Example sentences of "[verb] to do something [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 2 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 3 | He wants to do something to the camp . |
| 4 | But he wants to do something to the camp . |
| 5 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |
| 6 | She says when you want to do something in the city it 's much handier to go with your bike than with car . |
| 7 | " We came to do something about the record-player , " Sandra said brightly . |
| 8 | A teenager concerned about the plight of the homeless has decided to do something about the problem herself . |
| 9 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |
| 10 | Yes , er maybe I would n't have mentioned it , but er , well , that 's a story of one like dozens of people , congratulating us , that at long last we 're going to do something about the environment and protect it for the future of our children , and they consider it money well spent , and asking the question , why was n't it never done before . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm interested in art and maybe I 'd like to do something in the art world . |
| 12 | We 've got to do something about the bomb before we start . |
| 13 | We do n't always write on them ; sometimes you find that if somebody tells you to write a poem about windows you end up writing a poem about aeroplanes or whatever , and I actually like being told to do something from the outside because you 'll discover almost immediately whether that 's really something you want to write about or not . |
| 14 | They will probably want to do something about the fat and other charnel substances floating in the water , as well . |
| 15 | ‘ But knowing the little person he is , he 'll want to do something about the problem he has because he knows it will help other children , too . |
| 16 | If , however , I omit to do something with the result that it suffers injury to health which results in death , we think that a charge of manslaughter should not be an inevitable consequence , even if the omission is deliberate . |
| 17 | I often don't. erm and in some ways coming on a programme like this , or finding other ways to make your views be heard is erm I think very important in a way which me and my colleagues try to do something about the anger that we 're feeling . |
| 18 | As Labour 's spokesman on Northern Ireland , one might enquire whether he would not be better employed trying to do something about the vermin planting bombs in the Six Counties rather than those worrying sheep in the Home Counties . |
| 19 | God had to do something on the cross , in Christ , in order that his love which he has for us as sinners might become forgiveness for us in reality . |
| 20 | If the ‘ normal ’ woman had no libido , our worthy surgeons had to do something about the clitoris . |
| 21 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 22 | People have to be involved in something if they 're going to want to do something at the end . |
| 23 | Unless you wanted to do something in the kitchen as well of course . |
| 24 | Should not we as a practical matter offer them the facilities of Burghfield and Dounreay to do something about the beryllium and other toxic compounds which are doubtless leaking from ill-maintained equipment ? |
| 25 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |
| 26 | Jackline in the , you have to do something with the comb when it 's not showing so you 've , what 's happened to the white ? |
| 27 | We have to do something about the equity target . |
| 28 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |