Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem , for instance , of Pound 's admiration for Brancusi , and of how that fits or does not fit with his other proclivities and principles , can not for much longer be left where Alexander leaves it . |
| 2 | For three of four months I could n't think or do anything else . |
| 3 | Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ? |
| 4 | Furthermore , there is no general rule of law preventing a former employee canvassing or doing business with customers of his former employer . |
| 5 | We wo n't actually make or do anything , but it will be really neat lying in the meadows thinking about all the money we are making on off-shore tax haven related business . |
| 6 | He says that he 's looking for birds preening or doing something which makes a good composition . |
| 7 | He either failed or did n't take his finals ; I could n't make out which . ’ |
| 8 | There was no regulations , as far a I know , we never had a thing painted or done at all , in any of the places I worked at . |
| 9 | Simon , did Steve stay or did he just leave you there ? |
| 10 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 11 | Na , I mean answered a yes to that question , but I do n't think it 's a matter of do you want or do you no , cos I do n't think the choice is there . |
| 12 | She had said nothing , nothing at all to reveal to him how she took the idea of Florence Ames , whether she cared or did not care . |
| 13 | They would admit nothing ; they sat there like stones , and their one aim was to sit there like stones , so that no one could tell if they cared or did not care , so that there should be no difference between caring and not caring . |
| 14 | There was no point in transforming Paris and making it easy of access for visitors if there was nothing to see or do when one got there , and so the Court was to be made open as well as brilliant . |
| 15 | What major good were we producing or did we start producing around nineteen seventy seven ? |
| 16 | The erm type thing means what means little codes mean or does that give us any indication as to what these sites are ? |
| 17 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 18 | ( I mean , afterwards who cares a damn what Narouz thinks or does ? ) |
| 19 | Windy come here Windy am I smelling or do you normally call me that ? |
| 20 | I mean I do n't write for therapeutic purposes in the sense that you might imagine , you know , someone in a mental hospital would paint or do pottery or conceivably write in order to relieve the inner tensions . |
| 21 | His distrust of the king was such that he had recently refused to attend or to do so without a large and menacing retinue ; now he agreed to be present and to keep the peace , while the bishops guaranteed his safety . |
| 22 | Theodora was faced with the usual dilemma of such contrivances , did one hammer on the outer door ( there seemed to be no bell ) and risk not being heard or did one penetrate to the inner door proper and risk being judged intrusive ? |
| 23 | Before a company can exist or do business it must obtain a certificate of incorporation from the Registrar of Companies ( in Cardiff ) . |
| 24 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 25 | There are few women agricultural workers , although some wives and daughters cook or do other domestic tasks on the big estates . |
| 26 | Now did they give you that and it 's something you do n't need or do you think maybe it 's something you do need ? |
| 27 | With sin and corruption , doom and catastrophe , threatening on every side , the only danger from the clergy came if they failed to know or do their job . |
| 28 | A great storm that suddenly appears and is soon over ; if the condition lingers or does not have much intensity , it is not Aconite . |
| 29 | When I first became a Member of the House , I learned that one should never speak about things that one does not know or does not understand . |
| 30 | Mick disapproved of Memet as strongly as did the rest of her family , but Memet either did n't know or did n't care . |