Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere was one of people enjoying themselves in their own way and allowing everyone else to do so too . |
| 2 | Phoebe loathed housekeeping so profoundly that she felt guilty about it and always did it with a disciplined and joyless rigour , expecting everyone else to do so too . |
| 3 | Somehow , and she did n't know why , she could n't see him getting anybody else to do his dirty work . |
| 4 | They were concerned with variety of opinion , editorial freedom , partisan bias — values having nothing directly to do with economics and industry . |
| 5 | ‘ We are quite capable of running our own piggy bank , without asking someone else to do it for us . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ All it means is you ca n't sort yourself out and you are asking somebody else to do it for you . ’ |
| 7 | Well my there 's never any please , there 's never any thank you , there 's nothing , I mean there are are n't they , when he was saying that all he 's done for her and they virtually like turned their back on them , he got out in all those winds and weather were n't it , but , we built there and he come out apparently and said I do n't want you having anything else to do with my kids , |
| 8 | The new government , perhaps not knowing what else to do , took the drastic step of freezing all savings , while abandoning wage indexing even though inflation was still running at about 8 per cent a month . |
| 9 | Not knowing what else to do ( though now , suddenly , there was an awareness in her of where the burrow lay , point nine of a klick to the south-south-east , and the trail unscrolled before her taking forty-seven metric minutes at the pace they 'd come ) , Jezrael drifted along behind his back . |
| 10 | ‘ Very kind of you to say so , ’ Dyson would reply , not knowing what else to do , but turning his back for shame on Bob and poor old Eddy 's empty desk . |
| 11 | Not knowing what else to do , Theda first found a fresh cap and tucked away her dangerous locks , and then began to lay out her clothes , retrieving her portmanteau from under the bed . |
| 12 | I will have no trouble finding something else to do . ’ |
| 13 | No passionate declarations about changing for her sake , about chucking it all in and finding something else to do . |
| 14 | Eventually , the meal was concluded and Mandru stood up , prompting everyone else to do the same . |