Example sentences of "[adj] to do [indef pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm ordered to give you these things , ’ Harvey said , as though he did n't want to really , but I do n't think he meant that — he was just over-keen to do everything by the book . |
| 2 | But , as we have just said , it usually does n't seem possible to do anything about the job . |
| 3 | He has never been able to do anything about the chairs . |
| 4 | Because of the way Dr Kitzinger 's study was set up , she was not able to do anything about the stories she was told . |
| 5 | He had no idea that he would ever be able to do anything about the predicament . |
| 6 | So the bedrooms and they 're not too bad because he has n't been able to do anything in the bedrooms the bedrooms are alright except that over the lintels in most of the bedrooms the plaster is is not right , it 's it 's flaking in great lumps and rippling and cracked something to do with the |
| 7 | And that 's extremely difficult to do something about the equity target , since National policy , the distribution of income , housing policy , all the things that we tackle on this committee and committees of the council have a very significant effect on the health of the people who live in the city , and it 's not in our control . |
| 8 | FEARFUL that an eco-collection could be tarnished with a ‘ muesli bar ’ image , she purposefully chose ‘ to show an avant-garde range that did n't look too eco because the consumer is not ready to do something for the environment at the expense of looking good ’ . |