Example sentences of "do [vb infin] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know what she 's gon na do go to school and put them down ! |
| 2 | what do you wan na do go to places like you know the alternative , do you wan na be er inside journalist or an outside one ? |
| 3 | As a textile man I do n't mind woolliness too much but I do object to vagueness because this motion is so vague that it can mean as much as you want it to mean while , at the same time , it says to little as to leave an escape route for it 's supporters . |
| 4 | He surmised that Socialism would remain unpopular as long as critics were able to say : ‘ I do n't object to Socialism , but I do object to Socialists . ’ |
| 5 | And the idea did appeal to Morgan : a Kissinger-like shuttle . |
| 6 | No , Charles certainly did object to Ivan 's insults , and Ivan 's divination of Charles 's weak spots was uncannily accurate . |
| 7 | The European Commission did object to aspects of a proposed link between Fiat , Italy 's big car maker , and Alcatel-Alsthom , a French electronics giant . |
| 8 | He did speak to Murray on the phone but says he can not clear the mystery until he has a chance to study the report in detail . |
| 9 | ‘ But you say you did speak to Hilary Frome earlier tonight ? ’ |
| 10 | I did speak to Paula yesterday , and she said she was gon na speak to you Suzanne |
| 11 | Obesity can also increase the risk of heart disease , not in itself but because of the many other conditions it can create , conditions which most certainly do contribute to heart disease ( high blood pressure and diabetes are the most common ) . |
| 12 | When pupils do refer to dictionaries , take the opportunity to introduce them to various aspects of their use . |
| 13 | Throughout Latin America , except for Cuba , abortion is illegal but , nevertheless , a considerable number of women do resort to abortion , which is often carried out in unhygienic and inadequate conditions . |
| 14 | Services that do work to plans tend to be those employing professionally qualified staff , who act as advisers or consultants with regard to pedagogical methods and policy , or provide direct help to youngsters . |
| 15 | Do remember to book early ! |
| 16 | What did occur to Fabia just then was that , given that she was supposed to be the journalist , she was making a dreadful mess of it . |
| 17 | And as we set out in the management letter , it 's a requirement of the audit commissioners code of practice , as we do report to areas of all the authorities that we deal with on an annual basis . |
| 18 | Even if women do return to work after having children , the majority go to a new employer and often to a job at a lower status than the one they left . |
| 19 | Erm now we advise you to fill that in once you do return to work because at least then they can let you know if you are going to exceed the limit . |
| 20 | The other half of it lies in mobilising party and public support sufficiently strongly to leave Mrs Thatcher with no choice but to readmit him to the Cabinet if the Tories do return to office after the next election . |
| 21 | Mrs I do apologise to Mrs Chairman . |
| 22 | Now we do move to P . |
| 23 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
| 24 | In fact the painter never did return to Koraloona — and Marama , his mistress , always thought he had abandoned her , and over the years became obsessed by bitterness at the betrayal , for she never knew that in 1903 the painter had died , after she had given birth to a daughter , a baby girl so white that her mother christened her Tiare , after the beautiful white flower of the South Seas . |
| 25 | Further , when the Visigoths did return to Gaul , it was to an area where Athaulf had once established his court . |
| 26 | Deborah Coleman was one of the highest-flying women in Silicon Valley with the title chief financial officer until she suddenly took a long sabbatical a couple of years ago : she did return to Apple Computer Inc and became vice-president for information systems , but quit again suddenly last week ; she has now resurfaced at Tektronix Inc as vice-president for materials operations , which is a new post . |
| 27 | His assistant , Tony Rogers , added : ‘ We did apologise to passengers and the majority accepted it was a case of high spirits . ’ |
| 28 | It also transpired that the couple owned their own house and if they did move to Huntingdon , they would have to live in a council house . |
| 29 | Share prices do react to company announcements of dividend changes . |
| 30 | After some uncertainty as to whether the Meiji constitution applied to Japan 's colonial possessions , it was decided that it did apply to Korea and Taiwan . |