Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb mod] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the body contains more collagen than any other protein : it should be no surprise that protecting it could do a lot of good . |
| 2 | If chain shot were capable of removing a ship 's rigging it should do the same for the jungle . |
| 3 | Well that 's it , it might lead to better things might n't it , I say it might do them good to be away from each other for a week any way , might n't it ? |
| 4 | They say it 'll do little to bring long-term trade to the city , and will only encourge tour operators to use Oxford as a picturesque bus-stop . |
| 5 | There are four markets in which its designers say it will do equally well : graphics , we have already outlined ; then there are games consoles — Taos ' original home territory ; and embedded applications : it may sound odd to have Taos running in a photocopier or a drinks machine , but the tiny kernel makes it ideal , says Hinsley . |
| 6 | There are four markets in which its designers say it will do equally well : graphics , we have already outlined ; then there are games consoles — Taos ' original home territory ; and embedded applications : it may sound odd to have Taos running in a photocopier or a drinks machine , but the tiny kernel makes it ideal , says Hinsley . |
| 7 | But environmentalists say it will do some harm . |
| 8 | McMahon hardly considered it would do anything else : ‘ I sit here in my cell writing this , having served almost nine years of a life sentence for a murder I did not commit … |
| 9 | Informix says it 'll do some of the work itself , but will go to partners and other developers for the body of it . |
| 10 | If a manufacturer of a product says ‘ It can do this and that ’ then my expectation is that it will do exactly what the manufacturer says it can do . |
| 11 | → If you buy something which says it will do a particular job then it must be fit for the purpose . |
| 12 | As with its intended role in the failed ACE initiative , SCO says it will do all the required integration work to become a one-stop COSE shop . |
| 13 | As with its intended role in the failed ACE initiative , Santa Cruz says it will do all the required integration work to become a one-stop COSE shop . |
| 14 | Menlo Park , California-based Informix Software Inc says it will do versions of its family of database information management software to Alpha , Digital Equipment Corp 's new 64-bit computer architecture . |
| 15 | Though the company has already muted Cisco 's marketing ( dropping the slogan : ‘ It takes you by surprise ’ ) , Mrs Novello says it must do more — perhaps change the bottle 's shape and colour . |
| 16 | But this overlooks two points : first , that the transsexual is living proof that , in actuality , the psyche may operate in defiance of biological truths regardless of what the law says it should do ; second , that the psyche is not necessarily formed by choice , but may instead be determined for the individual by forces operating on him during its development . |
| 17 | I imagine it must do , yes . |
| 18 | Strathclyde told it could do better with green policies |
| 19 | I hope it will do the same for you too . |
| 20 | ‘ I hope it will do , ’ she said doubtfully . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope it will do the same in people 's homes and at other places of work . ’ |
| 22 | She had said it would do him good . |
| 23 | ( ii ) In any event ( concession : whether it does or not , implying it may do ) we know the most effective path … |
| 24 | It assumed it could do so again . |
| 25 | Anabelle felt like curling up in a ball and plugging her ears until they all went away — and she would have , too , if she had thought it would do any good . |
| 26 | Why had n't she stood her ground ; simply called Luke 's bluff — even pleaded with him if she 'd thought it would do any good ? |
| 27 | The sergeant nodded , deciding it could do no harm to concede a point he had already taken . |
| 28 | Maricourt RC High School was given good marks in some areas , but was told it must do better in others . |
| 29 | ‘ Any up and coming band that really wants to do it will do it . |
| 30 | It 's just that you know it might do some good . |