Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , I could do them on the train to the City some morning every week . ’ |
| 2 | Firstly , I have been in football management long enough to know that team changes at this late stage will do nothing for the confidence of existing players . |
| 3 | Making it hard for directors to talk to outsiders will also do nothing for the cause of good management . |
| 4 | For those reasons as I , have I , hoped made plain , it seems to me that the general scheme provided by Mrs is the one that ought to be adopted , however in my view when Mrs also makes provision for a second carer for some three hours a day that is well over egging the pudding , if I may adopt a phrase used by Mr at one stage during the case , I feel sure that in practice the two resident carers would not simply say well I 'm on duty from eight am on Monday till twelve midday on Thursday and I shall do nothing during the rest of the week , I think that living in the household for , at |
| 5 | ( b ) A registered foreign lawyer shall do nothing in the course of practising in partnership with a solicitor which , if done by a solicitor would put the solicitor in breach of any of these rules or any other rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to solicitors . |
| 6 | ( c ) A registered foreign lawyer shall do nothing in the course of practising as the director of a recognised body which puts the recognised body in breach of any of these rules , or any other rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies . ’ |
| 7 | Referring to the burden which subsidies placed on the state budget , Ben Ali said that " we can no longer do nothing in the face of the growth of the compensation costs , which alone absorb one-quarter of state expenditure " . |
| 8 | The target may do nothing until the beginning of the following magic phase , regardless of which side 's turn it is next . |
| 9 | She was frantic to know more but her own ambulance was involved in an accident and she could do nothing until the end of her duty to learn whether or not Chris was involved . |
| 10 | The buffalo could do nothing against the deadweight of the Europeans . |
| 11 | Apparently Alfonso came to visit Richard and agreed to stand surety for his friend 's behaviour , guaranteeing that he would do nothing against the will of the Duke of Aquitaine or his father . |
| 12 | In 1974 military engineers stood by to operate power stations in Northern Ireland during the protest strike by the Protestant Ulster Workers ' Council , though they could have done nothing without the help of at least the power station managers . |
| 13 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 14 | I wonder if could do something about the window in the great chamber wind 's blowing through . |
| 15 | " We want to bring it to the attention of communities that they can do something about the rubbish in their streets , " said UNEP 's Richard Lumbe , launching the campaign in Nairobi . |
| 16 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 17 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 18 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
| 19 | Some people think that the police can do everything under the sun like , but of course you ca n't . |
| 20 | I will do everything in the power of the private citizen . ’ |
| 21 | I will do everything in the power of the private citizen . ’ |
| 22 | Gregory of Tours and Bede both knew that the conversion of their peoples to Christianity had done something to the religion to which they were converted . |
| 23 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 24 | If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner . |
| 25 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 26 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 27 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 28 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 29 | On neither occasion could he say why he had done what he did , nor had he done it in the company of other pupils he wanted to impress . |
| 30 | He had done it in the street in front of everyone . |