Example sentences of "[conj] do [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | My view is and it 's a widely held view within the association and , and the informed clubs is that if we let that situation go on and do nothing about it we will have a decreasing er number of people going and number of people going sailing . |
| 3 | There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them . |
| 4 | Once he was on the mend , we decided to try and do something about his crooked leg . |
| 5 | In the end I decided to try and do something about it . |
| 6 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
| 7 | We know , even those of us who are still smoking know what the , what the problems are , let's get on and do something about it ! |
| 8 | She was a wreck and had planned to go and do something about it once dinner had been prepared , but now that would have to go by the board — there would be no time — and , besides , she could hardly appear to Luke 's business partner and his wife in one of Luke 's towelling robes , could she ? |
| 9 | Are you going to come and do something about it or not ? ’ |
| 10 | No one asked that question , they simply focused upon er the , the communist insurrection in the south and the American , American commitment to the global containment of communism meant that they had to go and do something about it and domestic political pressures were there too er President Kennedy came out of the Cuban missiles crisis a hero because his people mistakenly believed that he 'd won a foreign policy success and that he 'd acted in a restrained and statesmanlike manor . |
| 11 | These people want something satisfying , so you will try and do something about it wo n't you ? |
| 12 | These people want something satisfying , so you will try and do something about it wo n't you ? |
| 13 | And it 's no good moaning , so has to go and do something about it , |
| 14 | We ca n't just ignore it erm it is proper planning to try and do something about it . |
| 15 | That could , that needs to be maintained , it could also be extended , though of course they have great difficulties because of er their , their own financial restrictions , but we also , I think as a community , need to think about who these homeless people are , and , and not to regard them as some kind of alien population , but to realise that there are , they are our own neighbours , they are our own families that are in this predicament , and that collectively we need to join together and actually make demands on central government and locally to try and do something about it . |
| 16 | I want you to go and do something for me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It seems a shame not to try and do something for him after he 's sent a letter all that way . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The idea is we are going to try and do something with his hands to see if we can give him some form of grip . ’ |
| 19 | " They 've asked her to come and do it at their Christmas Club , " she said . |
| 20 | But at the end of the day , I mean , he 's sure gon na turn round and do it to us . |
| 21 | I shall have to come and do it to your mother and see what she thinks . |
| 22 | Or you could do what my elderly neighbour does : every time she feels like decorating she pays a neighbour 's student son to come in and do it for her . |
| 23 | Er champion of champions we 've , I bought some prizes for the champion of champions , and food er just to go with the trophies er Keith again was our judge and erm knowing that he does n't willingly accept money , he wants to come and do it for nothing erm how many proposed that we buy him something a bottle to take with him , so we bought him a bottle of wine to take with him and er that was the three pound . |
| 24 | it 's bad enough in your house , they have to physically go out and do it for somebody else . |
| 25 | I get a maid to come in and do it for me . |
| 26 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 27 | We , we always , we were lucky we ha knew a man named he lived on and he was a butcher in his rights , his own rights you know , just like and , and but er , me dad 's brother or somebody knew him and , and he used to come and do it for us like , you know . |
| 28 | You know , hardly get a go-round in the in the Dictionary of Quotations but at least you got the person there which is right , but in actual fact , how I might have treated that and I might what might have grabbed me a little bit more would have been the story which I would be looking for , I 'd be looking for my journalist to turn that into and therefore you might as well try and do it for us , because journalists like , like count on your labour , as I |
| 29 | Knock on her door at 3 a.m. for a leg massage and I swear she would get up and do it for you , though she might swear a little under her breath ! |
| 30 | Do n't wait for Personnel to come along and do it for you . |