Example sentences of "do [indef pn] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could do nothing to sort him out because we had decided not to do anything foolish . |
| 2 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 3 | Of course , you 'll have to tell Charlie , but by the time you 're free , Emma will be of age , such an age that he can do nothing to hold her . |
| 4 | When the guerrillas appeared it could do nothing to stop them . |
| 5 | The baby saw it happening but could do nothing to stop it , its pudgy fingers would not close tightly enough to grasp the string … . |
| 6 | He could do nothing to persuade them to join him and they had left it too late . |
| 7 | And they could do nothing to save them . |
| 8 | Hoped I would do nothing to compel him to shake hands with the murderers of his relatives . |
| 9 | This leaves it in an appallingly weak PR position , but it is unavoidable , and appointing a DG would do nothing to improve it . |
| 10 | This leaves it in an appallingly weak PR position , but appointing a DG would do nothing to improve it . |
| 11 | The design of individual chalets , while having some merit , will do nothing to prevent them from becoming even more obtrusive than the existing caravans . |
| 12 | She could do nothing to prevent it . |
| 13 | And you will do nothing to hinder me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And you give me your word you will do nothing to hinder me ? ’ |
| 15 | I have noticed that even people who claim that everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross the road . |
| 16 | Pausing to watch the big man stride away , his broad shoulders bent as though beneath a great weight , Tilly despaired that she could do nothing to help him . |
| 17 | ‘ The gipsies wo n't appreciate my help and they 'll do nothing to assist me , but this sounds as though it 's a very serious assault . |
| 18 | She knew she was hysterical yet could do nothing to calm herself , could hear her own voice rising higher and higher , going on and on , and could do nothing to make it stop . |
| 19 | I 'll do nothing to hurt her ! ’ |
| 20 | I would do nothing to hurt him . ’ |
| 21 | But I shall do nothing to aid them . |
| 22 | Gilbey , who was taped making a phone call to Diana , said he is still friendly with her but would do nothing to embarrass her . |
| 23 | Replying to a TODAY story on Saturday headlined The Man Most Likely To , he said he was still friendly with the princess but would do nothing to embarrass her . |
| 24 | Charles constantly felt he had done nothing to earn it ; there was no feeling of satisfaction in a job well done . |
| 25 | Shaun 's last years at school had been difficult he 'd even taken a swing at a teacher at one point — and he 'd earned a reputation for the motherless Hammond boys that Wayne had found himself sharing even though he 'd done nothing to earn it . |
| 26 | And she had done nothing to stop him . |
| 27 | I 've always suffered with claustrophobia and swimming in a dark enclosed space has done nothing to improve it . |
| 28 | Although Joseph Hyde had occupied the room for nearly eight years , he had done nothing to personalize it . |
| 29 | But she would n't take the blame , because she had done nothing to encourage it . |
| 30 | I 've done nothing to offend you . |