Example sentences of "do [indef pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately I could do nothing at all . |
| 2 | Felipe could do nothing at all . |
| 3 | Four , you could do nothing at all and leave any course of action to the solicitors comfortable then you should be using their best endeavours to obtain the licence . |
| 4 | things like this , but regards to the fact that when , when something is sold to somebody right , erm , and then a , and , and the person who 's selling it receives the money , I mean the person the police ca n't do nothing at all about it unless fraud comes into it |
| 5 | Which reminded her that they had done nothing at all about the shooting . |
| 6 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 7 | Unless you offer positive alternatives you do more harm than if you had done nothing at all . |
| 8 | Therefore it is nonsense for the Opposition to claim that we have done nothing at all about the problems of retraining . |
| 9 | Done nothing at all in their house , but since we 've been here in doing this and that , every things been changed now in it ? |
| 10 | You see when you first start , you 've only got three appointments anyway , so you can do one at ten o'clock and one at four ca n't you ? |
| 11 | ‘ What a day it 's been and we have n't really done anything at all . |
| 12 | A lot of students go through the system and do n't do anything at all with their training . |
| 13 | Living too far away from things : a ) does n't do anything at all , b ) extends the nose so much that it sags and closes down , c ) allows the nose to examine other things which are too close and therefore blunts it again . |
| 14 | ‘ Because here I feel I can do anything at all . |
| 15 | Some do n't do anything at all , they 're just there in the , in the name alone and if anything does happen they 'll into action . |
| 16 | So we , we have three categories , we do n't do anything at all , we do something fairly menial like washing away petrol or disconnecting batteries , or we rescue people . |
| 17 | It was not unusual for young ladies to do nothing at all ; unless they occupied themselves with Berlin woolwork or the making of shell boxes , there was practically nothing genteel to do . |
| 18 | They begin to assume that their ageing parents are never satisfied , and may eventually conclude that it might be better to do nothing at all for them . |
| 19 | Conclude : ‘ It is better to waste your old age than to do nothing at all with it . ’ |
| 20 | Nenna might have added to her list of things that men do better than women their ability to do nothing at all in an unhurried manner . |
| 21 | Since our son found maths difficult he had , quite understandably , decided that it was easier to do none at all — and had got away with it for over six weeks . |
| 22 | Presumably you have to feel that strongly to do anything at all . |
| 23 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 24 | ‘ Frankly , it does n't appear to do anything at all , but the other two call it the Senior Partner . ’ |
| 25 | Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all . |
| 26 | But no-one says anything about what to do , or whether to do anything at all , when you simply do n't miss it . ’ |
| 27 | Agreement on this suggestion would bring the meeting to a close , and most of those present would not have to do anything at all about the wretched book . |
| 28 | For a start , anyone with an existing Section 226 policy has no need , unless they wish to alter their arrangements , to do anything at all . |
| 29 | To do anything at all would be to risk exposure . |
| 30 | When she went out later she was too annoyed to do anything at all but roam around fuming . |