Example sentences of "[adv] do much [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This behaviour undoubtedly enhances the survival of the transposon , but — as Crick , with Leslie Orgel , Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza argued , it does n't necessarily do much for the bacterium in which the transposon is a passenger . |
| 2 | There was some glow from the tiny window on the half-landing above and behind him , but not enough to do much for the hallway ; the sliver of light under his door was hard-edged , bright , unmistakeable . |
| 3 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 4 | Earlier monarchs had spent very little on such things and had not done much about the world outside Europe or about the development of their colonies . |
| 5 | However , we had not caught a double , so unbeknown to Rick I wound in my right hand rod which had not done much on the meat and switched over to a boilie . |
| 6 | Occasionally , he would take the place of one of the men , and he also did much of the ploughing of Handley Farm 's own lands . |
| 7 | You ca n't do much at the Print Manager end to speed things up , aside from giving it more priority . |
| 8 | She ca n't do much with the place until probate is granted . ’ |
| 9 | They decided they could n't do much about the rape , but they dealt with the wife beating by publicly humiliating and parading the culprits ! |
| 10 | You probably ca n't do much about the rain , but you can work out contingency plans such as having helpers to park participants ' cars or arranging minibuses to shuttle between the centre and the car park . |
| 11 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 12 | Would n't do much for the value of the house , either . ’ |
| 13 | Susan had said that they would both have to find jobs , and one could n't do much in the art line without proper training . |
| 14 | You ca n't do much in the winter , I was saying to George . |
| 15 | Used to put animals to sleep , they do n't do much in the way of treatment , what we want to do from this is press for erm a P D S A grant . |
| 16 | " The man was lying in the mud , and the doctor could n't do much in the way of examination on the spot . |
| 17 | While Colonel Sanders 's fried poultry has n't done much for the state 's image and few of us get to attend the Kentucky Derby , America 's leading spirit is becoming increasingly fashionable in Britain . |
| 18 | The net result with HM was that staff spent a lot of time asking and cajoling him , but he did not respond or became disturbed , and staff eventually did much of the activity themselves . |