Example sentences of "[conj] do [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was still debating between taking you away from him , waiting for it to end anyway , or doing nothing at all — the last because I knew that if your reaction to me was purely physical , I could have you … but probably damage you emotionally . ’ |
| 2 | Reflect long and hard , I would hope , in the interests of the Conservative Party , before saying or doing anything at all . |
| 3 | But as the new realists and the Christian revivalists equally understood , mankind needs its shared experience of reality ; and conversation apart , it is doubtful if anything but fiction can do it as well , or do it at all . |
| 4 | Do you want to give them now or do it at the end ? |
| 5 | Conclude : ‘ It is better to waste your old age than to do nothing at all with it . ’ |
| 6 | Work is a good deal less boring than doing nothing at all . ’ |
| 7 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 8 | ‘ I have had a long chat with Stephen and told him I know that he is knocking at the door of the full international side , but I would rather he played and helped out in the match at Tannadice than did nothing at Ibrox . ’ |
| 9 | Do n't try and do it at too fast a speed . |
| 10 | " They 've asked her to come and do it at their Christmas Club , " she said . |
| 11 | I think it 's a good time to spend in the garden to be honest , I mean you ca n't , you ca n't , it 's not really long enough to try and do it at weekends , not if he wants to move that garage back , it 'll probably take the best part of the week to sort that out |
| 12 | On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage . |
| 13 | Perhaps sit and do nothing at all — or perhaps be revolting ? |
| 14 | Policies such as these penalise those who drink sensibly , are detrimental to the drinks industry and do nothing at all to deter those who are determined to abuse alcohol . |
| 15 | His brief was simple : charter a large cargo plane and bring back to Farnborough all the pieces of wreckage that will , in your judgement , need to be examined in detail in connection with this investigation , and do it at the least possible cost to the taxpayer . |
| 16 | Mould was a frenzied , energetic builder and did everything at a manic speed . |
| 17 | To lighten what can be quite an anxiety provoking experience , it is sometimes helpful to ask the client to role play a particular situation , but to do it at first , extremely badly . |
| 18 | But no-one says anything about what to do , or whether to do anything at all , when you simply do n't miss it . ’ |