Example sentences of "do [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These new measures will do nothing to improve industrial relations in this country . |
| 2 | The system was ‘ crazy ’ and would do nothing to help struggling publicans , he said . |
| 3 | The Greater London Association for Pre-Retirement ( address on page 154 ) publishes Something Different To Do which lists unusual interests and organisations to contact all over the country . |
| 4 | But I hate doing I hate creepy crawlies , I hate spiders and I hate going in the loft . |
| 5 | The results supported his view that in recall people make an ‘ effort after meaning ’ and in so doing they make characteristic changes to their recall . |
| 6 | In Shklovsky 's view , Sterne 's Tristram Shandy consists of a series of violations of literary conventions which draw our attention to the forms of fiction ; in so doing it transforms formal questions into content . |
| 7 | We 're not doing it to compensate Social Services |
| 8 | The capital development of the broadcasting services during this five-year period improved the ability of radio to reach remote parts of the country and beyond but did nothing to improve two-way linkages between Dar es Salaam and the regions and districts . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , he decided to side with Detroit on the day , so that he might be as comfortably partisan as usual , but he did so among a group of Pittsburgh supporters , whom he referred to throughout the same as Pitts-buggers , which did nothing to improve inter-City relations . |
| 10 | The truce of Espléchin in September did nothing to quieten importunate creditors , and on 30 November , having sent a bitter denunciation of Archbishop Stratford to the pope , Edward frustrated , desperate and furious — set out for England to wreak revenge and secure funds . |
| 11 | Anti-Montanist reaction reinforced the belief that the apostolic canon is closed ; but it did nothing to diminish millenarian hopes which long retained orthodox defenders , though there were also second-century interpreters of the Apocalypse who did not think intended to be literal and earthly the seer 's vision of Christ returning to a rebuilt Jerusalem . |
| 12 | Bamber blames glamorised media portrayals of nurses for contributing to the problem in that they ‘ do nothing to support realistic expectations of working in a hospital , but only seem to strengthen the ‘ angel ’ stereotype ’ . |
| 13 | It is no good closing our eyes to asylum and the pressures on our European borders — the borders of affluent countries — if we do nothing to resolve economic problems that cause people to become economic migrants . |
| 14 | Do I smuggle contraband goods ? |
| 15 | Not only do I consume vast amounts of raw materials — I am also a high-level polluter . |
| 16 | " Tell me , my little one , my daughter , why do I smell human bones ? " |
| 17 | How many uplifts should I use , and do I need special adaptors to connect them to the filter ? |
| 18 | Do I need different types of pots ? |
| 19 | Strangely enough , at no time did I have real doubts that I would be elected , and this determined my public attitude during the three successive ballots that were necessary . |
| 20 | Nor did I deplore English accents ; indeed that would be rather silly on the part of a professional linguist . |
| 21 | Did I say new vogues ? |
| 22 | How by that stage in your career did you tolerate bad orchestras ? |
| 23 | A and again , but why did you shout armed police , was there any particular reason for using those ? |
| 24 | 1 Did you enjoy reading more , or less ? 2 Did you read different kinds of book as you got older ? 3 Did you read comics ? 4 Did you read information books ? 5 Did you have reading tests ? 6 Did you have any favourite books or authors ? 7 Did you have any hates or fears to do with reading ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why , did you have other plans ? ’ |
| 26 | So did you get extra coupons if you were getting married or were you just expected to make do ? |
| 27 | I use it every day for work — do you suppose current models will last as long ? |
| 28 | Do you wear high heels or flat shoes ? |
| 29 | Mhm , do you wear like different , can you tell by what the person 's wearing , like do you wear different pinnies for different jobs ? |
| 30 | Excuse me , excuse me do you wear false teeth ? |