Example sentences of "but do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've known for 23 years what the potential problems were but done little to solve them , ’ says Hinners . |
| 2 | But in just a few years computers have made many specialised tasks obsolete , enabling one person not only to do the work of many , but to do many different jobs at once . |
| 3 | They want to appeal to people 's better nature , but to do that they ca n't point out what shmucks most of us are , most of the time . |
| 4 | But to do that was in itself to make a decision . |
| 5 | But to do that I must have time . |
| 6 | But to do that he had to forswear his … abilities . |
| 7 | The Gestapo was just about running the Communist party by 1944 , but to do that they 'd have to let some small fry run free , and from their point of view the Eismarks would be very small indeed . |
| 8 | Again she felt like getting up and leaving — but to do that would mean walking out of her job . |
| 9 | But to do that would be to risk being enslaved for ever . |
| 10 | But to do this would be double counting , since the value embodied in the arms production was actually produced in PP3 . |
| 11 | But to do this there must be viable , efficient and economic alternatives , either pleasant and safe facilities in which to walk or cycle , or reliable modes of public transport . |
| 12 | In this sense the members are not prevented from changing the scope of authority of the executive staff , but to do this they would be acting collectively qua ITC not as individual members . |
| 13 | But to do this , it will be necessary to take a closer look at language as a system of communication , and at the way in which it operates in non-fictional as well as fictional contexts . |
| 14 | Thus the extreme subjectivism of , for example , the novels of Virginia Woolf , belongs within the same formation as the economic interventionism of Keynes , who wanted not only to preserve the economic system by rationalizing it but to do this so that , within that achieved stability , the real processes of civilized life could be extended , undisturbed . |
| 15 | But to do this effectively workers need support . |
| 16 | But to do this the bank really does need to be very steep and , being a slightly hit-or-miss approach , is one more suitable to match-play than stroke-play . |
| 17 | But to do this , the writer simply repeats the wording of the question . |
| 18 | It might be h d that the place for this would be in the Computer Studies Curriculum but to do this would preclude a large number of pupils from acquiring basic handling skills . |
| 19 | But doing that inevitably brings the risk back into what was a risk-free investment . |
| 20 | No Canadian jokes , please , but doing this on the nation 's behalf just plays up to stereotypes . |
| 21 | We are separating out one aspect for analysis , but doing this is slightly artificial . |
| 22 | But doing this required mounting each Dalek onto a specially enlarged fender frame to hide the pneumatic-tyred tricycle underneath . |
| 23 | Much of what you invent will not appear in the final book ( it should n't , unless it 's relevant to the actual story ) but doing this will help you to be absolutely consistent throughout . |
| 24 | But doing this , you know , what ever it 's like , it , the other one was hopeless |
| 25 | Our political leaders have always moved in a crab-like fashion , saying one thing but doing another . |
| 26 | But do that and she 'd never get them on again , and she would arrive at Ardneavie not only late , but shoeless ! |
| 27 | The inductor L2 should not ‘ sing ’ , if it does you may need a fraction more tightness on the studding nuts holding it in place , but do this with extreme care . |
| 28 | Should things get rough to the point of injury then separate with a clear divider so they can still see each other , but do this only if it absolutely necessary . |
| 29 | But do this only when your heading is a large figure . |
| 30 | But do these totals prove that hooligan behaviour of a kind broadly comparable with the present day was widespread before the First World War ? |