Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , he had to borrow the money off me to do that |
| 2 | All the actors interviewed seemed to feel , and state quite naturally and simply that there was really nothing else for them to do but act . |
| 3 | But there is nothing to support the theory that the crew made up the story , and no apparent motive for them to do so . |
| 4 | The best thing for them to do would be likewise to get their profits up as far as possible above the datum line . |
| 5 | There was no chance that the ex-dictators would stand trial , and no real need for them to do so . |
| 6 | They are not equipped to care much about the management of the individual firms they own , nor would it be sensible for them to do so : their benefits come from the market 's general performance , not from the particular . |
| 7 | ‘ Because they want everybody to have a Big Daddy with his leather belt keeping 'em in order — less for them to do , ’ he said . |
| 8 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |
| 9 | The cost of developing power plants to meet ever-tougher emissons laws will make it cost-uneffective for them to do so themselves , he contends , especially if engines are destined for low volume applications . |
| 10 | Provided he is not forced to drop them it may be that Gorbachev , ironically , could be the first world leader to actually reduce a country 's intelligence agencies on the grounds that there is less for them to do . |
| 11 | As one might expect , West Germany has inherited the ability to maintain vast dossiers on people within its borders and , bearing in mind that some 8,000 spies working for East Germany and Russia are said to be operating in West Germany , there is certainly plenty for them to do . |
| 12 | In truth , there was little else for them to do but work , if one disregarded the gilded nincompoops who surrounded the Prince of Wales . |
| 13 | Over the past 20 years , more and more food producers and retailers have included nutrition information on the food label , although there is no legal requirement for them to do so . |
| 14 | ‘ Wait for them to do so first , if possible . |
| 15 | It was a natural thing for them to do so I did n't take any action — told them in no uncertain terms that this man was ill and he eventually came to and everyone was happy then . |
| 16 | Low-rise houses , on the contrary , can be improved and extended by their occupants as and when it is possible for them to do so . |
| 17 | In fact the channelling of reports and dissertations towards educationally productive goals is merely part of a wider and far more important issue , that of establishing a new climate of opinion among teachers and those who train them which regards enquiry about the learners and the environment in which they learn as an important part of a teacher 's professional life , which seeks to develop interests and provide skills for them to do so as part of their training and retraining and which rewards initiatives undertaken in college and subsequently . |
| 18 | Jonadab had already hired a new third lad , or ‘ thoddy ’ as they were known , and there was little more for them to do in the town : neither was interested in the attractions of sideshows or stalls . |
| 19 | There is work for them to do . |
| 20 | TOO MUCH SUPPLY , TOO LITTLE DEMAND It will take more than an upturn to cheer the developers up — there will be little for them to do until tenants move into the large areas of commercial space that have yet to be let |
| 21 | I think it 's quite common now for them to do the asking . ’ |
| 22 | Fleischmann decided to send over all the equipment , cell , fluid and palladium , by air to Harwell for them to do the neutron measurements . |
| 23 | Knowing the ages of the children is also crucial in quickly planning toys and activities for them to do during the session . |
| 24 | The bottom line was that there was nothing for them to do and those thoroughbred young men were too bright and too vigorous to put up with endless bull . |
| 25 | To the discussions ( when appropriate for them to do so ) came the classteacher , the school nurse , the social worker who knew the family , the family priest . |
| 26 | He argued that the kinds of jobs which young people eventually did were determined not so much by the development of their inner drives , as by the structure of opportunities by which they were surrounded — the kinds of jobs which were available for them to do in the labour market . |
| 27 | Bankers do not make it easier for them to do so by , for example , facilitating the transfer of standing payment orders . |
| 28 | In popular discussions of private education , grandparents emerge as people very likely to pay school fees ( Guardian 27 May 1986 ) and it certainly has been the case for some time that it is advantageous in taxation terms for them to do so , since grandparents can take out a deed of covenant to cover this payment whereas parents can not . |
| 29 | In her study of young Asian men and women who were unemployed , Brah notes that sons with widowed mothers felt under particular pressure to support them financially and practically , and when unemployment made it impossible for them to do so they felt ‘ an acute sense of failure ’ as one of her interviewees put it , |
| 30 | Surely that 'll bring people back into the theatre it would obviously pay the artist it would also bring money into the theatre if the theatre could actually charged for them to do them . |