Example sentences of "do [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Pearson acknowledged that the new racial science could do little without the hearty co-operation of medics .
2 But 3p off a litre of petrol will do little for the men at Ford who need their jobs .
3 That will do little for the Vance-Owen plan 's chances of success and little , therefore , for the vigour of the principles of international conduct .
4 The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us .
5 Mere words could do little in the short term to reverse the chaotic situation .
6 How , do they do that through a friends group or ?
7 She 'll do that for a long time , I bet .
8 When a West Indian boy walks in , the girls look up ; they do n't do that for an Asian .
9 ‘ Would they ever do that for the workers ?
10 So if you could do that for the next meeting I 'd be grateful .
11 And so I said , Yes , I would do that for the year and then I 'd get back into teaching .
12 Why wo n't he do that for the people of Lincolnshire now .
13 I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair .
14 Er you can do that during the coffee break if you have n't already done so .
15 Well can you do that without a car ?
16 So if y if the chemicals will do that over a long period of time to rubber , think what it would do to your skin .
17 salesman 's gon na do that over a period of time .
18 so I think we 're inerent , inherently , er , unlikely to be able to predict that very well , but certainly if we can get the jurisdictional outs , and the clear no injustices and those to Sarah , then I think we should do that across the four teams , what we 've got at the moment is quite distorting as well , in other ways , look at my
19 So you can actually say I need help , and he can actually say I 'll give you this help , I want you to be doing this while you 're doing this , I 'm doing that , and we 'll do that on a regular monthly basis .
20 If we are to continue to deliver quality services , and indeed if we are to increase the quality , which is what we want to do , you can not do that on a shoe string .
21 One can do that on the basis of Christian theology .
22 ‘ Nothing , nothing ; they 're to let me know , and they 'll likely do that on the day they say the war 's ended . ’
23 I could n't do that on the 500 .
24 And the idea is that you step up and down on those and that 's your exercise , well you can do that on the bottom of your stirs for nothing .
25 Now you can do that on the step , in fact do n't go from a house to a bungalow , you give up your best form of exercise , now I know people say ooh well when you get older you ca n't get up and down .
26 Did he do that on the basis of arrant hypocrisy or because he is a man of no principle who is now putting his principles in his pocket ?
27 They can do that on the decision that the frigates will be finished on the Tyne .
28 Now we do n't do wanted items or giveaways or anything like that , you know we do n't do that on the programme , that 's for other programmes .
29 Could n't do that on the other products because there 's limited number of slots .
30 As long as she does n't do that on the chair .
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