Example sentences of "do [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This they can do through a stockbroker , who will sell them via the stock market to people who want to buy such bonds . |
| 2 | One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me . |
| 3 | And what can the cure-seekers do about a disease which is so difficult to understand ? |
| 4 | WHAT should Britain do about an examination attacked by the country 's employers ' organisation , by the heads of four-fifths of its secondary schools , by its university vice-chancellors and even by the Prince of Wales ? |
| 5 | but it 's it 's not , just looks and it will do for a while . |
| 6 | In a piece she wrote in 1913 , Ada Nield Chew constructed an imaginary discussion between a Cockney and a Lancashire couple on women 's work and the vote , in which the London husband says : ‘ It would n't do for a man in my position to have a wife going out to work . |
| 7 | It 's not a question of what a company can do for a day centre , or what an environmental group can do for a business , it 's a question what we can all do together , for the community . |
| 8 | ‘ What can I do for a child ? ’ |
| 9 | If you are George Goldner , Curator of Paintings at the Getty Museum , what do you do for a follow-up after you buy a great Rubens ( ‘ Samson destroying the temple ’ , see The Art Newspaper No. 25 , January 1993 , p. 9 ) ? |
| 10 | Well that 'll do for a minute so I can use it . |
| 11 | ‘ My qualifications bear scrutiny , ’ Leith answered , ‘ but what do I do for a reference ? |
| 12 | It was amazing , she thought when he had left the room , what food , wine and a sensational smile could do for a girl . |
| 13 | Yeah , scrub the switch up that 'll do for a change , paint it black inside the hose thing . |
| 14 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 15 | It was off , but it would do for a round of roulette . |
| 16 | TATTOO WO N'T DO FOR A JOB |
| 17 | ‘ What do you do for a living ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ What do you do for a living ? ’ he asked . |
| 19 | " What do you do for a living ? " a dealer asked the Sultan . |
| 20 | ‘ What do you do for a living ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What do you do for a living ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ What does he do for a living ? ’ |
| 23 | And er , talking a little bit about your family , w what did your father do for a living ? |
| 24 | What did your Dad do for a living ? |
| 25 | What did your father do for a living ? |
| 26 | What did your father do for a living ? |
| 27 | ‘ What did your husband do for a living ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Whatever can he do for a living , if he 's free to ramble about in the middle of the working week in April ? |
| 29 | ‘ So tell me , Gina Price , what do you do for a living ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And what do we all do for a living now ? ’ sighs Nick , wreathing himself , and the rest of us , in a chilly , mournful mist . |