Example sentences of "do [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was after world war one anyway I mind of that , so say it might have been in the twenties he might have done I would n't say proper |
| 2 | I 've done I 'll just go |
| 3 | ‘ How they were done I can not imagine … ‘ |
| 4 | Erm we 'll do I 'll just get you to write that out in words and then we 'll have a break |
| 5 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 6 | But actually there is one important thing they can do which would certainly improve world economic prospects : resist the temptation to put up new protectionist barriers , and push ahead with a speedy conclusion of the Uruguay round of trade talks . |
| 7 | If she knew a thing ought to be done she would really push hard . " |
| 8 | And when you 've done you ca n't stop folks thinking what they want to think . |
| 9 | for the easy job , you set your stall out , you make a jig to sort it all out , you can slide it in , zip , zip , zip , done you could probably say what , three an hour out , if you 're lucky , two and a half , three an hour |
| 10 | Now I 'm gon na leave it there , 'cos one thing that 's emerged is that even though you 've had this sheet with the diagram to tell you how to do it , you ca n't do you ca n't do it yet . |
| 11 | ‘ But no matter what he has done we ca n't condone anyone vandalising his house . ’ |
| 12 | If one thinks of what was done one must also think of those who did it . ’ |
| 13 | Not only may a campaign raise public awareness of the issues involved and win you new supporters , but the sheer relentlessness of pressure and eventual embarrassment at being seen to do nothing may also prompt parliament or Government to introduce new policies . |
| 14 | All I want you to do I 'll just read through this . |
| 15 | John has found much to do which will not require to be again done in N.S.W. I still hope we may not exceed two years in our absence and I think John is as anxious as myself on the subject . |
| 16 | When asked by a government committee what people were to do who could not afford 5s. a week rent for a room , her answer was , ‘ I should have thought that when the cost of living rose the wages must necessarily rise , or something more efficient be done . |
| 17 | I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly . |
| 18 | But they said to us on that night ‘ unless we have the full £150,000 for the seven performances we 've done and the eighth which we are about to do we wo n't go on . ’ |
| 19 | If we know what to do we can all look at our own houses and decide how we can alter them in not too expensive ways to make it a bit harder for the criminal . |
| 20 | ‘ The captain has the authority to make his position clear but if the umpires are in any doubt about what to do they will immediately consult with the match referee whose decision would be final . |
| 21 | The tradesman who put him there knew this , and hoped that by being removed to such unfamiliar and unpleasant surroundings his debtor would soon see the sense of agreeing to do what would immediately return him to the comparative comfort of his own home , namely to surrender , in settlement of his debt , the real estate which the law did not allow the trader to touch . |
| 22 | Some philosophers maintain that to act freely is to do what one wants and to act rationally is to do what will best satisfy one 's desires . |
| 23 | I do n't I ca n't remember doing I ca n't remember taking it . |
| 24 | What you doing , what you doing I could n't hear . |
| 25 | If she told them what she was doing they would probably support her , probably do as good a job for her as they did for Nina . |
| 26 | They might sometimes be able to migrate to new areas , but in so doing they would merely threaten the existence of the original inhabitants . |
| 27 | By so doing they can often make modifications which buy off subsequent opposition . |
| 28 | He kept in check the political and economic expectations of his people , but in so doing he may well have placed a burden on his young and untried successor , the fourteen-year-old Makhostive , his son by Ntombi Latfwala , who was queen regent of Swaziland from 1983 until the prince was crowned in April 1986 . |
| 29 | In so doing he could still ensure loyalty to the Merovingian dynasty , even if not to the individual king . |
| 30 | And in so doing it can often convey that a past is not a thing to be discovered . |