Example sentences of "do [det] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level . |
| 2 | You can do that while I put the washing out . |
| 3 | He laid the naked red scrap briefly in Effie 's arms , and said abruptly to McAllister , ‘ Let Rose do that while you take the baby from me and find something to wrap it in . |
| 4 | You ca n't do that until you get the notes can you ? |
| 5 | I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ? |
| 6 | In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling . |
| 7 | But how could she do that when she needed the money ? |
| 8 | Obviously you ca n't do this while you have the ball ( you 'd kick it instead ) , or when you 're very close to it ( you 'd probably execute a sliding tackle ) . |
| 9 | At Faringdon 's , the singers stood on chairs but I do not usually do this if I sing the song with children . |
| 10 | But there is another , very important matter social work can do something about , which , over time , will do more than anything to raise the profession 's standing . |
| 11 | and I mean I have done several since I left the Scottish Office as well which is quite good and I thought that I might put Sandy at his ease by telling a couple of amusing incidents that have happened post the Scottish Office days |
| 12 | He had to do that before he joined the air force . |
| 13 | What 's more , someone will have to stay to receive it but there 's no problem getting one of the tank farm operators to do that because they know the tanker driver . |
| 14 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 15 | The nymphs remain with their mother through one or two moults , infecting and reinforcing one another , and they may go on doing this after they leave the nest , as the young of any one year remain more or less together in a loose family association . |
| 16 | Maybe but it is difficult when people do that because I mean the majority of us are going up and down and you get this one that 's going across and |
| 17 | All this activity did little or nothing to reduce the level of local taxation . |
| 18 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |
| 19 | I only did this because I know the outlet where I purchased the fish from has its own excellent quarantine facilities and I have used this shop for over 10 years and have never had any trouble with fish purchased from there . |
| 20 | Sometimes the legislature does this when it imposes the duty by couching the duty in very clear , concrete , and specific terms . |