Example sentences of "to do [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How much of Shakespeare do you have to do or do you have to do it all ? |
| 2 | There was unemployment going about and the man that had a certain job at making certain things were n't to keen to show the apprentice what to do or give them the recipes . |
| 3 | Knitters who have not practised the partial shaping may be casting off one stitch at a time as they were first taught to do or casting off in this way to retain a firm shoulder seam . |
| 4 | The only provision of Order 11 under which leave might be given was that dealing with the case where ‘ in the action begun by the writ an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do or refrain from doing anything within the jurisdiction … |
| 5 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 6 | Specifically , the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 provided that an agreement by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute should not be a criminal conspiracy unless the act itself was punishable as a crime . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure the doing of any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable in tort if the act is one which , if done without any such agreement or combination , would not be actionable in tort . ’ |
| 8 | But here again the knowledge is so practical , so much preconditioned by behaviour , that it can be taught and is taught mainly by doing what they are told to do on particular occasions and by not being allowed to do or to touch certain things that are always within their experience . |
| 9 | It is important that we continue to put ourselves into all sorts of learning situations so that we recognise what we need to do or stop doing with our pupils . |
| 10 | DeFries was never one to tell people what to do or badger anyone . |
| 11 | By this I mean that the commands to do or to abstain proceed from persons who no matter whether this is logical or reasonable or justifiable by any objective criterion — are believed to be persons who have the moral right to issue them : so that , correlatively , those to whom the commands are addressed feel a moral duty to obey them . |
| 12 | 7.7.2 not to do or omit anything that could cause any policy of insurance on or in relation to the Premises to become void or voidable wholly or in part nor ( unless the Tenant shall have previously notified the Landlord and have agreed to pay the increased premium ) anything by which additional insurance premiums may become payable This does not seem unreasonable . |
| 13 | Decide now what you really wanted to do , and what , with hindsight , would have been good for you to do or have . |
| 14 | In this context , as elsewhere in this book , by ‘ desire ’ to do or have something is meant to ‘ want ’ to do or have something , which in its turn means to seek the satisfaction of responding to an urge . |
| 15 | In this context , as elsewhere in this book , by ‘ desire ’ to do or have something is meant to ‘ want ’ to do or have something , which in its turn means to seek the satisfaction of responding to an urge . |
| 16 | Because teachers often can not answer the question of why they teach as they do and because they refer to statements such as that they just know what to do or have a feeling or sense about what to do , it has been suggested that what guides teachers in making sense of their work and what commits them to action is a mixture of " personal knowledge , tacit knowledge , routine knowledge … when conscious thought is not permitted the time to percolate and inform practice " ( Simons and Elliott 1989 ) . |
| 17 | Try never to do or say anything to a teacher ( or about a teacher ) that you would not like done or said to you . |
| 18 | The third force is the headteachers , for it is they who have the most decisive influence on what it is or is not safe to do or say in a school . |
| 19 | I did n't know what to do or say . |
| 20 | There was a long silence then and Creggan waited , not sure what to do or say . |
| 21 | He tried to think of something to do or say , but it was too late . |
| 22 | I could tell what people were going to do or say — trivial things like lighting a cigarette or commenting on the rain , important things like committing murder or founding a dynasty — and it disturbed me . |
| 23 | Nenna knew that , if it had n't been disloyal , Richard would have appealed to her to do or say something . |
| 24 | ‘ But you 're not going to do or say anything objectionable , are you ? ’ she said pointedly . |
| 25 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 26 | She did n't know what to do or say , and even if she had her body and mind were incapable of acting on it . |
| 27 | There was nothing more to do or say . |
| 28 | She did n't know what to do or say and wished he would do or say something to break the silence . |
| 29 | You 're not often disorganised so when you have to backtrack or retrace your steps to do or get something you 've forgotten you wo n't be best pleased . |
| 30 | Every month I learnt to do or to make something new . |