Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Commons , Sir Thomas Clarges moved that " a standing Army is destructive to the Country " , whilst his fellow Tory , Edward Seymour , declared that " the safety of the Kingdom doth not consist with a standing force " , adding ( in a way which anticipated Tory arguments used after 1689 ) that " all the profit and security of this Nation is in our Ships , and had there been the least ship in the Channel " , Monmouth could never have landed . |
| 2 | It is not up to us to forget or forgive the crime that Germany committed only a few decades ago ; the only ones who might have done so died on the battlefield or , worse yet , in the gas chambers . |
| 3 | It required those LEAs who had not already done so to submit to the Secretaries of State , by the end of the year , information about their plans for making their schools comprehensive . |
| 4 | And it was Charles who went on , ‘ Do n't you think you 've done enough traipsing around the world ? |
| 5 | Thus , when the police officer comes to make his decision he must do so knowing of the defendant 's preference and any reason the defendant may have given for it . |
| 6 | Those in Darlington would do better to collaborate with the council to ensure the scheme 's success rather than lining the pockets of the legal profession . |
| 7 | The reformers would do better to look at the health-care regimes they oversee . |
| 8 | A lawful act which is performed carelessly does not automatically become an unlawful act for this purpose , even if a lawful act done carelessly amounts to an offence ( e.g. careless driving ) : Andrews v DPP , above . |
| 9 | Such general concerns do not belong and do not fit into the straitjacket of a system of pressure-group lobbying and organization . |
| 10 | He fished the cubes out and put them into an ashtray and found it all he could do not to weep at the mess they made with the ash . |
| 11 | The circumstances under which they did so do not appear from the report of the case . |
| 12 | I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay . |
| 13 | Pacifists in the ILP and BSP , Jones argued , had done more harm to the working-class movement than could have been inflicted by the Municipal Alliance . |
| 14 | One official labelled cattle trespass ‘ the curse of the district ’ , and a mudaliyar complained that ‘ at present there is not a single cow , or a buffalo which has not done more damage to the community at large , than double her worth to the owner . ’ |
| 15 | And I think governments would do well to talk to the people at the sharp end , like magistrates , who use this system , work the system , liaise with all the various components in the system and do know what they 're talking about . |
| 16 | O'Connor beat Fred Couples in the Dunhill Cup and was third in the Volvo Masters on Sunday , but they will do well to finish among the top three . |
| 17 | Mr McRoberts , instead of criticising Mr Ridley , would do well to reflect on the House of Commons Energy Committee 's judgment on nuclear power : ‘ It will never again be possible to take assurances as to the viability of any type of nuclear power on trust . ’ |
| 18 | However , one will do well to reflect on the following remark of Bentham ( of which some of the second part of this work might be seen as an endorsement ) . |
| 19 | Service providers would do well to reflect on the evidence presented that common patterns of targeting resources actually discriminate against some of the most heavily involved carers in respect of certain services , and certainly do not lead to higher levels of support for them overall . |
| 20 | We would do well to reflect on the interests of those whom we seek to represent . |
| 21 | We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter . |
| 22 | Dave 's verdict : lightweight travellers , cyclists and mountain marathoners would do well to look at the advantages this flexible combination system offers . |
| 23 | However , perhaps what does make the cities different is their scale of decline and deprivation : those seeking the most disadvantaged in contemporary Britain would do well to start in the older urban cores . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps you would do well to rest for the night and journey on by daybreak , ’ said the Oak . |
| 25 | Church unity would do well to build on a foundation such as this , just as grace builds on nature . |
| 26 | Scientists and science educators might do well to worry about the attractiveness of computers and the sense of power they unlock for brilliant young people today . |
| 27 | So if you are producing a Victorian mystery , for instance , you would do well to think of a plot in terms more of melodrama than if you were writing a book set today . |
| 28 | saying is that , all I 'm is erm why do n't you erm ke do n't think of the money because how valuable is she to you ? |
| 29 | horrible types that can eat and eat and do n't put on an ounce |
| 30 | I mean she does n't she do n't get through a lot of chocolates does she ? |