Example sentences of "and do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in paying fares amounting to a tenth of that , we incur — and do implicitly accept — a low level of risk . |
| 2 | We 've been able to follow a six-page retrospective on Iggy Pop with a Lingerie-in-Rock exposé , and do both things with equal conviction . |
| 3 | When men get to around forty they all seem to want to have affairs with younger women … but … they have usually forgotten how to go about ‘ chatting up ’ women and so they revert to pubescent memories and do incredibly stupid things like writing letters , or , even worse , poems to the unfortunate woman . |
| 4 | The terms underemployment and ‘ disguised ’ unemployment have a negative ring about them and do little to help our understanding of this type of work . |
| 5 | According to Mensa , some parents resent their child 's special ability and do little to encourage their offspring 's special gifts . |
| 6 | The terms are of no great importance , and do little more than mark what is the incontrovertible fact of the duality within conscious episodes as we recall them . |
| 7 | ( d ) Some centres concentrate on group work and do little individual case work . |
| 8 | Every other paper one picked up had something either about his ancestors or his own latest piece of rabble-rousing — It was a stroke of genius by the Prime Minister to make him Minister of Fine Arts , where he could shout his head off and do little real harm . |
| 9 | Employees must also be rewarded for their commitment to the firm , but not in such a way that the desire for rewards affects what they think and do eg. secure lifetime employment is a more effective reward than early promotion . |
| 10 | ‘ We wanted to play Dublin but all the venues were booked out months ago , so we 'll have to come back in the New Year and do somewhere like the SFX or the Stadium . |
| 11 | You imagine this war gives you the excuse to disobey me and do exactly as you wish . |
| 12 | Listen carefully and do exactly what I say . |
| 13 | There are county players who average 35–40 and do exactly the same in Tests . |
| 14 | He still felt extremely nervous about what might happen once they left the warren and had decided that the best way to avoid trouble would be to keep close to Hazel and do exactly what he said . |
| 15 | If you manage to take off , follow me and do exactly as I do . |
| 16 | When you are at the beck and call of everyone for 14 hours a day for four days and for 8 hours on the fifth day each week you want a short space in which you relax and do just what you like . ’ |
| 17 | And if your friends at the club tell you there 's an opportunity to go upmarket , convince your boss of the opportunity and do just that . |
| 18 | Merete suggested I try and do just that . |
| 19 | Oh , she 's got all the answers up her sleeve I expect , but that has caused tremendous debt charges , which , at the moment , have to be paid , and whether we could find a private operator to take them on or not I do n't know , but private operators operate throughout the country and in many other of the districts within the county of Oxfordshire , and they operate efficiently and do just as good a job as the City Council are doing in the present situation . |
| 20 | What we try and do here is show young musicians how a major studio works . |
| 21 | Another thing , sociology would seem to be saying that those who have wealth and do well do so at the expense of the poor unfortunate . |
| 22 | ‘ If I score points and do well , then I 'll be set against Dusty . |
| 23 | I just mean that the school , in the shape of its teachers , expected you to have a go at a lot of things and do well . |
| 24 | On the other hand , there 'll be a range of different things I could become committed to and do well . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ They are very reliable and do well at rallies , as well as being value for money . ’ |
| 26 | In their interactions with the media , political actors pursue their own goals and do frequently dominate media content . |
| 27 | Stand upright and do high jumps , bringing both knees up to the chest at the same time . |
| 28 | On the other hand , erm quite a number are supporting the troops that are doing the fighting on our behalf , so it 's up to you ; it 's your comments that we want — Oxford , three double one , one double one , the lines are open and do please call in now . |
| 29 | Penguin starts life as a hideously deformed tot who bursts on to the scene years later as a fat , big-beaked freak determined to rule Gotham City and do away with Batman ( Michael Keaton ) . |
| 30 | If the meal you are attacking is lunch , or if you prefer a lighter dinner , it is becoming more and more acceptable ( indeed fashionable ! ) to eat two first courses and do away with the traditional entrée . |