Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] do [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to ask what I should do to fill the day and he 'd simply say go to the park and knit . |
| 2 | Please could you tell me what I should do to treat the problem ? |
| 3 | ‘ There 's nothing I can do to prolong the girl 's stay here , even if I wanted to . ’ |
| 4 | The main problem remains Hillary Clinton , and what she might do to clobber the prices charged by drug companies in the USA , the world 's largest market . |
| 5 | It was as much as she could do to push the hand-cart and to carry her body around with her . |
| 6 | Maybe it was the hypnotic , rhythmic drone of the aircraft engines , or the sheer emotional exhaustion of the past few hours , but there seemed little she could do to suppress the memories she had so resolutely buried during the last five years . |
| 7 | She attempted to restore some order to her tousled hair with her fingers , then stroked on a little blusher to counteract at least a little of her pallor ; but there was little she could do to repair the ravages of the night , and finally she turned away with a heavy sigh . |
| 8 | It produces a good number of peaches every August but the greenhouse is in desperate need of replacement and she does n't have to , want to have to put another one in that position so is there anything cheap , she says , that she could do to help the tree to survive and fruit in a large open garden in Preston in Lancashire without the greenhouse , Walter ? |
| 9 | Consider if you are fit and healthy enough to endure this or is there something you could do to improve the situation . |
| 10 | A favourite mail-out is the 160-page 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth ( 3.5 million copies sold and distributed through a variety of sources ) . |
| 11 | Anything that you can do to support the D E C appeal for Africa will be more than welcome . |
| 12 | So let's have a look at what you can do to remedy the situation . |
| 13 | Trichologist Glenn Lyons from the Philip Kingsley Trichological Clinic will join Charles to talk about specific hair and scalp problems , and what you can do to improve the health of your hair . |
| 14 | It is as much as you can do to read the job advertisements in the Times Educational Supplement , let alone the leader . |
| 15 | Then see what you can do to change the circumstances of the situation . |
| 16 | Anything you can do to gain the advantage in combat is worthwhile . |
| 17 | What you can do to BEAT THE BURGLARS ! |
| 18 | The carer is involved in the routine : you will watch the therapist at first , and then learn how much you can do to help the learning process at any stage . |
| 19 | But then the dark powers rose , and the four Cities fell ; it was the most we could do to save the Treasures . |
| 20 | What does my right hon. Friend think that we could do to stop the drug being imported into this country , or arranging some reciprocal arrangement whereby we would stop importing Dutch cheese or some such thing ? |
| 21 | We asked ourselves what we could do to make the shops busy . |
| 22 | It shows how much we could do to address the threat of climate change if we were really serious about saving energy . " |
| 23 | Is there anything I mean I think I know the answer to the question , but is there anything we can do to improve the language that 's uttered in our church ? |
| 24 | Another said , ‘ The way I look at it , it 's too late now ; there 's nothing can be done which can put the clock back ; let's see what we can do to help the victim ’ ( FN 6/11/87 , p. 35 ) . |
| 25 | Critics might complain of what one of them called " the mysterious and irresponsible manner in which foreign politics are arranged " ; but there was little they could do to change the situation . |
| 26 | They were so far away from me , and there was nothing that they could do to alleviate the hardship of Legion life , so it appeared unnecessary to burden them with minor worries about bullying and violence . |
| 27 | The Charter , like most political manifesto , threw vitriol on the current state of affairs in Trinidad , political as well as social , and then went on to describe much that they would do to improve the situation ; but then , to paraphrase Andy Rice-Davies — they would would n't they ? |
| 28 | But we do n't believe that those sort of problems can be solved centrally , we believe that local communities can look at their own areas and see what they can do to lessen the problem . |
| 29 | But the Department of Transport says there 's very little they can do to make the motorway quieter . |
| 30 | IBM Corp 's new chief executive is being swamped with gratuitous advice on what he should do to turn the company around , but that coming from Stephen Smith , who has tracked the computer industry for PaineWebber Inc for 11 years , is probably worth more of Gerstner 's attention than most . |