Example sentences of "they do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reasonable to suppose that children enter a communication task as active interactants ready to ask questions and generally negotiate meaning because that is what they do all the time in the world outside the laboratory . |
| 2 | they do all sorts of combinations of things in India combined to make their lifestyle different but they would , some people in |
| 3 | Some of the others are brilliant , they do all sorts |
| 4 | They do all sorts of erm projects that we never did . |
| 5 | They do all the attacking but the other team do all the scoring . |
| 6 | They do all the things the description 's given for adapters . |
| 7 | No he said , and I went over and I picked him up anyway , and sat him on , I sat him on my knee and I said we 'll just do some rhymes and I could feel him sort of going mm , mm , mm , like they do all pathetic and whiny , anyway Phyllis arrived and afterwards it was , by then he had calmed down and he was fine and I said wan na read the story now cos he missed it of course when he decided he could n't do without his car , so I said next week perhaps come without your car , I think I 'd won him over by the end but , it was a bit hairy . |
| 8 | They do all the bloody . |
| 9 | And this th th this three surgeons go out from here and they do all their research on the various and they operate from eight o'clock at night to eight in the morning , non-stop , using three theatres , each doing a forty five minutes one , and then another one takes |
| 10 | And that 's all they do all day long . |
| 11 | No , but I reckon I was in the best year , sort of , for G C S E's this year and the year that 's just gone , were the best years cos they they do all the . |
| 12 | wax , they do all the other waxes |
| 13 | They do all the page boy outfits and things in there ? |
| 14 | And they do all the sequence dances . |
| 15 | They do all kinds of cutlery plates and dinner sets . |
| 16 | They do all the |
| 17 | I dare say they do many different things . |
| 18 | Interrelated as these four issues undoubtedly are , they do each bring into play independent considerations . |
| 19 | There , tiger sharks have gathered , as they do each year awaiting this sudden abundance of food , and they rise with their jaws agape to seize them . |
| 20 | They do little or no teaching , so they are always available . |
| 21 | There 's lots of talking and laughing when they do that — they look like they 've had a real good time . |
| 22 | ‘ They do that in the West , ’ the Lout said . |
| 23 | Rather , it commands the government to make sure that its actions do not help acceptable ideals more than unacceptable ones , to see to it that its actions will not hinder the cause of false ideals more than they do that of true ones . |
| 24 | If they want to watch television , they do that ; if they want to walk around , they walk around , some do their own thing like reading or games . |
| 25 | Anyway apparently that clinic , you know , they do that , you know , in vitrio fertilisation , test tube babies etcetera . |
| 26 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 27 | Hey , maybe I should make a visicord of you two , sell it down-Level , sell you two down-Level to a doghouse where they do that kind of thing ! |
| 28 | I could get someone they do that for nothing . ’ |
| 29 | It 's probably an easier group to work with , because personality-wise the three guys have such a focus on what they do that it 's very easy to work with them . |
| 30 | They do that now . ’ |