Example sentences of "do it [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could do it wear colours like that at home could you not ? |
| 2 | Well maybe she was doing it to get Pete off the hook then . |
| 3 | Subtitled ‘ A short history of Everton , its Mother Church , and one of its mid-Victorian Churchwardens , including notes on how to start tracing a Family Tree ’ , it highlights the fortunes of the Mould family and by so doing it provides insights into the character of a place that was overwhelmed by its powerful neighbour 's rapid expansion . |
| 4 | Ooh did it go bang on your foot ? |
| 5 | As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be . |
| 6 | This he was entitled to do , but the fact that he did it aroused Congress to the realization that Gandhi had been right when he announced upon his retirement that India was still a prison , but now the superintendent was allowing the prisoners to elect the officials who ran the jail . |
| 7 | Back at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool , Nigel Lawson 's carefully worded oratory did little to satisfy those wanting Britain to become full members of the European Monetary System sooner rather than later , nor did it provide comfort for others claiming that interest rates had reached their zenith . |
| 8 | Not only did it have bundles of games and demos ( the only games I have enough money to buy ) but also pages of reviews ! |
| 9 | It did not look at rape as a social problem nor did it have regard to the difficulties which rape poses for the criminal justice system . |
| 10 | He did it to protect Lennie from being killed a frightened man , by someone like Curley . |
| 11 | And when did they actually terminate the employment did it take effect from the eighteenth of June or what ? |
| 12 | where you 're going , I mean I did Nottingham to Peterborough , how long did it take Nottingham to Peterborough ? |
| 13 | Even the date of the battle was not wholly fortuitous ; nor did it lack significance for those who fought in it . |
| 14 | Did it ask permission for flight path to , and landing in , Athens or other Greek airfield ? |
| 15 | Not only did it increase understanding of both quantitative and qualitative indicators , it also focused teachers ' attention on issues of quality in their work . |
| 16 | Moreover Pt I has other limitations in that it does not in any case apply to all products , neither does it cover damage to business property or to personal property below £275 . |
| 17 | Does it do adverts on any of the others ? |
| 18 | Absolutely , does it make sense for , for husband and wife over there to wait for the second one to have a heart attack , or the second one to have a cancer before it pays out , |
| 19 | Does it make sense to you ? |
| 20 | How adequately does it make sense of party politics ? |
| 21 | How adequately does it make sense of British politics and the part played by interests and groups ? |
| 22 | Nor does it ensure freedom from exploitation and oppression . |
| 23 | Has this occurred within the EC and if so does it reflect failure of the peer review system ? |
| 24 | Is it just a collection of stories or does it contain memories of real experiences ? |
| 25 | If the purpose of the statement is , as the Secretary of State says , to protect individuals against the abuse of industrial power , why does it contain scores of rights exercisable against trade unions , but not a single right to a British employee , male or female , exercisable for fair treatment by the employer at the workplace ? |
| 26 | Chapter 1 , ‘ Divine Revelation Itself ’ ( DV 2–6 ) , maintains the note of proclamation in mainly biblical language , and only towards its end does it reaffirm teachings of Vatican I on the human response to God 's self-revelation . |
| 27 | Does it get dark over there quick ? |
| 28 | It 's carbon , it 's not being used as a fuel it 's just being chucked in , to do something with the with the iron ore and why does it put limestone in it ? |
| 29 | Nor does it impress Freud to be told that religious propositions are ‘ as if ’ types of proposition , and that one should live ‘ as if ’ it were true that there were gods , or God , for there is nothing to lose this way . |
| 30 | Does it raise issues of more than local importance . |