Example sentences of "to do but [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Richmal Crompton 's School Is a Waste of Time ! , which we have recently published , he is recorded as saying that MP 's ‘ have n't anything to do but make speeches and they need n't even make speeches if they do n't feel like it and they 're paid money whether they make speeches or not , which seems very nice for the MPs … |
| 2 | There was nothing left to do but join Shildon . |
| 3 | When you had nothing to do but kill time , it dragged incredibly slowly . |
| 4 | So , please do n't assume that teachers have nothing else to do but give lectures and await your arrival in their rooms . |
| 5 | Against this background of craters and devastated buildings people sit in the sun at cafes open again for a town which has nothing else to do but drink coffee and wait for the future . |
| 6 | There was nothing for him to do but play cards , which was allowed . |