Example sentences of "they do [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
| 2 | If the Government claim that the health service is safe in their hands , will they do something about it and provide the resources , so that hospitals — particularly in the Edinburgh area — are given the back-up that they deserve ? |
| 3 | ‘ They wanted more details and I said it was a murder dammit and why did n't they do something about it and he said ‘ Another of those ’ and … well they must do something . |
| 4 | Why do n't they do something about it ? |
| 5 | Do they do them for free ? |
| 6 | Do they do them in there ? |
| 7 | But would they do anything about it ? |
| 8 | Nor can they do anything about his methods of selling the assets which have been charged . |
| 9 | ‘ Did they do anything to you ? ’ |
| 10 | Why ca n't they do anything till February ? |
| 11 | How could they do it to him ? |
| 12 | Whatever did they do it for ? |
| 13 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 14 | What did they do it for ? |
| 15 | And what about Duckman Peters would n't they do it for you ? |
| 16 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 17 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 18 | ‘ How could they do it on Christmas Eve , those so-and-so 's ! |
| 19 | year nine how can they do it in P S D ? |
| 20 | Why could n't they do it in the summer when it 's warm ? |
| 21 | Ten years after the Gunpowder Plot he still cried from the pulpit , ‘ Would they do it by fire ? |
| 22 | They done something to me , the clumsy buggers . |
| 23 | They done nothing for me at all ! |
| 24 | But it begs the question who are they doing it with , if the female averages are really so much lower than the male ? |
| 25 | What are they doing it for ? |
| 26 | Are they doing it on purpose ? |
| 27 | Yet a friend with a 14.1hh Welsh Cob says his costs average out at £12 a week ; admittedly she has her own land and he lives out most of the time , but he really earns his living — last year they did everything from Riding Club events to a few days hunting . |
| 28 | She said they did everything in teams , for the honour , and what was the good of that , when she could leave them all standing with one arm tied behind her back ? |
| 29 | These provisions thus removed a source of grievance , but they did nothing towards solving the fundamental problems of compensation and betterment , and the result proved extremely costly to public authorities . |
| 30 | If they did nothing about it , water would flow in through their gills , and other permeable parts of their surface , and they would swell up and die . |