Example sentences of "[conj] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are forced to ask : Do I stop here or do I go on through ? |
| 2 | He never wanted to go anywhere or do anything , while she craved excitement — a bit of sparkle in her life . |
| 3 | with things to colour or do are available at the back of the church and in the cry room . |
| 4 | with things to colour or do are available at the back of the church and in the cry room . |
| 5 | Sheila Cooper has prepared a sheet of things to colour or do related to the theme of the Sunday Mass . |
| 6 | Sheila Cooper has prepared a sheet of things to colour or do related to the theme of the Sunday Mass . |
| 7 | With sin and corruption , doom and catastrophe , threatening on every side , the only danger from the clergy came if they failed to know or do their job . |
| 8 | There was nothing Wilson could say or do . |
| 9 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 10 | There was no point in transforming Paris and making it easy of access for visitors if there was nothing to see or do when one got there , and so the Court was to be made open as well as brilliant . |
| 11 | We wo n't actually make or do anything , but it will be really neat lying in the meadows thinking about all the money we are making on off-shore tax haven related business . |
| 12 | You and the patient may be anxious for him to be independent , but he should not try to move about or do things alone before he is ready . |
| 13 | You do not have to give formal written notice that you are leaving , but it is important not to say or do anything which is inconsistent with pursuing a constructive dismissal claim . |
| 14 | There was nothing Penny could say or do to convince the angry farmer that she was n't an apple-thief . |
| 15 | Before a company can exist or do business it must obtain a certificate of incorporation from the Registrar of Companies ( in Cardiff ) . |
| 16 | If you can not afford or do not want new furniture , then start to attack the soft furnishings . |
| 17 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 18 | If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ . |
| 19 | Also , do n't think that it will put you into a trance or make you say or do stupid things . |
| 20 | ‘ I would say to children , ‘ Do you want your father to come home or do you want to go to a funeral as an orphan ? ’ |
| 21 | I did not know what to say or do . |
| 22 | This figure does not , of course , take account of what you could earn on or do with your money if it was available to you . |
| 23 | I do n't know what the landlord will say or do when 'e finds out , ’ she wailed . |
| 24 | I had no money to go anywhere or do anything . |
| 25 | Consumer-orientated , it invited listeners to write in about anything they had found difficult to buy or do and were wanting to know why . |
| 26 | For three of four months I could n't think or do anything else . |
| 27 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |
| 28 | Mr Mellor said : ‘ We found ourselves devoid of water and unable to bath or do anything . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ They will say or do anything to hold onto it . ’ |
| 30 | Even if I went into my bedroom to read or do homework , I 'd still have her sitting there on my huge falconer 's glove , fidgeting and glaring at me . |