Example sentences of "do [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they start talking they realise that there 's something that they can do about their problems and then they can start to campaign . |
| 2 | There was nothing she could do about her size . |
| 3 | I had twenty minutes to see what I could do about his combination locks . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman — a Scottish Member — refused to take the opportunity to tell us what he would do about his Scottish problem at Ravenscraig , but he has views about the west midlands . |
| 5 | Those of us with mainly slow-twitch , red fibres are physiologically disadvantaged , because there is nothing we can do about our muscle type . |
| 6 | Or if you 're a bridge player you might go and ask advice or read books but what do you do about your driving ? |
| 7 | And what do you do about your holiday , well pay then ? |
| 8 | ( There was nothing I could do about my khaki shorts except tighten the wizened Dan Dare belt that Brynley had passed on . ) |
| 9 | What can I do about my fat knees ? |
| 10 | ‘ Because if you force me to leave , what would I do about my wretched EC forms on milk yield with which I 've been wrestling ? |
| 11 | Sir , what am I gon na do about my bag ? |
| 12 | US and British officials saw Soviet expressions of displeasure as ritualistic , and the least that Moscow could do for its allies in Nicaragua and Cuba . |
| 13 | Dummies can come to life in books , as it seems they can do for their masters on the stage : and this miracle depends , not only on the author , but also on the people he knows , who may indeed be thought to participate in what he is , and who are likely to participate in his ventriloquism . |
| 14 | Can it market itself more effectively to its potential customers , many of whom are unclear about what factoring is or what it can do for their company ? |
| 15 | The voters ' register check which the bureaux can do for their clients would then work as a safety-net to catch fraudulent aliases . |
| 16 | What did they do for their meagre earnings ? |
| 17 | with like a navy stripe and erm an anchor on each side , it 's quite nice cos she 's got , I thought it would do for her holidays |
| 18 | Soon Endill had found a room that he thought would do for his workshop . |
| 19 | His grandfather had been sent to the stars in 1912 , when they still knew how to raise megaliths " the old-fashioned way " , which Ranteallo ruefully confessed to us was damn well more than he could do for his father now . |
| 20 | ‘ In despair , Rol asked them what he could do for his people except lead them in the killing of others in the land . |
| 21 | In my capacity as my own analyst I feel that the least I can do for my patient , and my readers , is precisely to ‘ let the case material speak for itself ’ . |
| 22 | Oddly I was uneasy about this , worrying over what I should do for my friends when I got home . |
| 23 | Yeah I like snowball , I do n't mind that that 'll do for my Christmas drink Is that half or a ? |
| 24 | and de see you if you can do for my table , like that . |
| 25 | Hey , that might do for my chairs do you think ? |
| 26 | er what can I do for my hand writing project nan ? |
| 27 | Facing up to your own problems , and trying to resolve them , may be the best thing you could do for your child . |
| 28 | The best thing you can do for your skin , throughout the year , is keep it moist with creams . |
| 29 | On the other hand , like all French spas , it advertises the wonderful things it can do for your health progressively as you approach , by way of graduated signs fifty yards apart , each of which singles out an affliction or an organ that you might have treated here . |
| 30 | Far better to invest in a simpler program and find out just what it can do for your business . |