Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Treasury were very , very skilled chaps in more or less stopping you doing anything . |
| 2 | Indeed , the only question seemed to be whether he should even bother to make a move , or just let her do everything for him . |
| 3 | Or ever saw it done on the Eurovision . |
| 4 | While on his own home ground he knows how to do things , or how to get them done , beyond the boundaries of his home ground he knows , at best , only that he should comply with the rules without necessarily understanding why or precisely what all of the relevant rules are : he may simply go through the motions . |
| 5 | One thing that I always wanted not to happen to me was to become like a TV cameraman who goes home to watch TV and says , ‘ Aw , look at that lighting , ’ or something trivial that really has nothing to do with the actual story . |
| 6 | On the other hand we are fortunate indeed if we happen to be in a business that is so secure that it is enough for us to make effortless decisions that never require us to do more than flow along with established patterns . |
| 7 | Cod separated the pair for fear they would reproduce , and eventually forced them to do battle with each other . |
| 8 | So are they all gon na fall out , at the end , and not get anything done . |
| 9 | It was because it meant abandoning her dream of a small country practice jogging happily along and not having anything to do with what she thought of as empire-building . |
| 10 | I think he must be gay , I mean going into a monastery and not having anything to do with women and wearing a cravat |
| 11 | Remember they will send the claim form to the last recorded address they hold for you , so if you have moved and not informed them do make sure they have your new address . |
| 12 | The chairs were austere , upholstered in matching , ugly green velvet ; she was uncomfortable , and scarcely knew what to do about the performance tonight . |
| 13 | I think , I , I would actually prefer to leave the word annual out and just put I du n no what you wan na call it , I 'd I 'm always |
| 14 | I 'll do the very best I can and just hope it does you justice . |
| 15 | John nipped the problem in the bud in one lesson ; he got on Skipper and soon had him doing walk to canter and canter to walk . |
| 16 | So the idea of higher education as a fulcrum for critiquing society can be resurrected — must be resurrected — and still allow us to do justice to the internal integrity of students ' programmes of study . |
| 17 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 18 | Whether you pass an exam or not and you think to yourself , well they 're not really bothered about what you do , so that means you do n't really think of it in terms of , oh well , he is really taking pride in me or her and really want me to do well , it goes beyond just teaching me , it 's something personal as well . |
| 19 | Avoid stressful situations , especially if they involve other people and really have nothing to do with you . |
| 20 | He found that man more easily than he had anticipated , quite near at hand , indeed , having himself just completed his return charge and now wondering what to do next . |
| 21 | I reminded her that , if she felt it necessary , she could use the detachment technique and simply observe herself doing as I suggested . |
| 22 | No , no he , he unstuck er a drain and then said he did something on the roof |
| 23 | And so , if I do that for the army and then get them to do my degree as well . |
| 24 | At the end of the placement , a ward sister signed my assessment form and then asked me to do the same . |
| 25 | You will almost certainly come up against the person who has ordered something and then decided they do n't want it . |
| 26 | Cos I suppose they do so many recordings and then screen them do n't they ? |
| 27 | Thorstvedt said last night : ‘ First things first , I 'll take the Crystal Palace game and then decide what to do . ’ |
| 28 | Now what they 'll do is they 'll have a look and then decide what to do . |
| 29 | Well , we 'll wait until you come round , and then decide what to do . |
| 30 | You pay a small fee for board and lodging , and then find yourself doing things as varied as archeological digs in the West Country or maintaining the duckeries at Leeds Castle . |