Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] do " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll make do for myself but I wo n't make do for them . |
2 | I 'll make do with slides . |
3 | I 'm not going to Nettos today I 'll make do just go down the bottom . |
4 | O.K. I 'll try do a version , but it does effect on Q P 5 an Q P6 you see as well coughing . |
5 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
6 | Because they Hyflo has 4 outlets , and I am trying to keep within budget , I would make do with 4 plates with a gap of a few inches between them — the overall effect should be total bottom filtration as there would be some sideways suction across the gravel in the gaps . |
7 | Since Manning and Upward are in this way for the moment denied us , I shall make do with two other names : Maurice Hewlett and Laurence Binyon . |
8 | ‘ I can make do . |
9 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
10 | Sorry I 've spoilt your expectations … ’ his obsidian eyes darted over her flushed face , framed in its disarray of blonde hair ‘ … though maybe , ’ he paused significantly , ‘ maybe you 'll make do with a temporary substitute ? ’ |
11 | Right , Anthea 's not in her office right now , she 's in Eynsham , so it 'll take all of 75 seconds to get there , so she 'll make do with call parking it anyway . |
12 | The family say I take after my mother a great deal in that she could make do and be happy . |
13 | You 'd make do that ! |
14 | She could n't afford it , but no matter ; she would make do with her appallingly riddled stockings for another month . |
15 | GUSHIEST COMMENT : ‘ The greatest thing you can do do when you love somebody is to make another human being . ’ |
16 | You can make do with string , but having spent so much time and care on creating a perfect picture , you might be somewhat annoyed if it fell to the floor and smashed because the string had broken ! |
17 | If you can make do with a 200Mb IDE drive , the price drops to £1,940 . |
18 | You can do without carpet but you 've got to have somewhere to sit and the least you can make do with is one sofa or two good chairs . |
19 | no oh I carpets and what have you you know I think you can make do as long as you 've got one , you know why it |
20 | Is this so you can make do they let you keep the stuff at the end ? |
21 | To , yes , we 'll go do that . |
22 | Now what we 'll do do you like pizza ? |
23 | Well , well anyway we 'll do do that and see see what the other 's like . |
24 | We could do do things like that |
25 | In Darcy 's Utopia we will make do with listening to the radio . |
26 | Confronted with such a situation , with no sure indication as to how , if at all , a satisfactory clarification of particular identity might be found , we might be tempted to think that the best course to follow is to try and see if we can make do without relying on this awkward and intractable concept . |
27 | ‘ They might make do with that . ’ |
28 | What what do you think they could do do ? |
29 | He 'll make do with his interest-free £250 overdraft from the listening bank . |
30 | And until he gets real power he 'll make do with deference — subservience even . |