Example sentences of "[vb past] do [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hanson chairman earned £1.239m ; the Lonrho chief made do with £1.015m . |
| 2 | She made do with Kleenex and blotted the black mascara off her face . |
| 3 | Instead she made do with a holiday in Cornwall with the kids . |
| 4 | A couple in 1925–29 made do with 2.2 live births . |
| 5 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 6 | Tomorrow never came , and we made do with bread , onions , and a form of processed cheese called La vache qui rit , the Laughing Cow . |
| 7 | I made do with peripheral vision , which , after all , is the next best thing . |
| 8 | i longed for my muse to appear and scatter the philistines with a wave of her magic wand , her third , all-seeing eye , but i made do with a scented geisha … |
| 9 | It was raining slightly on the day of inspection , but Willis , who had not been able to lay hands on his waterproof " tile " , but made do with a deep-crowned felt hat , stood on duty under the gap in the weather-boards , while an unsuspecting clerk from the agency showed the rest of the boat . |
| 10 | Incarcerated in Terry 's room , they made do with sandwiches for dinner , and endless cups of tea . |
| 11 | David , who had been given a piece of her mind , returned sadly to a state of detumescence and made do with David Attenborough who at least was living vicariously . |
| 12 | Constanza shelved it by promising to take him to Rome after the war for some slap-up ceremony ; meanwhile they made do before a registrar . |
| 13 | I mean it does n't affect the area , I mean ours did do at branch , our students were erm , I mean they started work in the poultries , and they all had , you know , big cardies , it came from handling . |
| 14 | Since ownership passed to the legatee without performance having taken place , it was much harder to see that he actually did do with the legacy what the testator had intended . |
| 15 | Truth be told , I ca n't really remember what I did do in those six months . |
| 16 | Erm so we we asked and asked and asked could we change back to the old nutrients which we did do in the early part of December , and lo and behold , suddenly there was n't a problem . |
| 17 | I did do in the front , er , yes . |