Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did nothing much about it — Eismark was still just somebody in shipping , not a politician — and it was only when he came onto the Secretariat that she asked for money to do some more work about it . ’ |
| 2 | I hope that our reforms will make it possible for prisoners to do some useful form of work in prison . |
| 3 | And his ’ habit of arriving back late in the evening after dinner to do more work was recorded in my preliminary report . |
| 4 | Cllr Cooper , a buyer for Littlewoods , said : ‘ I have taken a year off work to do this and there is no point if at the end I have made no difference at all . |
| 5 | We advertised , in fact , for people who wanted to smoking but could do with a little help , because I really do think that women do need a little help , a bit of support to do this . |
| 6 | ‘ We get a lot of money to do this job , ’ he reasons . |
| 7 | It might otherwise cost a good deal of money to do this . |
| 8 | There 's certainly plenty of opportunity to do that in the current glorious weather … and to simply sit and enjoy some of the traditional treats at Henley . |
| 9 | Penguin is ‘ happy to talk to anyone ’ along similar lines , although it sees Dillons as ‘ having the right profile and style of management to do this ’ . |
| 10 | We have to have several different kinds of spade to do this successfully — hence the features of ITMA units . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyone who knows Jo would realise that she 's not the kind of person to do that , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Each Cabinet sets up a number of committees to do more detailed work . |
| 13 | it takes a lot of water to do that mind |
| 14 | Indeed , it is probably true to say that the House of Commons relies upon the House of Lords to do this job , up to a point . |
| 15 | I mean — it 's immensely generous of Sakata to do this . ’ |
| 16 | Regulations have been made under the Civil Aviation Acts of 1949 , 1980 and 1982 which empower Inspectors of Accidents to do these things . |
| 17 | When in 1918 the party needed a social programme for negotiations with Lloyd George , it was to the work of the USRC that they turned ; in 1922 Griffith-Boscawen was able as Minister of Health to do some of the things he had attempted in 1912 ; much of Neville Chamberlain 's work as a reformer of the Poor Law was presaged by a USRC report of 1913 written by Hills . |
| 18 | well what we do is that we we all know each-other 's hand- writing so we borrow each-other 's pens and like last night I did all of maths prep and he , we 'll both remember that , and then one night when I 'm like under a lot of pressure to do some prep , he 'll like return the favour |
| 19 | This guidance often comes in the form of impulses to do this or that — to write to a friend , to read a certain book , to meditate , to go to a meeting , to buy some flowers , to sign up for an evening class . |
| 20 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I do n't think he 's the sort of chap to do that — especially if there 's a stiff breeze at the time . |
| 22 | There 's not a lot the act can do in terms for example of prosecuting people who use deception , it may just be possible I 've been advised , but it 's extremely difficult from an evidential and other point of view to do that . |
| 23 | You allow people to say what they like , write it down , you have to set a time limit because people get tired , it is a very sort of , it takes a lot of energy to do this , and concentrate on it . |
| 24 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |
| 25 | Yeah well he says , he says I rea I would n't have thought that but he said that 's not really his style , that 's not really like Sal to do that . |
| 26 | It is , in fact , remarkably simple for managers to do this , though it is rarely done . |
| 27 | They will need to work closely with schools to do this . |
| 28 | Paige herself had gone into town to do some shopping and had scarcely made it to the front door when the sound of another car coming up the drive had made her turn . |
| 29 | I think we would use it , if we were popping into town to do some shopping . |
| 30 | After Gloria had gone home , Melissa ate a sandwich before driving into Cheltenham to do some shopping . |