Example sentences of "do [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is n't very specific , it gives eighteen different things you should do through all of them , you could just get |
| 2 | And how did you actually , I mean , did you do all this er er er , as it were in an amateur way or did you do through any kind of profe , wi with the help of doctors or |
| 3 | What happens if we 've got an emergency situation and how come when you got about three or four different authorities to deal with that matter and the other thing that has been said people said it to me , the question of building and in some parts of West Sussex we 've got concrete jungles and that itself can cause flooding because water does n't drain would do through natural resources through its natural well drain away . |
| 4 | And it 's already in your calculator now , so you can just do times three sixty . |
| 5 | ‘ Here , ’ she said , ‘ see what you can do about that gunk on your face before we get there . ’ |
| 6 | There is nothing I can do about that for he harms himself , but I must still behave like a dutiful son and observe a son 's obligations . ’ |
| 7 | There 's nothing we can do about that ; it 's how magazines work . |
| 8 | It is all too easy to get people who will tell you the nice things , and after all there is not a lot that you can do about that , but those who will stand up without fear or favour and tell you , hopefully tactfully , that things are not really the way that everybody else thinks they are pearls beyond price . |
| 9 | Jarvis disliked the whole suburban scene but there was not much he could do about that until he was older . |
| 10 | There was nothing she could do about that , but she could give the ring back and that would show what she thought of him ! |
| 11 | Now community charge may have made a difference but what , what did government do about that to s in a sense ironically to go against one of their one of the , one of the most basic principles of bringing it in ? |
| 12 | Her teeth were quite large , but there was not much she could do about that now . |
| 13 | I 'll see what we can do about that . |
| 14 | There 's nothing I can do about that . ’ |
| 15 | Her heightened condition persisted , there was nothing she could do about that : the swerves of mood , the burning senses . |
| 16 | And then they get bigger and they start thinking and watching and you realise you 're fouling them up yourself too and there 's not much you can do about that either . |
| 17 | In the meantime her mother would worry , but there was nothing she could do about that at the moment . |
| 18 | Well , let's see what we can do about that . |
| 19 | What I 'm saying if it is a one-off party there 's not a lot we can do about that . |
| 20 | The problem comes if they do n't , cos there 's not a lot else we can do about that . |
| 21 | What should he do about that young scoundrel ? |
| 22 | What would he do about that young man and the necklace ? |
| 23 | We 're stuck in this place for the time being , and it appears there 's nothing we can do about that . |
| 24 | If my right hon. Friend agrees with either or both contentions , what will the Government do about that ? |
| 25 | What will he do about that at home ? |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman asked what we would do about that fall in employment . |
| 27 | Naturally it is disappointing that I am not able to play in some tournaments but there is nothing I can do about that . |
| 28 | I 'll think what I can do about that ; I do n't want to go back to Security or through Six … when you come down to it how do we know some of the Old Guard in those places are n't involved in this bloody attempt to run the country from the shadows ? |
| 29 | ‘ Well , there 's nothing I can do about that , ’ she said stiffly . |
| 30 | Nothing we can do about that . |