Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they do them for free ? |
| 2 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 3 | I would do them on separate ones . |
| 4 | ‘ It is ; she does these things well — but why the hell does she do them at all ? ’ |
| 5 | If Graham can write something solid about the lousy deal research gets in this country , it can do nothing but good . |
| 6 | The national curriculum should do nothing but good if it is a means of ensuring that schools do not , for example , permit children to give up all science subjects at the age of thirteen , or fail to reach a reasonable competence in read g and calculating by the time they leave school . |
| 7 | Disposing of the matter of gay rights in the military , even if messily , can do nothing but good for the relationship between uniformed and civilian powers . |
| 8 | I am convinced it will do nothing but good . |
| 9 | She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre . |
| 10 | At a simple level one might suppose that effective departments can do nothing but good . |
| 11 | Unfortunately I could do nothing at all . |
| 12 | Felipe could do nothing at all . |
| 13 | Four , you could do nothing at all and leave any course of action to the solicitors comfortable then you should be using their best endeavours to obtain the licence . |
| 14 | things like this , but regards to the fact that when , when something is sold to somebody right , erm , and then a , and , and the person who 's selling it receives the money , I mean the person the police ca n't do nothing at all about it unless fraud comes into it |
| 15 | Sinclair also urged Chamberlain to beware of a pact with Russia , insisting that the Red Army ‘ could do nothing of real value ’ . |
| 16 | " I can do nothing for that boy . " |
| 17 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I can do nothing for these engines here , in this storm ! |
| 19 | But we could do nothing with that English nose of yours . |
| 20 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
| 21 | Residents can do nothing with high-rise buildings once they are completed . |
| 22 | They said oh they could n't do nothing about that but er did n't think they could do much about it . |
| 23 | This does not make it certain that the West will do nothing about other ethnic cleansers ; but it does raise the cleansers ' hopes . |
| 24 | Ewan felt he could do nothing about this situation , and there was no use worrying about it . |
| 25 | A DG could do nothing about this . |
| 26 | We can do nothing about this letter . |
| 27 | You ca n't do nothing about any of it , in any event , so what 's the use of banging your head on a brick wall ? |
| 28 | Steven thinks that just be I only just got in he said , I 'm having my tea and he said there 's no way I 'm gon na do nothing like that at this time of night when I 've been fourteen hours at work So then he stormed off back home again so he said well you 'll have to move it cos it 's obstructing the dual carriageway someone might come round that corner fast and hit it . |
| 29 | He wo n't do nothing like that . |
| 30 | And we 've done nothing for two years . ’ |