Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gilbert would probably have done better to base his case not on the child 's moral sense , which was largely that imposed by adults , but rather on the child 's tendency to invest violence with fantasy . |
| 2 | For most of the time since 1986 , many parent companies would have done better putting their money safely in a bank deposit than risking it in the securities markets . |
| 3 | She 'd have done better to drown her sorrows in a bottle of red wine , and let the world go to blazes . |
| 4 | ‘ You would do better ordering your animal to kill me . ’ |
| 5 | He 'd do better watching his pockets ! |
| 6 | ‘ You 'd do better to ask your gamekeeper , ’ he said . |
| 7 | In a time of severe agricultural depression , for example , the landlord might do better to allow his tenant farmers to go into arrears rather than exercise his legal rights , in the hope that over time things would balance out . |
| 8 | You 'd you 'd do better to use your own colours if you 've got . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd love to splash out on lovely bits of lacy stuff , but I 'd do better spending my money on a deep-fat fryer for all the notice my other half would take . |
| 10 | Swainson was suggesting , even before Gould had returned to England , that he would do better to make his books more generally affordable . |
| 11 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 12 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
| 13 | First of all in chapter three and in verse seven , it says therefore , just as the Holy Spirit says , today if you hear his voice do not harden your hearts . |
| 14 | His eyes narrowed on her pale , proud face as she backed away from him , her heart beating so rapidly that it was all she could do not to betray her agitation by raising her hands to calm it . |
| 15 | ‘ They do not visit and do not know their neighbours . |
| 16 | no , no that 's different , that is different , she 's got a deformity , that is different , people that have 'em done just to enlarge their breasts , I do n't think that should be done on the National Health , if they want to do that , then |
| 17 | The 76-year-old Euro-MP , who currently lives in West Germany , said he would of course not rule out a run some time in the future but for the moment he feels he can do more to promote his country in the European parliament . |
| 18 | It is surprising that his fondness for drink did not do more to impair his career , which was a remarkable career , only marred by his reaction to the appointment of Harold Wilson as the leader of the Labour Party . |
| 19 | Throughout most of those countries the universal view is that Britain should do more to enhance its reputation through the fund . |
| 20 | Once rescheduling had been agreed in 1987 , Brazil could do more to capitalise its debt ; that is to get creditors to exchange claims for interest and repayment on past loans for direct investments of some kind in the country . |
| 21 | Through The Prince 's Trust and other charities , he has done more to improve their quality of life , particularly the disadvantaged , than almost any other public figure . |
| 22 | Allen could not have done more to justify his £275,000 fee . |
| 23 | She believes British Rail Engineering could have done more to protect her father from the danger of asbestos . |
| 24 | ‘ Cardinal Stuart , ’ wrote the British minister in Florence to Horace Walpole , ‘ by putting on the cowle [ i.e. cardinal 's hat ] has done more to extinguish his party than would have been effected by putting to death many thousand of deluded followers . ’ |
| 25 | You would do well to remember your place . |
| 26 | Whilst we may feel that it is unfortunate that such career structures exist at all we might do well to examine our own mechanisms for getting ahead . |
| 27 | Of course , all the republics of the former Soviet Union would do well to turn their energies to creating growth in their economies . |
| 28 | And you would do well to follow his example , her eyes added , because while I 'm not very good at business there are other things that I am good at , very good indeed . |
| 29 | This conflict is made clear when Cosroe mockingly tells Mycetes that he ‘ might do well to kiss his royal seat ’ . |
| 30 | Do we do well to interpret our politics that way ? |