Example sentences of "[adv] do [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 2 | Well they 'd basically do what the British troops would do but they would n't lose much hate against them would they ? |
| 3 | It was a monologue called ‘ Good News ’ , in which Beattie enthused down the phone at great length to a young man who 'd apparently done her the most enormous good turn . |
| 4 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 5 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 6 | The Baptists of Amersham were only doing what the universal Church had done for centuries in insisting on partaking in the Communion as a sign of being ‘ in communion ’ with the church . |
| 7 | ‘ I am pleased and excited that the Office of Communication 's long track record for media advocacy is being recognised by such a celebrated educational institution , even though we are only doing what the Gospels tell us to do , ’ said the Office 's Director , Dr Beverly J Chain . |
| 8 | They say they 're only doing what the local council would do if it was allowed . |
| 9 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 10 | you only do it the once unless you have the coat cleaned |
| 11 | ‘ So did I. The feeling wears off . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Threat ’ when used in this connection means ‘ an intimation by one to another that unless the latter does or does not do something the former will do something which the latter will not like . ’ |
| 13 | Rather than procrastinating with shadow trusts , why does he not do what the incoming Labour Government will do and abandon the ill-conceived , ill-considered , useless and unwanted ideas about trust hospitals ? |
| 14 | It is hardly surprising that a tiny minority of the signatories are now beginning to say , ’ We will not do what the treaty calls upon us to do ; we will do what the United Kingdom does . ’ |
| 15 | Take her to Nicosia , but only if you will not do her the service of remaining here , in this town , at her side . ’ |
| 16 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 17 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 18 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 19 | Can you not do it the coffee break ? |
| 20 | They 're not doing what the workers want . |
| 21 | My separatist friends said I was selling out , and taking on the role of mother was just doing what the patriarchy had trained me for . |
| 22 | just do what the , what the industry outside has done and spiral down into producing lower and lower quality of services |
| 23 | I still just do whatever the songs require ; the song is king to me , and I just do whatever works within any given song . |
| 24 | might say well just do it the end of the year . |
| 25 | We 'll still do it the same . |
| 26 | The Snotlings always do what the nearest unit of Orcs or Goblins does — cheerfully imitating their neighbours ' actions . |
| 27 | I was dead against it , but he always did what the family wanted . |
| 28 | Sally-Anne was delighted by his changed manner ; he always looked so charming when he smiled — even the scar seemed to disappear a little , and as she was always ready for fun herself — a trait she shared with her papa — and the game looked like being fun , she said , eyes shining , ‘ Oh , I play to win , too , but a good servant always does what the Master commands , ’ and she cast her eyes down in the manner of a stage domestic registering submission . |
| 29 | Madonna always does it the best . |
| 30 | Many of these boil down to the simultaneous call to go back to doing it the way it was , to keep on doing it the way it is , and to move forward to doing it differently . |