Example sentences of "they [vb base] do [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of potential users of desktop publishing systems have a definite idea of what they want to do with the system ; publish a newsletter , produce catalogues , spruce up company reports , etc . |
| 2 | So the time for meals should be determined by when people get up , when they go to bed and other things that they want to do during the day . ’ |
| 3 | The erm he said soon they want to do for the room in the porch there . |
| 4 | Have they got any ideas about what they want to do in the future ? |
| 5 | And finally thank you to anybody else who know me for whatever they 've done during the year thank you . |
| 6 | Otherwise there 's going to be chaos there if they do n't stop now and look within themselves instead of all of this interfering in other countries which they 've done in the past . |
| 7 | Erm the forecast figure is our plan of getting to the end result , which is not the same thing , which is in a way it 's a bit like our overtime hours and some of the areas we said that we would spend X amount of hours in , in two months , we 've had to then change the shape of that and said we 'd have half of X over five months , so our forecast i is being done differently , cos they 've worked out the , the branch forecast quite significantly differently erm Jeremy went through , through most of th briefly most of the means of doing that this morning and it sounds a lot more sensible than what they 've done in the past . |
| 8 | For example , some governments would probably not have spent as much on telecommunications as they have done without the stimulus of a foreign-dominated export sector that produces hard-currency earnings , and the expectation that such facilities , however expensive , would attract even more companies . |
| 9 | Books on art appreciation will also concern themselves with formal questions , as they have done since the beginning of the century . |
| 10 | It is a place where people live and work , as they have done in the past and will do in the future . |
| 11 | If done well , these can add an interesting chapter to the history of the building , as they have done in the past . |
| 12 | But history has shown that those in authority should take more notice of recommended accident prevention measures than they have done in the past . |
| 13 | It reminds us that we are feeling anxious and in doing so increases our fear that the symptoms may get worse as they have done in the past . |
| 14 | It is hoped that members will continue to support the Trust as generously as they have done in the past , in the knowledge that by responding to information mailed to them they are making a contribution to the Trust 's work . |
| 15 | It will allow doctors to perform twice as many operations as they have done in the past . |
| 16 | The reason for such an uncompromising policy is made plain : ‘ … that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices which they have done in the service of their gods , and so to sin against the Lord your God ’ ( 20.18 ; see7.4 ) . |
| 17 | Schools are indeed to be congratulated in what they have done in the face of what you pr prepared for them . |
| 18 | Spoken dialogue being omitted , synopses are provided which make it absolutely impossible to tell where the musical numbers occur and what they have to do with the plot . |
| 19 | What we want to hear from them is what they plan to do about the tax proposals in the Budget : will they vote against them , or will they support them ? |
| 20 | That 's right , yes and t to , to line the walls , and paint the exterior , they 've got virtually , well they got nine hundred and fifteen pounds ' worth of work they need to do to the hut . |