Example sentences of "doing [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could take the form of compensating the victim of the offence or doing something else to assist the victim . |
| 2 | Young men may be more concerned with doing it right to start with , rather than with using contraception . |
| 3 | Brancazio suggests that sensors in the inner ear may be providing the information that sends a fielder to the right spot , not doing it well to begin with , but improving with experience . |
| 4 | How often do you dump a file on someone 's desk with a Post-it note on it saying ‘ do this ’ and get it back — okay — competently done but with no knowledge how it might have disrupted that person 's other work or even if they liked doing it enough to want to do more ? |
| 5 | Sounds as if he was doing it deliberately to get back at her , does n't it ? |
| 6 | And er they would maybe er devise or make or r find a piece of suitable wood or something to scratch in the garden or in the sand or on a piece of nice soft soil , to make furrows and er imitate maybe what their Dad was doing out in the field and er they had no concept of doing anything else to play really , it was just pretending they were pretending they were grown up and working . |
| 7 | Lack of childcare facilities not only blocks a job , even if there were one , it prevents single parents doing anything else to prepare themselves for a changing job market . |