Example sentences of "[vb infin] do [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps you would like to do something similar with mine — but just as you prefer . |
| 2 | ‘ If I had my time again , I 'd never want to do anything different from that . ’ |
| 3 | He must have done something useful in about 3 matches . |
| 4 | They could never have done anything wide-scale without us knowing — and a Resistance movement has to be wide-scale to be any use . |
| 5 | For all he knew , Lee could have done anything stupid with them . |
| 6 | Alice 's voice held genuine regret , for although she had never thought Madeleine the right girl for Harry , she would have done anything possible to forward a marriage between them if she truly believed it would make him happy . |
| 7 | ‘ I will really have to do something drastic about you , Jenna Bryant . ’ |
| 8 | Paul is a good guy , but everyone is brought up as a liberal and everybody therefore thinks that we do n't have to do anything active about it . |
| 9 | The very first and most important principle to bear in mind when planting a rose or any other shrub or tree is that this is the last opportunity you will have to do anything basic about the soil underneath , where the roots will have to work . |
| 10 | Tony said he would not allow himself to get into the same state and that he would talk to someone about how he was feeling , probably his father or even his mother , and that he would try to do something active about his problems , rather than just giving up . |