Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you that 's what Labour want to do do n't they ? |
| 2 | This we have seen do in Formen . |
| 3 | But the besieged British of Ulster have to make do with liberal platitudes instead of a tough security police . |
| 4 | Many primary schools have the good fortune to have a separate dining hall while others have to make do with a hall that serves for dining , assemblies , PE and numerous other activities during the day . |
| 5 | The majority of windsurfers , though , do not enjoy the perfect conditions that are needed to perform such spectacular manoeuvres and we have to make do with much smaller and fewer well-shaped waves . |
| 6 | In 1987 the Passport Office ceased to issue the familiar hard-backed dark blue , gold-embossed symbol of British superiority , and we now have to make do with a limp , plastic-covered , mulberry-coloured booklet which is no more impressive than those of other countries . |
| 7 | Some elderly people still prefer ( or have to make do with ) an open fire , but this often presents problems if they have no one to carry coal for them and help to clear out the grate if it is of the old-fashioned type . |
| 8 | The north-east parts have to make do with anything from 25 to 75 in ( 65–190 cm ) annually . |
| 9 | Instead we have to make do with such things as the Philips reissue of a 1982 Shostakovich Eighth , recorded at the wrong pitch ( 6/89 ) , and a five-disc Olympia compilation whose artistic quality is decidedly mixed ( 8/88 ) . |
| 10 | Where the lower orders of life have to make do with conditioned reflexes which so operate on behaviour as to limit conflict to levels that do not threaten the species , man — blessed as he is with free will — must institutionalise or die . |
| 11 | Having a baby usually means not being able to have a job as well so most young mothers have to make do with the various state benefits they are entitled to . |
| 12 | ‘ We have to make do with one in here , sharing it . |
| 13 | Some of us have to make do with jobs on the fringe . ’ |
| 14 | As a result Zambians have to make do with ‘ the left-overs of the book world , rather than its riches ’ . |
| 15 | Until then motorists have to make do with these temporary toilets which opened today . |
| 16 | Today 's passengers have to make do with a 10-mile return trip to Twyford . |
| 17 | Oh no , it is nice to have a nice car but you have to make do do n't you ? |