Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to do something [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I believe that with the privileges that come to those who benefit most from the capitalist system there are obligations , and so the combination of that latter thought makes me want to do something about the inner cities , plus a revulsion at waste and hopelessness and dereliction and concern which is self-evident in some of these older towns and cities . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Since I had to do something during the hours I was supposed to be with Sophie , I joined the local Labour Party . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She says when you want to do something in the city it 's much handier to go with your bike than with car . |
| 6 | A software crash generally happens when you try to do something in the same way — i.e. the crash is repeatable . |
| 7 | when you wanted to do something with the keys or operate er horizontal , there was a machine and you had to go to the do it yourself . |
| 8 | Unless you wanted to do something in the kitchen as well of course . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | " We came to do something about the record-player , " Sandra said brightly . |
| 13 | We have to do something about the equity target . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He wants to do something to the camp . |
| 16 | But he wants to do something to the camp . |
| 17 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |