Example sentences of "[verb] do [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As often as not , He has done nothing of the kind . |
| 2 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 3 | However , it was a pity that Greg Lewin was interviewed by somebody only knowledgeable about corncrakes ; it would have been interesting to know whether Greg has done anything about the diabolical fingering needed on the ancient form of the racket . |
| 4 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
| 5 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 6 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 7 | He will , however , be expected to do something about the severe imbalances that are masked by the wonderful overall figures for economic growth . |
| 8 | Why would he need to do it in the dark ? |
| 9 | I 'm the sort of person who wants to do everything for the people I love and he is the sort of person who 's self-sufficient , or seems to be … = ’ she paused . |
| 10 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 11 | He wants to do something to the camp . |
| 12 | But he wants to do something to the camp . |
| 13 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |
| 14 | Yes , yes , when Paddy tried to do ours in the flat need to use small screw drivers to make the , the . |
| 15 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 16 | She says when you want to do something in the city it 's much handier to go with your bike than with car . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
| 18 | In 1929 an architect was engaged and recommended doing nothing on the clubhouse . |
| 19 | Teesside Development Corporation , which has planning powers over the site , said it had considered doing something with the site but had been deterred from making a bid because of site access problems . |
| 20 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 21 | Right so if you get to know if you drew do it through the week do n't worry about the pie charts do n't worry about the fractions . |
| 22 | So that that just stopped did it in the end . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 24 | " We came to do something about the record-player , " Sandra said brightly . |
| 25 | I seemed to do anything to the car , mind with the water pump I think they check , they have to er adjust the timing . |
| 26 | He said he learnt to do it in the field during the Falklands War . |
| 27 | A teenager concerned about the plight of the homeless has decided to do something about the problem herself . |
| 28 | Are you going to do one on the potty now ? are n't we ? |
| 29 | The one that he 's done so far was at the end of December and erm he is going to do one to the end of March and that 's going to be a regular thing . |
| 30 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |