Example sentences of "do it [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's very hard , if you ca n't do it go to the Snow White picture and colour the picture |
| 2 | and you carry on but sometimes sometimes it is the only way to do it stick with what you say and keep going . |
| 3 | Where did the idea come from and how did it relate to their developing interests , understandings and skills ? |
| 4 | Did it relate in some way to the fact that millions of years ago our gill-bearing ancestors crawled out of the pond , and ever since we have been paralysed by the thought of a return to it ? |
| 5 | How did it go over the side ? |
| 6 | ‘ How did it go with the Commander ? ’ |
| 7 | Only gradually did it dawn on those responsible that vigorous and determined nationalist organizations had grown up in the shadow of the Japanese , that these movements had flourished exceedingly in the vacuum left by the collapse of Japanese power , and that if the colonial regimes were to be reconstituted it could only be by force . |
| 8 | His voice was low , equable and leisurely ; so much so that only afterwards did it dawn upon Charlotte how very few minutes the whole interview had occupied . |
| 9 | What did it matter to them ? |
| 10 | What did it matter to her if he had one special woman or a harem ? |
| 11 | And if she did slip away , why did it matter to him ? |
| 12 | What did it matter to her if Silas made an idiot of himself over this woman ? |
| 13 | Did it matter to you at that time who it was ? |
| 14 | What did it matter to her , after all , that he no doubt planned to entertain his ladyfriends here ? |
| 15 | Everyone within earshot was listening , eyes concentrated on mine , heads bent forward — but what did it matter in this little world of shadows where all barriers were down . |
| 16 | How did this hut started , was it , did it start as an agricultural building , or a house , or a just a plan hut ? |
| 17 | What was what did it start from ? |
| 18 | What , if any , dangers did it hold for her ? |
| 19 | What did it mean for her-that little episode-what was its significance in the pattern ? |
| 20 | What did it mean to ‘ get down ’ ? |
| 21 | I asked , ‘ How much did it mean to you to know that people at home were working for your release ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So if not nostalgia , what did it mean to you ? ’ |
| 23 | But with the growth of these other uses , what exactly did it mean by 1990 to say that ‘ TV ’ was a mass medium ? |
| 24 | But what did it mean in practice ? |
| 25 | And by what method of assessment ( ask the critics ) did it arrive at its figure of $90 billion for a twenty-year programme ? |
| 26 | How differently did it appear to him from the Berelands ' assessment ! |
| 27 | Before turning to consider the main authorities I should emphasise that Woolwich paid the principal sum under neither mistake of fact nor of law , rather did it pay under protest and take immediate action to challenge the validity of the demand . |
| 28 | Did it arise through the actions of private bankers or a central issuing body established by the government ( or a former colonial power ) ? |
| 29 | ‘ And how long did it stay behind the wall ? ’ |
| 30 | What of the Conservative Party , how did it react to the challenge of fascism ? |