Example sentences of "[vb base] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we want do it Independently , |
| 2 | Make do with the absolute minimum . |
| 3 | It was a long tale of low-cost facelifts , make do and mend , and cover up the cracks in a coat of Network SouthEast red , white and blue paint . |
| 4 | I 'd really like some , but I ai n't got no money , so I just make do with warming my hands . |
| 5 | In the spa town of Svetlogorsk old German villas are kept for members of the Baltic Fleet ; civilians make do with bleak concrete blocks . |
| 6 | Increase her painkillers to a dangerous level , make do with the district nurses and hope she does n't fall again , which is , in fact , her best chance to get back in hospital ! |
| 7 | Why not leave slogging through all that real-time stuff to the critics , and just make do with the flashy emptiness of the trailer ? |
| 8 | Some branches go in for quite lavish posters , some make do with local draughtsmanship . |
| 9 | My way would be to lay planks and make do with these until I had confirmed that it was in fact a good swim . |
| 10 | Fashion in the 40's was not all austerity , not all ‘ Make do and Mend ’ . |
| 11 | Fashion in the 40's was not all austerity , not all ‘ Make do and Mend ’ . |
| 12 | Make do with a passionate summer and security will soon follows ! |
| 13 | Many people make do with a cup of coffee which , although it may taste good , does little to support you until lunchtime . |
| 14 | But why do Sharwood 's go to such trouble and expense when other people make do with so much less ? |
| 15 | Just that the latter will have to lower their expectations and make do with imperfect versions of the former . |
| 16 | Yes , good stuff , but make do with what I 've given you . |
| 17 | Any ‘ make do and mend ’ philosophy which applies to facilities and provision for any group of learners , including students with disabilities , is regrettable and short-sighted . |
| 18 | Introduce Brenda who 's going to speak to us on Make do and Mend and she 's asked me to say that she 'd be very pleased if people break in or erm sort of form some sort of dialogue with her as she goes along . |
| 19 | And I 'm going to talk about , and make do and mend in the second world war . |
| 20 | erm and as you 'll be able to see from my introduction make do and mend was n't something that suddenly happened in nineteen thirty nine there were sections of society in which make do and mend was a permanent and not not particularly erm welcome fact of life . |
| 21 | erm and as you 'll be able to see from my introduction make do and mend was n't something that suddenly happened in nineteen thirty nine there were sections of society in which make do and mend was a permanent and not not particularly erm welcome fact of life . |
| 22 | And for many people , make do and mend was always a harsh reality . |
| 23 | And now we 're coming on to your actual make do and mend . |
| 24 | Women were encouraged by the Board of Trade to join make do and mend clubs . |
| 25 | And they were encouraged to erm form make do and mend clubs where basic sewing skills and repair techniques were taught . |
| 26 | And let's make do and mend . |
| 27 | So that that was make do and mend knitting . |
| 28 | Women who preferred who preferred traditional methods of sanitary protection either had to stand in long queues in order to buy just one or two towels you could n't even buy a packet , you could just buy one or two or make do with other methods . |
| 29 | But when the make do and mend clubs were told that even worn out soft collars and shirt cuffs would make maps for tank commanders , they responded well and over a thousand tons of rag was collected between nineteen forty two and nineteen forty three . |
| 30 | Bread was rationed in nineteen forty six and food and clothes rationing continued like make do and mend until well into the nineteen fifties . |