , and I would n't want to do it for nothing . ’ |
| 26 | Do n't want to do it on my own . |
| 27 | I did n't want to do it at school or at home . |
| 28 | Perhaps I would n't want to do it before an audience but then I 've never performed for others . |
| 29 | I do n't want to do it like that . |
| 30 | Do you have any guidelines , as I do n't want to do lots of work , only to find they do n't like them ? |