Example sentences of "try do something [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rebecca believed that Lissa could bring about her downfall , and she was almost bound to try to do something about it . |
| 2 | Ca n't you try to do something about it instead of standing there making sidesplitting remarks ? ’ |
| 3 | When we think of love , when we try to do something about it , the word that comes into mind then , is justice . |
| 4 | I and some others have tried to do something about it because you 'll remember in the last year last two years , we have put in a a sum of money in the budget to increase the allowances for members and for resources to support members . |
| 5 | It 's just because it 's so remarkable , I suppose , that one tries to do something about it , something even further , which is , of course , impossible . |
| 6 | Resources which could be spent on health have been diverted to waiting for ill health and then trying to do something about it , usually with only limited effect . |
| 7 | The fact that you have thought things through instead of just feeling totally inadequate and that you are trying to do something about it should help you feel more positive . |
| 8 | And , and , you know , they 've got paid youth officer 's working in Harlow , now they are , there are , they 're over they 're over stretched it 's true and , but we , I mean what were doing here is actually supplementing there service and were not meeting all , we would n't of erm meeting all the demands , but the important thing I think is that were continuing to erm , you know , were trying to do something about it , and one of the things that were trying to do as officer 's in the Local Government Unit is work with Leisure Services and get them to put more resources into doing things for young people . |
| 9 | That still happens but now teachers and parents are aware of the pattern and are trying to do something about it . |
| 10 | So erm that 's , if you 're , if you 're getting behind on that it 's worth trying to do something about it soonish before you get too far behind to manage to catch up |
| 11 | Ambulance crews witness scenes like these every day , now , after being called out to accidents that could easily have been prevented they 're trying to do something about it . |
| 12 | And it concerned him an awful lot and it it it irritated him and frustrated him and I think he set his sights on trying to do something about it in his his way . |
| 13 | trying to do something about it . |
| 14 | That is em if nothing happens , if the survivor , if the person being abused does n't do anything , then the abuse carries on and the abuser y'know continues to regularly perform this these acts of abuse , whatever they might be , and erm stopping it is something that er usually involves the , in inverted commas , victim , taking control of the situ well no no well not exactly taking control but trying to do something about it er making more fuss about it to other people , moving out of the house , as sometimes happens when people are adolescents . |
| 15 | He is trying to do something about it , though , I 'm sure . |