Example sentences of "[conj] do [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are all familiar with our loyal supporters , but what about those people on the fringes who may have given a donation or done something for Save The Children in the past , but never really followed it up and there are the people who are interested who think , it 's a charity I feel I ought to support . |
| 2 | Nor can a single moment be cited when Poland , even if only in comparison with Russia , has successfully represented progress or done anything of historical significance . |
| 3 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 4 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 5 | If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ . |
| 6 | Would you recommend that I got rid of some of it then by paying my poll tax or doing something with it or use the money to live off ? |
| 7 | They 're doing it up , or doing something to it . |
| 8 | And I was in the depot and I and I was er trying to er get some money for , for this thing or , or doing something for it anyway , and this bloke said , said John , he said , what the bloody hell are you got interested in the people of Spain for ? |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Reflect long and hard , I would hope , in the interests of the Conservative Party , before saying or doing anything at all . |
| 11 | So when we , you see there 's no good putting anything in there erm or doing anything with it if we 're not going to use it or if it 's got ta come down in another year or two . |
| 12 | There are other infringements such as making anything to enable articles to be made or doing anything in relation to a kit . |
| 13 | It is characteristic of incongruity that there is no superordinate of either xenonym which can restore normality ( except , perhaps , at the highest level of generality , such as thing , or entity , for nouns , or do something for verbs ) . |
| 14 | Kapuscinski generalises : ‘ the degree of consciousness that drives one to demand justice or do something about obtaining it has n't yet been reached . ’ |
| 15 | But there could be more trouble if the king does not open up the political system or do something about the great disparities of wealth . |
| 16 | I refer especially to the case of a constituent , a boy who can not walk , talk , feed himself or do anything for himself , and will never be any different , as a result of meningitis at the age of three . |
| 17 | Then another command : ‘ Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him ; for now I know that you fear God , seeing you have not withheld your son , your only son , from me . ’ |
| 18 | Erm here I 've got some formulae calculating production figures er we 've got different quarters formulae found are somewhat similar er there 's a so that I can copy one to any of the other adjacent cells outside will work I do n't have to edit the formula or do anything to it soon as I copy it , it 's alright for that cell . |
| 19 | The policy of the solicitors ' governing body is encapsulated in Rule 1 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 ( and of earlier editions ) : A solicitor shall not directly or indirectly obtain or attempt to obtain instructions for professional work or permit another person to do so on his behalf , or do anything in the course of practising as a solicitor , in any manner which compromises or impairs or is likely to compromise or impair any of the following : ( a ) the solicitor 's independence or integrity ; ( b ) a person 's freedom to instruct a solicitor of his choice ; ( c ) the solicitor 's duty to act in the best interests of the client ; ( d ) the good repute of the solicitor or of the solicitor 's profession ; ( e ) the solicitor 's proper standard of work ; ( f ) the solicitor 's duty to the Court . |
| 20 | So which is ‘ real ’ , or do none of them possess any ultimate ‘ reality ’ ? |
| 21 | Conclude : ‘ It is better to waste your old age than to do nothing at all with it . ’ |
| 22 | Work is a good deal less boring than doing nothing at all . ’ |
| 23 | The aim will be fulfilled if the teacher 's aid encourages self-help skills and good personal organisation by the pupil rather than doing everything for him in the way of fetching and returning materials . |
| 24 | In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process . |
| 25 | Draw they did , but goallessly , a result that did nothing for Maidenhead but lifted Cambridge to sixth place , writes Pat Rowley . |
| 26 | Draw they did , but goallessly , a result that did nothing for Maidenhead but lifted Cambridge to sixth place , writes Pat Rowley . |
| 27 | Under fierce lights that did nothing for her head , a doctor and a technician examined them one at a time . |
| 28 | ‘ The dog that did nothing in the night-time , eh ? ’ |
| 29 | Well she I think it was Karen that did something for Children in Need last year and she sang on the air . |
| 30 | Rather than do anything about it , the Council pay the farmers a subsidy to filter the water . |