Example sentences of "do [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is most effectively done using some variant of the ‘ whistle-a-happy-tune ’ strategy . |
| 2 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 3 | Will my right hon. Friend see what he can do to help some children in my constituency , who came to me saying that they would like access to present-day artists such as Yehudi Menuhin , Cliff Richard and Jason Donovan and other , younger stars ? |
| 4 | That , surely , is the least that the right hon. Gentleman could do to inject some justice and fairness into the lives of our pensioners . |
| 5 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 6 | What do I have to do to get some attention , jump in after him ? ’ |
| 7 | However , those employed full-time off the farm did experience some problems at lambing and hay making . |
| 8 | Erm it has become worse in a way that er we did , I did experience some sort of er , er racial intolerance er with the youth , but the middle-aged and the er m older people were very , very er tolerant I had to ask er when I could n't find my way , ask my way to certain places and er there was an that er the lady just walked by me er with me and she , she said I 'll have to walk with you you ca n't find it . |
| 9 | This problem is highlighted by the studies of Linton and Wagenaar which do make some attempt to sample a range of autobiographical events , both of which while showing slight memory improvements for emotional items appear to show memory impairments if the items were regarded as unpleasant . |
| 10 | Do want some tea ? |
| 11 | Do want some lemonade then ? |
| 12 | Other times I am mean and nasty , and there are other times when I have n't got complete control of myself but I do want some sort of discipline . |
| 13 | I mean I think there are groups of women all over the country very interested in feminism and doing lots of good work and providing support for women who do want some sort of change , and so if that 's what you mean by the women 's liberation movement I think it 's a very good thing . |
| 14 | The majority of votes , however , were cast for parties which do want some form of accommodation , if only on different terms . |
| 15 | Although most of Hudson 's tests were conducted on schoolboys , he did conduct some tests on schoolgirls , amongst whom he found a different pattern : |
| 16 | These data do lend some support to the prevailing public opinion . |
| 17 | You can indeed Daphne , so there you are Rosemary do plant some shrub roses and even if you have n't got room for all of our suggestions I hope you 'll find room for two or three of them . |
| 18 | Of course some bank supervision is essential : economies need functioning payments systems , and sturdy-looking banks do mobilise some savings that would otherwise be stuffed under mattresses . |
| 19 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 20 | Anyway , all I can say is , I did make some notes somewhere , I think I put them in my pocket , or maybe ( silence ) . |
| 21 | Unlike the Mantuan and Ferrarese madrigalists , Marenzio composed mainly for the pleasure of the performers themselves , not for courtly audiences listening to brilliant executants , though he did make some essays in the three-upper-part style associated with the Ferrarese ladies , notably the exquisite ‘ Hor chi Clori ’ in his Sixth five-part book ( 1594 ) , and he must have reckoned on good performers to tackle the chromaticisms of ‘ O voi che sospirate ’ ( Book II , 1581 ) . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the USA did make some efforts to modify the brutal conduct of the Iraqi armed forces during their campaign against the rebels . |
| 23 | Faced with public anger about the Gulf war , the royal autocrat did make some concessions . |
| 24 | The movie that provoked most debate around rape and its representation before The Accused , was Lamont Johnson 's 1976 film Lipstick , which at least did make some attempt to make connections between the rape and the wider social implications of how society constructs images of women . |
| 25 | Direction , one felt , was needed , and up to a point , with soloists Neil Black and William Bennett , it did make some impact . |
| 26 | The papers I 've mentioned did make some suggestions , in particular Palmer , in his paper recommended that if the patient had a single tumour presentation and a negative three month cystoscopy , then subsequent cystoscopy could be performed yearly . |
| 27 | I know I am just an ignorant servant girl , aged seventeen , but I do know some Latin . |
| 28 | But I do know some ladies who have done well with parties . |
| 29 | Erm I do recognise some faces , I know some of you recognise me and eh cos we 've done quite a lot of things together , but this afternoon what I 'm going to tell you about is how I fit in with Council , I do n't think any of you know that or know what the Local Government Unit is . |
| 30 | But we do need some B types . |