Example sentences of "[v-ing] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't you tell him I did n't sodding do it ? ’ |
| 2 | By making do and searching for essential materials — in a war-torn country — a production unit was created in the University Pathology laboratory and enough crude penicillin was extracted for further essential laboratory experiments and to treat several patients in the Radcliffe Infirmary half a mile away . |
| 3 | Herbert 's magnanimity in making do with the smaller bedroom , so that John might have plenty of room for the puppets , made Hanns envious ; the more so , as he had to sleep on a couch in the dining-room of his parents ' boarding-house . |
| 4 | People in organizations are talented at normalizing deviant events , at reconciling outliers to a central tendency , at producing plausible displays , at making do with scraps of information , and at treating as sufficient whatever information is at hand [ WEICK & DAFT ( 1983 ) ] . |
| 5 | There followed a time of uncertainty but , it had been ‘ business as usual ’ at Alton General , with staff ‘ making do ’ and ‘ covering up the cracks ’ in their efforts to provide an atmosphere of peace and calm , however hard worked they were behind the scenes . |
| 6 | While most people would shrink from the thought of all that skin cutting , tugging , implanting , and tightening , Orlan actually insists on staying conscious throughout all her operations , making do with only a local anaesthetic . |
| 7 | But the question we must ask is why so many British workers are getting a two-week break when other European workers are making do with just three days ' holiday . |
| 8 | The company says that it is making do with a single Intel Corp 80486 processor to drive the device currently . |
| 9 | However tentative these beginnings , it was instantly clear that furnishing fabrics would be a growing market ; customers had almost demanded them by making do with narrower width , lighter-weight dress fabrics . |
| 10 | She dragged herself from the sofa and listlessly prepared herself some lunch , making do with bread and Camembert cheese and some of the pâté which had been left over from the night before . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm ready , ’ she called , making do with holding it firmly around her like a waistcoat and sucking her breath in hard . |
| 12 | She 'd have to organise something for lunch though , instead of making do with a sandwich . |
| 13 | In the meantime , they 're making do without furniture . |