Example sentences of "do [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But people who knew the man say they think the council did n't do enough to find out if he was in need of help . |
| 2 | ‘ Would n't you do better to turn in ? ’ she asked . |
| 3 | Instead of towing amplified sweet nothings ahead of the school , they might do better to sit astern with a few well-chosen selections from The Osmonds ' Greatest Hits , or Singalongamax . |
| 4 | Because I mind our Dad saying : ‘ She 'd do better to take on a class o' twelve-years-olds than take on Walter Machin ! ’ |
| 5 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 6 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 7 | I 'd do better to jog home than drive . ’ |
| 8 | A man of ever-changing whims , and now I see you 're freed from your fearful collar , Midnight , you 'd do better to sign on . |
| 9 | ‘ After 10 years of employment legislation focused on what unions and their members may not do , the Government would do better to spell out the positive rights it believes trade union members are entitled to at the workplace . ’ |
| 10 | For the time being , however , investors might do better to clear out their portfolios than to add to them . |
| 11 | They would do better to rethink why they regulate banks at all . |
| 12 | The Front 's traditional candidate in the town told reporters that ‘ my friend Jean-Marie would do better to stand elsewhere ’ explaining that Niçois voters did not trust outsiders ! |
| 13 | You 'd do better to buy in from outside . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd do better to look where we 're going , ’ she snapped , ‘ rather than trying to work out my vital statistics ! ’ |
| 15 | Mr Gummer is inclined to give a snap reply to his critics , when he would do better to check carefully what they have said . |
| 16 | Just at that moment when everyone was crossing their fingers on her behalf , so she looked up and told Jim that she felt she would do better to play out at an angle . |
| 17 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 18 | Curiously he comes out as another kind of social engineer who tries to show people that granted their fundamental motives ( to obtain a range of pleasures and avoid a range of pains ) they will do best to act rightly ( in terms of the general happiness ) . |
| 19 | ‘ We 'd do best to meet away from the office , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The hon. Gentleman would do well to go back to Bradford and ask the authority one or two questions . |
| 21 | He will do well to hang on . |
| 22 | And , unless you are that raving genius we have met before , you would do well to analyse exactly what it is your detective novel is about before you embark on detailed plotting , let alone the actual writing . |
| 23 | But those about to leave the damp and wintry British Isles for sunnier climes could do well to reflect on just two products from one of ICI 's most successful businesses which derive , ultimately , from salt deposits found beneath the Cheshire countryside and the technology used to extract useful materials from it . |
| 24 | That was plainly my bent and that I would do well to follow up this line of art rather than branch out into some other road of work . |
| 25 | Some think that the universities would do well to look outwards for reassurance about their research role : in particular to the Max Planck Institutes , which , while universally praised as centres of excellence , have structural problems of their own . |
| 26 | But it might do well to look very carefully at the IASC 's work . |
| 27 | One word of warning though : if you are someone whose daily life involves a strong competitive element , you would do well to avoid too much in the way of competitive sport ( squash , tennis and so on ) as your form of exercise as these will only tend to maintain an already high level of stress . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't know how we people of World 's End live , ’ she said quietly , ‘ so perhaps you would do well to stay indoors out of the way of any trouble . ’ |
| 29 | The novice will do well to build up to around 50″ of fish , no more , in the average 3′ tank , and to do this over six months or so . |
| 30 | But Kingdon 's knowledge of the diversity of African animal life and environments enables him to cast a light on human evolution that many specialists would do well to consider seriously ( despite reservations about details ) and that many others will simply enjoy . |