Example sentences of "do [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This they can do through a stockbroker , who will sell them via the stock market to people who want to buy such bonds . |
| 2 | And what can the cure-seekers do about a disease which is so difficult to understand ? |
| 3 | I told him about Hirondelle and how Deacon Billingsley had lied about the yacht 's fate , and I confessed that though there was nothing I could do about a corrupt policeman , nor about what I strongly suspected had been the murder of a yacht 's crew , I was still curious about the island . |
| 4 | One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me . |
| 5 | James nodded to him as though for confirmation and then said loudly , ‘ Let us go to the Castle — ’ He became aware that the further reaches of the crowd were out of hearing and shouted at the top of his voice , ‘ Let us go — along to the Castle — and let us see — what John Menzies — will do about the Act ! ’ |
| 6 | Is there nothing that the average man wandering down a country lane can do about the effects of autumn ? |
| 7 | ‘ There was very little he could do about the horrendous injuries Cooper suffered in his two fights against Ali , but he saved him on countless other occasions with his quick , methodical work . ’ |
| 8 | Asked last year what he would do about the loss of his top stars , Grigorovich said defiantly : ‘ If the stars leave we will bring up another generation , and when they go , we will bring up another . ’ |
| 9 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
| 10 | What can you expect is a certain amount of resentment or sour grapes between October 1–4 and , frustrating as it may be , all you can really do about the situation is put up and shut up in the certain knowledge that you will gain your freedom , however long it takes . |
| 11 | What can you do about the ones which can be changed ? |
| 12 | By contrast , the Labour party has been silent about new technology , preferring to mutter about unemployment without putting forward detailed proposals as to what it would do about the problem beyond throwing public money at the dole queues . |
| 13 | There is little one can do about the former . |
| 14 | If there is a power cut for 3 hours , what should you do about the contents of your freezer ? |
| 15 | Lying about my family 's social status came easily enough , but there was nothing I could do about the more visible signs of poverty . |
| 16 | The message of our experts is that there IS something you can do about the unsightly , and sometimes painful , form of fat known as cellulite . |
| 17 | ‘ There was nothing I could do about the accident . |
| 18 | There was little he could do about the image . |
| 19 | What can we do about the problem ? |
| 20 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 21 | What do I do about the money ? ’ |
| 22 | And that erm led to a lot of people coming down to the probation office , asking , you know , what if anything they could do about the noise up there . |
| 23 | ‘ What 'll we do about the tape ? ’ asked Camille . |
| 24 | Later in the day , a clam , dark brown Sunsail mechanic elbowed his way through the crowd of friendly Turks on the quay to see what he could do about the fuel line . |
| 25 | And in fact there was nothing that Willis could do about the boxes . |
| 26 | There was nothing Belinda could do about the way she felt . |
| 27 | What on earth will the Government do about the irresponsible and scandalous actions of Commissioner Millan who is withholding money , to which we are legally entitled , on the basis of a bogus bureaucratic point ? |
| 28 | If this guillotine motion goes through , what do I do about the thousand or so letters that I have downstairs ? |
| 29 | In any case , there was nothing anyone could do about the men in the trenches until the fog lifted . |
| 30 | There 's nothing you can do about the latter , and as for the former you 'll simply have to stop worrying . |