Example sentences of "[vb base] do [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to do clustering of any sort , you need a pseudo metric . |
| 2 | There 's a second group of students who write to me after that letter in May , and say , ‘ I no longer want to do English at university . |
| 3 | I want to do English as a subject at a polytechnic and would like to do something to do with Ancient Greek culture as well . |
| 4 | When human and reptile brains get together , they want to do harm from a position of safety . |
| 5 | This is because they 're no good fur falconry proper — you can train them to fly free and return to you , but as they 're nocturnal it 's difficult to train them to hunt under ‘ controlled conditions ’ , particularly if you want to do displays for the public . |
| 6 | Now we want to do F of that . |
| 7 | Of course , integrated programmes are less suitable for part-time attendees and those who want to do parts of a modular programme . |
| 8 | Smaller companies who want to do business with , say , motor manufacturers or DIY retailers often have very little choice about whether or not to adopt EDI . |
| 9 | This is a handy tool if you have reservations about a customer 's financial ability but you still want to do business with him . |
| 10 | The terms of the contracts in this category are rarely negotiated ; instead , they are prepared by or for one party who effectively imposes them on the other party to the contract , saying " If you want to do business with me , you must use my terms " . |
| 11 | I said , well look , we intend to fax through to Roy saying , yes we want to do business with you . |
| 12 | Large organisations that want to do business via EDI can provide valuable assistance to their trading partners in getting online . |
| 13 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 14 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 15 | And there 's so much voluntary work to be done if people have got spare time to go and help but , I do n't know whether it 's the sign of the times that people only want to do jobs for monetary gain . |
| 16 | This quartet has its rambling episodes , and the performance seems over-emphatic , as can happen when good players seek to do justice to a not-utterly-familiar score . |
| 17 | ‘ I nivver did games at school , ’ mused Werewolf . |
| 18 | A few months after his death , I was asked to act as editor of this bicentenary history of the Royal Veterinary College , and I am proud to have been one of the team that has produced a book which I hope does justice to the author and to the College . |
| 19 | His photographs seem to do justice to the epic immensity of the subject , but also its symbolic implications . |
| 20 | There wo n't be any fun in walking on the beach unless you enjoy doing battle with the storm . |
| 21 | respond to it , I tend to do things like that |
| 22 | It is undeniable that animals intend to do things in the sense that it is often true of them that unless interfered with they will go on voluntarily to perform various actions . |
| 23 | Many people like to do exercises to music and there are plenty of options — you can go to classes , devise your own exercises to music , buy one of the exercise cassettes with accompanying wall chart or , if you have a video , buy one of the exercise videos available . |
| 24 | ‘ I like to do things to a woman . |
| 25 | How I like to do things in the old-fashioned way ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You know me , Ruth , I like to do things in comfort . ’ |
| 27 | Music is a means of catharsis for them and they say they like to do things in extreme . |
| 28 | I like to do tests in my style which is quite different , I particularly like using black and white and creating more interesting pictures . |
| 29 | Mm , I 'm damn sure I will , I quite like doing things like that |
| 30 | I still like doing records like that — ‘ Question And Answer ’ was done in six hours , fifteen tunes in six hours ! |