Example sentences of "[noun] do something [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any moment now they expected that the Collector would make up his mind to do something about it . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't you get Ross to do something about it ? ’ |
| 3 | And not only political understanding , but political determination to do something about it . |
| 4 | It takes a crusading type like the Admiral to find out what 's going on and retain the desire to do something about it . ’ |
| 5 | They reminded me of the passengers on board a hijacked plane , forced to fly to some destination they did n't want to go to , yet unable to get out of their seats to do something about it . |
| 6 | A massive public interest in — and concern for — our vanishing heritage was evident , as was the need to do something about it . |
| 7 | I do have some sympathy for cou councillor I do know this area and I I do know the traffic problems there and and we do really in the long term need to do something about it . |
| 8 | Right so is there a necessity to do something about it if you 're an A type ? |
| 9 | A new era of greater awareness and understanding of the problems of the disabled accompanied by a willingness to do something about it had begun . |
| 10 | This was a perpetual source of vexation to Mahmoud and his efforts to do something about it drove him towards reform at the political level — he was a member of the Nationalist Party — and perfectionism in his daily work . |
| 11 | It 's a sobering thought and those who are not already drunk or on a train have a chance to do something about it — on the doorstep of their own city . |
| 12 | It 's up to each person to do something about it . |
| 13 | Will my right hon. Friend do something about it ? — |
| 14 | No , it meant you were there but it was for other people to do something about it — if anything had to be done . |
| 15 | The local diocese has appealed to the water authority to do something about it ; but something as elemental as the ever-moving Severn is beyond the resources of even the richest and most powerful water authority . |
| 16 | If we all want it put a stop to , will the government do something about it , or will it be like you said , Mr. Gerrard ? |
| 17 | What will she do now , when it is her responsibility as Minister of State and the responsibility of the Home Secretary to do something about it ? |
| 18 | L. T. Peters ' The 11th Plague ( 1974 ) describes ‘ an infinitesimal germ , a microorganism , unleashed upon a helpless giant , the United States ’ , and a doctor who risks his life to do something about it and ‘ for one terrible moment finds that the fate of the world is in his hands ’ . |
| 19 | Equally , if we see that the electricity industry is not performing to maximum efficiency and should be doing better — there is general agreement on that — surely we have an obligation to do something about it . |
| 20 | Yet Chapman had his answer for the pessimists : if the game was becoming more defensive it was up to managers and players to do something about it . |
| 21 | That 's not a deterrant , unless the Government does something about it . |
| 22 | Whites need to recognise that blacks can not hope to prosper in any numbers while they are confined to ghettos of crime , poverty and lousy schools , and that it is society 's duty to do something about it . |
| 23 | Is it not your duty to do something about it , to help such victims ? |
| 24 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 25 | Will the Minister do something about it ? |
| 26 | There is an immense , built-in denial mechanism about myocardial infarction and cancer , and this is a major drawback in educating the public to do something about it . |
| 27 | What an international perspective can add is a sense of the contradictions or points of stress in the new structures : the attempt to shift the whole system by floods of detailed description and prescription and the consequent overloading of channels of communication ; the preoccupation with assessment to the point where it may overwhelm the teaching ; the ambivalent character of statutory syllabuses as being at once central regulation and individual entitlement ; the potentially disruptive and anomalous role of governing bodies which may act simply as local guardians of centrally determined norms , but may also be educated to accept more subtle and flexible views of what schools can and should do , and may develop the political clout to do something about it . |
| 28 | ‘ I was horrified so I joined an organisation with a bit of clout to do something about it . |
| 29 | Can I make the point that if you do n't get to the parents of kids kids , before the end of summer term you could be jeopardising the chances of what they 're doing in the SATS because if you get to the parent erm in the beginning of the spring term and say you know , Fred is not doing particularly well because of this the parents are then in a position to do something about it but if you actually tell them once , basically the stable doors closed what can |
| 30 | ‘ I hope this will encourage other women in a similar position to do something about it , ’ she said . |