Example sentences of "to do [indef pn] at " in BNC.

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1 It was not unusual for young ladies to do nothing at all ; unless they occupied themselves with Berlin woolwork or the making of shell boxes , there was practically nothing genteel to do .
2 They begin to assume that their ageing parents are never satisfied , and may eventually conclude that it might be better to do nothing at all for them .
3 Conclude : ‘ It is better to waste your old age than to do nothing at all with it . ’
4 Nenna might have added to her list of things that men do better than women their ability to do nothing at all in an unhurried manner .
5 Since our son found maths difficult he had , quite understandably , decided that it was easier to do none at all — and had got away with it for over six weeks .
6 And at times of stress he attempted to do everything at once .
7 Then suddenly you want to do everything at once — things you do n't touch all year must be done now .
8 ‘ But the thrust of our approach is to start at home , focusing on one thing at a time rather than confusing ourselves by trying to do everything at once — which is a major reason why 85 per cent of organisations trying to do something in this area fail to get it right .
9 Time is appropriate where the child is required to do something at or by a particular time .
10 People have to be involved in something if they 're going to want to do something at the end .
11 manual worker — prepared to do anything at any time at very short notice regardless of what is in the oven ;
12 Presumably you have to feel that strongly to do anything at all .
13 At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions .
14 ‘ Frankly , it does n't appear to do anything at all , but the other two call it the Senior Partner . ’
15 Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all .
16 But no-one says anything about what to do , or whether to do anything at all , when you simply do n't miss it . ’
17 Agreement on this suggestion would bring the meeting to a close , and most of those present would not have to do anything at all about the wretched book .
18 For a start , anyone with an existing Section 226 policy has no need , unless they wish to alter their arrangements , to do anything at all .
19 To do anything at all would be to risk exposure .
20 When she went out later she was too annoyed to do anything at all but roam around fuming .
21 Or you 're likely not to be able to do anything at all .
22 But Mr Reynolds declared : ‘ Our first priority is to get all parties around the table , and we would not want to do anything at this stage that might hinder the process .
23 You do n't want to do anything at the moment .
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