Example sentences of "[verb] do it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They 've spent years doing this sort of thing , now they 've decided that they want to do it for a living . |
| 32 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
| 33 | We want to do it for him . ’ |
| 34 | Start a hobby Contact your local adult education centre if you want to do it in a group |
| 35 | ‘ They just want to do the job they are paid and trained to do and they want to do it in suitable clothing , ie in uniform . ’ |
| 36 | Erm I 've mentioned accessibility , I would raise that again , I 'm a non-driver erm it 's easy to hop in a car and get from here to Chelmsford , if you want to do it by public transport it is a nightmare erm the meeting here on , on Monday which was very poorly attended , and I understand that 's been the pattern right across the area , and I do n't think the health authority is that interested in finding out what people have thought to be honest ! |
| 37 | Okay but we want to do it , good that 's it but we want to do it by times lots of these numbers times together . |
| 38 | anyway Bob said oh you 'll see him on Friday , I says Bill is a busy bloke you know , I says you ca n't just go on Friday and expect to do it over weekend |
| 39 | I tried doing it with my fingers but |
| 40 | Clare told me he 'd taken rather a lot of convincing — once he 'd determined to do the slightly naff champagne-pyramid stunt in the first place — not to try doing it with proper champagne flutes but to use the perry glasses like everybody else did ; too tall , too unstable otherwise . |
| 41 | Right so if you get to know if you drew do it through the week do n't worry about the pie charts do n't worry about the fractions . |
| 42 | So that that just stopped did it in the end . |
| 43 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 44 | They 'd done it for Adam and Christopher and they 'd do it for him . |
| 45 | In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism . |
| 46 | She 'd done it for him . |
| 47 | I 'd have ended up a patient if I 'd done it for much longer . |
| 48 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 49 | And she was going upstairs to turn the bed down she 'd done it for |
| 50 | The first time he 'd done it with a boy , he 'd been ashamed . |
| 51 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 52 | She 'd done it with Scott . |
| 53 | Yeah , but unless she 'd done it with him she would n't be panicking that much ! |
| 54 | It took them what she reported it as soon as the office opened and they 'd done it at about ten twelve time . |
| 55 | suddenly it all ended when a SAC , who was n't even a suspect , admitted that he 'd done it during a fit of depression ; with a pair of pliers , not a knife ! |
| 56 | Of course at that time we did n't realise she 'd done it on purpose . |
| 57 | okay just that I think if you 'd done it on your own |
| 58 | Well I do n't think you 'd done it since Christmas had you ? |
| 59 | They 'd done it in Gaelic to cover up the vulgarity . |
| 60 | He 'd done it by making her question herself , she realised . |