Example sentences of "they do at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There 's not much for them to do at all .
2 ‘ So what did they do at these meetings ? ’
3 This was discussed with the Jones who resolutely maintained that now that ‘ the problem ’ was solved they were going back to normal and apart from the period of intervention they had not changed what they did at all .
4 in the erm living room , or dining lounge , what other light fittings did people buy apart from that , if they did at all ?
5 Ca n't think what people see in them , ’ he added darkly , referring to the fact that most of the Zoo visitors who came by the Cages spent more time looking at the vultures than they did at African eagles like him .
6 She could be pretty , she decided , if her hair were not so tightly scraped back from her face and if her eyes shone with eagerness , as they did at this moment .
7 My understanding is that A those do n't exist at present within the deposit plan , but if they did at some future date , for any reason , that their function would be to be used after two thousand and six to sustain the permanence of the greenbelt .
8 Tullibardine , far more cautious , was reluctant even to cross to the mainland and when they did at last set sail they suffered the usual Jacobite bad luck .
9 8. ‘ … are the only organizations that have been able to do what they do at all , even though it might seem that what they do is not that difficult or mysterious a thing ’ .
10 I do n't think they do at all .
11 And I see nothing wrong with allowing certain rooms to be used as bedrooms , just as they do at any English Dormy House .
12 The fairies giggle at their antics as they do at those of Bottom and their Queen .
13 One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog !
14 If they became angry at things said to them by professionals , as a majority of them did at some point , the horrifying causes of their anger were true , and were not projections of their own distress on to the professional concerned .
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