Example sentences of "[adv] do thing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it , again if you 'd only do things like jogging it will build up , if you 've got the right conditions , your heart y y your heart and lung ability , but in order to have this stamina that we 're talking about you 've got to have power . |
| 2 | As long as we 've got that and peace of mind we can perhaps do things outside of what money can bring you . |
| 3 | You ca n't just do things like that , on a whim . ’ |
| 4 | I found myself just doing things without even thinking about them — my fingers seemed to work away on their own . |
| 5 | Much of the initial cost of setting up the campaign was covered either by various committee members somehow doing things for free or came from the remainder of the money raised at the Comedy Store . |
| 6 | It just does things to me when we kiss . |
| 7 | These people have always Done Things in previous lives , perhaps to make up for their rather undistinguished efforts while being alive and in their own bodies . |
| 8 | Maisie was always doing things with her hair . |
| 9 | They were al always doing things like that in Dallas and Dynasty though are n't they ? |
| 10 | Or it may be that you are not introducing enough variety in your activities , either always doing things in the same few ways , or else doing the same activity for too long a time at one stretch . |
| 11 | No no my dad thinks , he said he , he just said , he said cos when he was at Wellington he said there was this one boy and he used to go out under a bush or something and smoke and smoke and smoke all the time and stuff and he knew and everyone knew you see and he said that 's fine , you know , you can go and do things like that as long as you do n't get caught but like doing things like that in house and , and it 's like you 're the ideal for the removes and the younger people in the school , it 's like they see all the upper , lower and upper sixth smoking and screwing and they think God we want to go , we want to go and try it out , you know , cos that 's sheep |
| 12 | Cortot could be a master of Gallic understatement but when the mood took him he hardly did things by halves . |
| 13 | Alright well , generally then I think from hearing what you 're saying , erm , some good points , some perhaps things that you 'd do differently next time , and then what it obviously says about you is that , you 're all managers and you all have different styles , and you possibly do things in different ways . |
| 14 | There is a general feeling that publishers are more inclined nowadays to do things by committee and the rule book , and that the flair that characterised the Kaye Webbs , Margaret Clarks and Judy Taylors of days gone by is not much in evidence . |
| 15 | ‘ I confess to a touch of male bravado , ’ he admitted ruefully , kissing the lobe of her ear and then doing things with his tongue which made her writhe in delight . |
| 16 | Conversely , we sometimes do things with a horse that we intellectually reason should be all right , and it is n't ! |
| 17 | ‘ I sometimes do things without thinking first . |
| 18 | yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred |
| 19 | St Kilda never does things by halves : the whole setting is one of high drama . |