Example sentences of "do [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've done I 'll just go |
| 2 | Erm we 'll do I 'll just get you to write that out in words and then we 'll have a break |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If she knew a thing ought to be done she would really push hard . " |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | If one thinks of what was done one must also think of those who did it . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | All I want you to do I 'll just read through this . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They might sometimes be able to migrate to new areas , but in so doing they would merely threaten the existence of the original inhabitants . |
| 15 | By so doing they can often make modifications which buy off subsequent opposition . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In so doing he could still ensure loyalty to the Merovingian dynasty , even if not to the individual king . |
| 18 | And in so doing it can often convey that a past is not a thing to be discovered . |
| 19 | Erm the way you were doing it will sometimes give the right answer but the easiest way |
| 20 | ‘ Do you think doing it could actually hurt me ? |
| 21 | It also means that the manager receives no plaudits for doing what ought already to have been done since . |
| 22 | If you do I 'll just go off … and with him . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I warn you , if you do I 'll never forgive you . ’ |
| 24 | Now , we hear time and time again of the one million capital that was spent and yes and I do hope that the provisions that will now be made through a combined budget which Mr seems to think is half a million but I can assure you it is not half a million however , I do I can further reassure him that by the time the Highfields er and Moat management committee have gone through with this it will be half a million , there will be a proper budget provision as it should have been in the last five to six years . |
| 25 | On one occasion she even invited me to her home in Chelsea , but I did n't accept as I knew if I did I would only have to ask her back to my place in Whitechapel . |
| 26 | If it did I 'd never get the jade back — and , one way or another , I mean to have it ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Because if you did you 'd never have betrayed his trust and taken the jade . ’ |
| 28 | Even if we did you 'd still keep it . |
| 29 | What I 'd say to you is , do n't mess up and throw away the opportunity you 've been given , because if you do you 'll only have yourself to blame . |
| 30 | If you do you 'll never recover the Presley hoard . ’ |