Example sentences of "did [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourteen per cent ( 29 ) did nothing about their incontinence when it first occurred — the main reason being that it was ‘ not important enough . ’ |
| 2 | Usually her passion was an explosion of ecstasy , at a face , a voice , a mannerism ; usually she did nothing about it beyond engineering to spend time in The Presence . |
| 3 | If they did nothing about it , water would flow in through their gills , and other permeable parts of their surface , and they would swell up and die . |
| 4 | The King did nothing about it . |
| 5 | It was as if their covenant was both to keep the problem alive and yet to ensure they did nothing about it . |
| 6 | ‘ We can prove that Holiday Inn management had knowledge of the peepholes and did nothing about it , ’ added Mr Summer . |
| 7 | For instance , coin and currency were always in short supply in the colonies and the British government in a mood of less than salutary neglect did nothing about it , so colonies sometimes passed laws to make bills of exchange into legal tender . |
| 8 | Most of them did nothing about it but hurried on , some scowling , one , a child , making a face at the camera , holding up his hands as if they were big ears and waggling his fingers . |
| 9 | All through our time at Canjuers , through the days of rain and abscesses on our hands , mud and sleeping in sodden clothes , we had dreamed of the moment when we would be able to walk into a cakeshop or bar and be able to buy what we wanted , but now that the choice was available , we did nothing about it . |
| 10 | He did nothing about it then , so how can the Opposition claim that the Act is pivotal to safety in today 's mines ? |
| 11 | Tonight Craig Cook 's parents said the council knew the wall was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 12 | Their trial , on Health and Safety charges has been told that they knew the gantry was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 13 | But it could n't be the Jockey Club , who knew that the ‘ grey gate ’ system using a 65 yard long elastic tape was flawed yet did nothing about it . |
| 14 | I did nothing about it because at 17 it was n't really the sort of thing you went to the doctor about . |
| 15 | ‘ You and your precious husband did nothing for me . ’ |
| 16 | But erm Idris said , in effect , which is an expression which we 've all used at some time or another , he did nothing for me . |
| 17 | He did nothing for me . |
| 18 | I brought erm , a pair of , a floral pattern leggings from Marks and Spencers on Saturday , but when I got them home , they did nothing for me . |
| 19 | The physical contact between them did nothing for her at all , but it was nice all the same . |
| 20 | Under fierce lights that did nothing for her head , a doctor and a technician examined them one at a time . |
| 21 | Caroline found herself seated at the lunch-table next to Romano de Sciorto , a state of affairs which did nothing for her shaky morale . |
| 22 | It did nothing for her temper . |
| 23 | And the IRFU did nothing for its cause by not awarding caps for the matches against Canada and the United States and by refusing to pay the players the regulation daily allowance because the tour was one day short of the stipulated duration . |
| 24 | He says the British did nothing for him while he was awaiting trial . |
| 25 | And they too will reply , ‘ Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison , and did nothing for you ? ’ |
| 26 | Oh Robbie , she did nothing for you , nothing at all . |
| 27 | when he went to Liverpool the guy there did nothing for you did he ? |
| 28 | Chancellor did nothing for us , say unemployed |
| 29 | The faint aroma of stale mackerel still hung around and did nothing for our personal charisma either . |
| 30 | Disappointingly , the operation did nothing for my legs . |