Example sentences of "do it [verb] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Eddie 's betrayal of his cousins is also revenge — he was doing it to prevent Rodolpho marrying Catherine primarily , but at the same time he was getting revenge for all the problems that his cousins had caused him , especially regarding Catherine .
2 He argued that the public did not stand at the box-office window and demand dramas with happy endings or which mixed pathos and humour , nor did it demand comedy made up of ‘ slapstick ’ , ‘ gags ’ with ‘ three or so dashes of serious situation and a bit of irony to top off ’ .
3 How did it feel Jenny asking a load of questions ?
4 Did it pass resolutions to spend more money and get itself organised to ensure that the police could run themselves properly ?
5 Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do .
6 Why did it allow nomads to raid land-trains , and scumniks to raid techs , and upper-hab brats to descend wreaking wanton mischief ?
7 Nor did it need riots to provoke these swan-songs for the old traditions .
8 How long did it take lightning to strike ?
9 how , how long did it take Mick to sort it out ?
10 How long did it take Mick to sort a route out ?
11 ’ ’ I 'm sure I 'm going to leave the ground and float up and hit my head on the ceiling , and all the time the voices are call ‘ DO IT DO IT DO IT … ’
12 DO IT DO IT DO IT .
13 DO IT DO IT DO IT — that was what the dream had said .
14 But be clever and do it like Dad did ; arrange it so it looks like a burglary . ’
15 Yeah , so give you some knowledge about the level of your group would n't it and what does it give chance to do ?
16 Does it make sense to suppose that , as in The Andromeda Strain , members of a crew sent out to recover a satellite would be infected and killed by an exobiological organism it carried ?
17 The funds made available through the Farm and Horticultural Development Scheme will be a sound national investment but does it make sense to embark on a programme with a possibility that perhaps after six years the land might be allocated to forestry ?
18 Does it make sense to buy an annuity ?
19 Does it make sense to suggest that acellular creatures evolved out of a ‘ reality ’ which is relative only to a human-style perceptive system of mind and sense organ ?
20 In how many shapes does it make people shew themselves !
21 In spite of the attempt to introduce earlier maturity by means of the Shorthorn , the Charolais remains a late-maturing breed with the advantage that the animal is heavier before it begins to deposit fat , nor does it need hormones to put more meat on its hindquarters .
22 Does education prepare people to be objects of learning and to accept their place within the status quo , or does it encourage people to question the critical issues of the day and challenge forces that keep them passive ?
23 So what does it did Philip pay up on time ?
24 We can ask , though , to what extent does it allow individuals to have ( a ) control over day-to-day operational matters ; ( b ) control/influence over strategic decisions ; ( c ) control over finance ?
25 Not only does it help children come to terms with deeply felt emotions and powerful personal experiences , it is also a means to investigate the natural world about us .
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