Example sentences of "[prep] do [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You got ta do anything for the kids parties this year or no ? |
| 2 | Then you could sort of do something with the |
| 3 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 4 | Bingham wants to hand over to his successor a highly competent squad capable of doing something in the European Championships and the basis of it is certainly there . |
| 5 | He could n't threaten the Soviet Union directly because the Soviet Union was a nuclear power and could n't be threatened er so the course of action he took was intended to be moderate and to secure the objective solely of removing the missiles from Cuba , not of doing anything about the Cuban government or the regime or anything of that sort . |
| 6 | He could n't threaten the Soviet Union directly because the Soviet Union was a nuclear power and could n't be threatened er so the course of action he took was intended to be moderate and to secure the objective solely of removing the missiles from Cuba , not of doing anything about the Cuban government or the regime or anything of that sort . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll wait here , ’ Claudia said with no intention of doing anything of the kind . |
| 8 | This route to the Jabri Nullah proved elusive and highlights one of the problems of doing anything in the Himalayas : poor maps and strange local information . |
| 9 | erm well I was gon na come down as you know and sort of do something about the loos , but |
| 10 | It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured . |
| 11 | European diplomats say that Reginald Bartholomew , the under-secretary of state for security assistance , has warned them against doing anything with the WEU that undermines NATO or freezes out the Americans from security talks at which they think they are entitled to be present . |
| 12 | You and your body have been through a lot of stressful experiences , both good and bad , and it could be as long as two weeks before you feel like doing anything except the most gently of runs . |
| 13 | We as magistrates do try and be consistent in our sentencing er throughout the country , I think it 's beholden on the police to be consistent in their approach to offenders , as well , and it seems quite wrong that someone in Folkestone gets away with doing something with a guy in Wigan er goes before the court . |
| 14 | So this I thought about doing something on the erm , the new schools ' group what we when we finish the . |
| 15 | Saddam has never been known for doing something for the benefit of others . |
| 16 | We in the north , and in the E E C in particular , have a policy of encouraging , or discouraging , Third World countries from from doing anything to the , the commodities at all , apart from exporting them raw as far as possible . |
| 17 | The only provision of Order 11 under which leave might be given was that dealing with the case where ‘ in the action begun by the writ an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do or refrain from doing anything within the jurisdiction … |
| 18 | He said a small group of people who were interested in doing something about the issue would be interested to hear from people who had views or experiences on the subject . |
| 19 | With this in mind er , this morning I 've written to George , the trade union secretary of the Civil Engineering Conciliation Board , the negotiating machine and suggested to him that he contacts the employers to seek a further meeting to see if we can restart the talks based on doing something about the longstanding commitment by both sides of the industry to have a positive and sensible pay structure for the future this may be one way forward , one way out of the deadlock . |
| 20 | In the past , such a sweeping move would have taken the form of a peremptory decree , but the new parliament is committed to doing everything by the rules . |
| 21 | We may want to make the point that if we are to be committed to doing something about the global warming of the ozone layer then we will need to say when we will do it by . |
| 22 | I 'm … er … afraid I did n't get round to doing anything for the understudies . ’ |
| 23 | Again , as last week , try to be as physically active as possible during the next 24 hours , avoiding temptation by doing something outside the kitchen . |
| 24 | But if you 're prepared to learn how to do the wiring and to do the ‘ building ’ work ( and redecorating ) involved , it 's not difficult to improve the lighting arrangements in your home by fitting new permanent lights , and by doing something about the switching set-up . |
| 25 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |
| 26 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |