Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Then he seemed to change the subject as he continued , ‘ You surely do n't think I plan just to sit around and do nothing about getting my speedboat back , not to mention my cousin ?
2 I have made it perfectly clear to the ferry owners in Rathlin that we shall do nothing without discussing it with them and the islanders ' development and community association .
3 For most of the leaders among the Owenites the distinction only showed itself in their recognition that the Bill had done nothing for working people ; that since the prime need , as they saw it , was to act directly to remove the evils of a system which grievously oppressed the lives of working people , the Bill had been at best an irrelevance , at worst a distraction .
4 But her own perspective was different : Durance had told Joseph that Leary was living nearby but Joseph had done nothing about contacting his old friend until he needed an alibi for the night of the murder .
5 I said well I think she realized it came to so he 's definitely booked the high court so she 's , she 's done nothing about changing him or anything like that .
6 That 's done me in lifting those boxes
7 When I expressed my appreciation of the honour he had done me by inviting me to his coronation , he replied that as the eldest son of his trusted friend , to whom he owed so much , it was proper that I should be present .
8 They can ch they can do you without having your telly on now , they can still
9 So women themselves can do something about educating men in the home , starting with their sons .
10 So women themselves can do something about educating men in the home , starting with their sons .
11 One day we really must do something about clearing them out .
12 I 'd better do something about improving it .
13 Had not seen Anna since then , but he said , ‘ Why does n't Nahum do something about making things easier for Anna ? ’
14 Senses ( b ) and ( c ) however can both be treated in terms of the notion of " passively experiencing " some event , with ( b ) implying on top of that a refusal to stand by passively and let someone do something without intervening .
15 Erm and er but I think it 's it 's better to take the time , and provide something that is erm what is needed , rather than to just go ahead and erm do something without referring to the people it concerns .
16 The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them .
17 I 've done everything from working on a building site for a week and promising to bring me cards in and giving a false name , to er potato picking erm doing hay , anything .
18 You can do everything from digging the foundations building the walls and putting in the plumbing and electrics .
19 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 .
20 The present government has done something by designating 40 per cent of the territory as country parkland where plants and animals are supposed to be protected .
21 Whatever floor that Ann 's been on has n't done something like put some money in so that they can take em somewhere else something like over in France or something like that .
22 He has a final interview with Miss Havisham , and forgives her the wrong she has done him in leading him on to believe that she was his benefactor .
23 And , what 's more , he 's done it without sacrificing the lightness and strength of the guitar , nor any of its internal volume .
24 He 'd done it by making her question herself , she realised .
25 He had done it by convening his kin and friends and other nobles in his support .
26 Actually , I 'm convinced the man to beat Lewis will do it through applying more mental pressure than physical strength .
27 We were on honeymoon , I could do it without loving or being loved , but not here … not in Hong Kong …
28 Erm we could even do it without bothering with twelfths on this .
29 Could you do it without counting them ?
30 And if you would do it without telling Mr Thacker .
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