Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I could do them on the train to the City some morning every week . ’ |
| 3 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 4 | Unless they 're gon na do them on the roads there 's the motorway , that 's Manchester , unless they 're gon na do them on the roads |
| 5 | Unless they 're gon na do them on the roads there 's the motorway , that 's Manchester , unless they 're gon na do them on the roads |
| 6 | And then we come to the sixth race which is the eight forty five , well I 'm going to go for Angie Baby here in trap three , she 's erm a little bit of a kidder but she might have the legs of these , as long as something leads her , she 'll come and erm try and do them on the line , so it 's Angie Baby for me there , erm Ruby Blue in trap six is a danger . |
| 7 | Most countries organize censuses of their population on something like ten-yearly intervals , but not all do , and they certainly do not do them at the same point in time . |
| 8 | No you can do them at the front . |
| 9 | Well I 'll leave ca I do n't wan na do them till the summer , it will be too bloody wet now . |
| 10 | But I could do them in the smaller size . ’ |
| 11 | I mean , as you say , I cover all the points but because you do n't do them in the right order perhaps you muck them up |
| 12 | It will do nothing of the kind . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll do nothing of the sort . |
| 14 | 'I 'll do nothing of the sort , Aunt Nessy , ’ the young parson said now . |
| 15 | ‘ You 'll do nothing of the sort , ’ said her uncle firmly . |
| 16 | But Joe knew that Ashdown would do nothing of the kind . |
| 17 | Both thorns are tolerant of pollution and are tough enough to grow in open , exposed seaside sites regularly raked over by salt-laden winds , although these of course will do nothing for the autumn display . |
| 18 | A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad . |
| 19 | Firstly , I have been in football management long enough to know that team changes at this late stage will do nothing for the confidence of existing players . |
| 20 | Making it hard for directors to talk to outsiders will also do nothing for the cause of good management . |
| 21 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 22 | One farmer claimed he would do nothing to the buildings until his son had been confirmed in the tenancy . |
| 23 | If not , I will do nothing with the information you give me . |
| 24 | But England could do nothing with the advantage because of the ferocity and speed with which the Irish forwards hammered whichever luckless Englishman was left to tidy up the tap . |
| 25 | you have to cos they ca n't do nothing with the bits , they give you all the bits |
| 26 | Notice that the enzyme can do nothing about the difference , h , between the initial and final energy engineer can , by digging a tunnel , reduce the height to which one must climb to travel between them , but if there is a difference of altitude between the cities he can not alter it . |
| 27 | The Bristol University graduate , the third-choice keeper until last night , did not put a hand , or foot , wrong and he could do nothing about the Spartak goals . |
| 28 | Sherlock Holmes is a very clever detective , but he can do nothing about the weather . |
| 29 | She could do nothing about the cold or the slick damp that covered the walls , but she had gathered as much straw as she could and had made a bed in the driest of the cells . |
| 30 | He would do nothing about the problem , and that is why he is unsuited to hold the office of Home Secretary . |