do-nothing

if you stick with every principle, you can do nothing. but life goes on. we have to choose. once you decide, stick with your purpose.

However, things do not always satisfactory, as the ideal fall, I gradually accept the reality, though regrettable but could do nothing.

I could do nothing to help since the matter has gotten into such a mess.

Finance people dead, the birds killed for food, are these words are full of those who do nothing but talk nonsense out of it?

the poor, the migrants, and the men who do nothing but spend their money on prostitutes.

Beijing may be able to put up with a Hsieh-led DPP but will do nothing to give it a pre-election boost with, for example, a deal on tourism.

However, he hated the corruption of this world in the deep of his heart, he could do nothing to this but only to be a good boy with a mask.

Sometimes one's greed shows up in the name of love. Such love can do nothing but lead one to a dead end.

I could do nothing but waited for him in an anxious seat!

We sort of have a 'do-nothing Senate' right now where nobody's wanting to really pick up the ball and run with it. . .

It seems you and I together can do nothing but shopping.

He used to do nothing but lie in bed, listening to the radio -- a static life that left him bored, listless and suffering from bed sores.

A few days earlier, the City had been expecting the monetary-policy committee (MPC) to do nothing this time around.

The audience burst into laughter, except for the actor, who could do nothing but squeeze out a bitter smile. But this disaster did not end.

and long before I had come to a conclusion, surprise had taken entire possession of my mind, and I could do nothing but stare and wonder.

With a pistol pointing at the back of his head, he could do nothing but toe the line.

He could do nothing but go sadly back to bed.

But I could do nothing but give her a little hope in such way.

Instead of studying, I often play computer games, for sometimes, I just stared at my mobile phone and do nothing!

If they didn't want him to return, they were to do nothing, and he would remain on the train as it traveled onward.

Mr. Thompson goes out to the field alone in the hot sun. He works all day while his three sons do nothing. His neighbors see him.

Emma herself began to think of Churchill as a husband for Harriet, but she resolved to do nothing to promote the match.

Those kids do nothing but hang around in the mall all day.

He died of a heart attack. His death reminds me that my life may come to an end anywhere at anytime and I can do nothing about it.

If I can do nothing about that, then don't worry. What matters to me is to be with you, instead of talking.

Sharon could change her husband's mind about many things, but she could do nothing with him on the specific issue of herself.

Learning something in a new place can be more relaxing and refreshing than trying to do nothing.

This would do nothing to stop guided plasma, but they'd emerge going much faster, possibly fast enough to avoid a second attack.

No matter how busy your schedule is and how much you have to do, schedule 15-20 minutes per day where you can do nothing but relax.

I could do nothing but join him after I hesitated for a few hours.

She has no guts to capture her lover from the beast-like madwoman. She can do nothing but to be excluded from the paradise of love.

Idiots are those who do nothing but admiring, not knowing how much the admired have done.

When you realise that you can't do nothing but give your all for the club. If you fail to do that you can't look yourself in the mirror.

Struggling to catch up with him, but the whereabouts of the red block and can only stay at cars off, do nothing.

they were all so tired that they could do nothing but sleep.

Welfare makes it too easy to do nothing; schools have to do a better job of bringing pupils with foreign backgrounds up to academic speed.

They were all so tired that they could do nothing but yawn, monster online.

thousands of screaming individuals, no bigger than ants, were about to be annihilated and I could do nothing to help.

She is not around, the total lack of sense of what heart, empty, do nothing exciting.

'I shall do nothing of the sort, ' said the Mouse, getting up and walking away. 'You insult me by talking such nonsense! '

Game after game, she could do nothing but sit on the sidelines watching others play the game that she loved so much.

people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons. . . -G.

Mr Clinton, no doubt asked to do nothing to help Mr Kim's cause, was determined above all, well, not to smile.

I can do nothing but gaze into the distance and pray in silence to send you my blessing by means of light breeze.

But that will do nothing to stop the rise of the yen now (though it might have an effect later if the economy does recover).

It often took a long time to get people to tell the truth, and yet they knew that unless they told it the doctor could do nothing for them.

I can do nothing with him and he can do nothing with me, he thought. Not as long as he keeps this up.

All day long thinking that nothing more can do nothing but talk ideals, a serious lack of down-to-earth spirit.

They do nothing for it but talk a lot of twaddle two or three times a week.

Since the money allowed to the two brothers is not enough for traveling, they can do nothing but give up.

I sympathize with her in her misfortune, but I'm afraid I can do nothing to help.

You clicked on the warning at the top and said allow downloads, but as the OS I will do nothing at this point.

The enemy could do nothing but surrender.

This would do nothing for the economy now, but it would reduce revenues by billions of dollars a year, permanently.

Ordinarily, to this do nothing, the change of any other one emperor, Wei Zheng is estimated that there is no probability of survival.

The air grew thin within a day. Many people could do nothing but sleep. I watched as my Princess was slowly dying. I had to try something.

No; you are less than a servant, for you do nothing for your keep. There, sit down, and think over your wickedness.

But, he said, it will do nothing to help "the unscrupulous or irresponsible. "

Keeping up to date on these big changes will do nothing but help you out in your career.

They argue that it would be better to do nothing now, wait for an old-fashioned fiscal crisis to force the issue, and then start again.

If it would do nothing else, it would at least give her hope and something positive to do.

The Orcs believe that the thirst for possessing filthy lucre will do nothing but hamper them in fighting bravely.

I could do nothing but followed her to the town hall.

Committee---a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.

So she went upstairs to answer it. Father and I could do nothing but wait and complain.

Others advise using an egg-timer to set yourself 20-minute windows where you are allowed to do nothing but work.

It was really nice to relax with my friends and let it sink in and to get some sun and just do nothing for a few days.

We could do nothing but wait, wait nervously for the day they decided to choose as Judgment Day.

You have brilliantly managed to identify all the petty-minded whingers who do nothing but moan all day.

It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

But when you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.

They were all so tired they could do nothing but sleep.

Some of these characters have a vision of starting or buying a business, but always seem to find reasons to do nothing.

While girl students could do nothing but standing on the bridge, looking away from them casually, in their monotone but neat dress.

Dynamic pricing with a capped rate would do nothing to ease the RFP process, he said.

Disney theme parks are special hotbeds of such optimism, with perky, well-groomed employees who do nothing but smile, smile, smile.

When the business he worked for was a nationalised industry , the main aim was to do nothing to incur public criticism .

Although her husband is as wicked as possible, she could do nothing but weep secretly all the time.

Gloria lowers her head and says sadly: "I wish I could do something for you, but I can do nothing. . . "

Mrs Heathcliff, I'll ask you to do nothing; but sit still and be dumb.

All flights having been cancelled because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but take the train.

All flights having been canceled because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but take the train.

Don't think you can do any thing, and the others can do nothing. As if the earth would stop turning without you.

But it seems to me better to have a little religion and practice it than think piously and do nothing about it.

And not only in their songs but in all their lives they seemed to do nothing but admire one another.

They do nothing but wait, wait to die, wait to live, wait for an absolution which would never come!

I can do nothing but choose to? be in past again to hit the old man by myself.

However, when there is nothing to do, the best plan is usually to do nothing.

But several commentators said the election result will do nothing to challenge racial inequity.

As much as he tried , Ben could do nothing to get around the meaderthal on the narrow sidewalk.

Of the seven staff in Wraps' corporate headquarters, two do nothing but ward off lawsuits from former employees.

But the company could do nothing without direction, and a contract from the Air Force.

We dare not to waste a single second to do nothing before the sun comes out in the early morning since our life time is short here on Earth.

She has did so much things for me but I can do nothing for her.

Aggressive pine caterpillar and cup moths armed with poisonous hair can do nothing but await destruction when attacked by stinkbugs.

They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don't even understand.

I have the ambition to write big things, and maybe when the civil war is over I will settle down and just do nothing but write for a while.

The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days, ' he said.

To tune in to its whisper, you have to turn down the volume in your busy, noisy, complicated life and force yourself to do nothing at all.

KIDS these days do nothing but play mindless video games, leaving no time for constructive toys like those their grandparents loved.

The doctor said he could do nothing to the old woman.

Don't bring him in. He'll do nothing to help.

If every nightclub and street corner is now to be scrapped over by small-time retailers, it will do nothing to make Mexico's cities safer.

Smith can do nothing in the company because he is just a small potato there.

You dare to hold her and do nothing but sleep, even if the idea has gained the upper hand crooked?

Sharon, this group of social elites do nothing all day long, gradually on the rationality of human existence deeply suspect.

Without your love I can do nothing, with your love there is nothing I cannot do.

I could do nothing but wait the next meal coming.

Do nothing when Dolly came up with a clever approach: the use of a whale out to the water column.

Remember to use this method carefully, as spamming dozens of people with cut-and-paste messages will do nothing but give you a bad rep.

Some gestures project a very positive message, while others do nothing but set a negative tone.

Similarly, the saying goes that it is better to break someone's heart than to do nothing with it.

Due to the specific wording of the Suggestion that I made, it will now sit and do nothing until such time as the spell's duration elapses.

Leave cryptic notes warning someone of an impending prank then do nothing all day.

I used to sit here and do nothing, and regret it for the rest of the day, so now I will do the opposite, and I will do. . . something.

Such an attitude is plainly ridiculous and can be do nothing but learn to the good use of English.

Screaming and hitting the dog do nothing but increase the dog's stress and confirm that being in the crate only brings bad things.

Do nothing to the girl; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders his neighbor.

You can probably do nothing better to keep your brain mentally healthy than to engage in some sort of regular exercise.

Peter could do nothing but admit to his teacher that he was wrong.

Now you can define a simple function to do nothing more than tell you how many parameters it has and display them as shown in Listing 1.

"We have two choices as far as I am concerned: a bad choice we all recognize, and a catastrophic choice if we do nothing, " he said.

There always are helplessness and hardship in ordinary life. We could do nothing but face them directly and live strongly.

China may make noise but at the end of the day they can do nothing but sit back and wait for the issue to resolve itself.

If he was to quench his thirst for knowledge , he could do nothing other than explore the unknown quantity .

Only one wolf can do nothing , but a group of it can lip everything.

I could do nothing but eat my own fish, and sigh.

We were content to do nothing all day, as long as we did nothing outside, and were together.

C charges between different parts of a circuit, we do nothing to change the total amount of charge.

Most of these social norms do nothing but clutter our life and waste our valuable resources.

Aggravated by the vicious gossip, he could do nothing but fight back.

I had no time no how to do nothing but watch them-there German machine gunners and give them the best I had.

Until recently, the Department of Education could do nothing about this hodgepodge of methods for counting dropouts.

My grandfather could do nothing but wait for the doctor to arrive.

"I do nothing but stand here all day, " it sighed.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

At last the Emperor knew the people were right. The two men cheated him. But what could he do? He could do nothing, but to finish his show.

My dog does everything with me. But fish do nothing all day.

I didn't do nothing but stopping chatting. Then we started to talk something about the professional software.

I could do nothing but wait for the doctor to arrive.

That's a good idea. Yes, the fact is some people do nothing but break the whole programme.

Cunard could do nothing; you do not correct the king in such a delicate matter.

It's an enormous investment, but the only alternative is to do nothing and hope for the best.

And that once Putin made the decision, he could do nothing but accept it.

But I want to say seven days is a week, in a week's time, you can do a lot of things, you also can do nothing, just quiet meditation.

One fax machine in the world can do nothing, but if everyone has one, they build an increasingly efficient network of communications.

Though you will get busy with some of the above suggestions, it is also important to take it easy now for a day or two and do nothing.

You had your chance to find them, from what I hear, you prefer to hide away in the dark and do nothing!

Fitz-Gerald says insatiable Chinese demand can do nothing but continue to drive gold prices higher.

She felt at peace. Alone. Unhindered and free. Free to do nothing but watch and listen and dream.

Belinda: Me too. But I can do nothing else when biking all day.

That is not the key. That is just a passive attitude; if you follow that you will just do nothing.

A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.

You can either do nothing, which leaves you open to attack, or you can do something and accept there might be a risk downstream.

The danger is that this will strengthen the powers of the prosecutors but do nothing to reinforce their independence.

My biggest obstacle? Time. With so much to do, it's counterintuitive to take time to sit and do nothing.

If you're overwhelmed by choices, it's easy to do nothing.

After standing for some time, the doctor asked "What do you want me to do? " "Nothing. Just stand there. "

Don't snivel, Mrs Hudson. It'll do nothing to impede the flight of a bullet. What a tender world that would be.

Let me just offer an advance warning to the old big-spending, do-nothing, me-first- country-second crowd - change is coming.

I could do nothing but go to bed .

But this time he could do nothing but wait for a better chance.

So of course the priest could do nothing else but kneel down and pray to God that Hes would save him from this terrible Christian lion.

His wife could do nothing about his monkey business at the pub.

Republicans retort that they have passed more than a dozen bills in the House, only to see them blocked by the Democrats' do-nothing Senate.

While I said even people did good deeds for their own purposes, better than do nothing.

Alternatively, Mr Obama can simply ventilate a bit, as he has done; but actually do nothing.

Indeed, in the U. S. case, some calculations suggest the pledge may amount to the commitment to do nothing, which sounds all too plausible.

He would rather work all day long than do nothing.

I can do nothing but just stand there, and tears from running down my heart, While I pretend smile.

State-run media in Egypt said Mr. Bush aims to do nothing but appease Israel.

God will use the instrument that feels he is nothing, can do nothing, and amounts to nothing. The glory must be His.

We could do nothing but wait for further information, though it is not what we wish to do.

If I do event bad, I be ton't blame he to getting angry dawn me. The point is these I do nothing wrong.

I can do nothing but tell her the truth if no better way.

If I am dead to the world until midday and do nothing of any value in the morning, why can't I work flexible hours?

They do things conscientiously and do nothing but the right things and do them well.

The soldier had been hurt so seriously that the doctor could do nothing to save his life.

He could do nothing but wait till the manager finished his job .

Mr. Tedesco: You animal regulation people do nothing but pussy foot.

But the Swedish government from the beginning insisted that it would do nothing.

For those who have performed the deeds mentioned above, I can do nothing but laugh bitterly.

This was largely due to plummeting energy and commodity prices, but will do nothing to dispel fears about potential deflation.

Not only do nothing to speak: Do not only think about how their money is going to plan, but how to plan their own money.

Next time I see you, I'll do nothing but look away from you.

Well, I stayed home all day and do nothing at all.

Obviously, during any acquisition period, our primary interest is to have the stock do nothing or decline rather than advance.

Where I will have no worries, and do nothing but dream.

Even if others abandoned Bilv without treasure, it does not talk about buying their own supporters into a Wye do nothing.

They could do nothing but wait for the doctor to come.

Day and suddenly do nothing but listen. And then think about higher things.

Seeing the rice crops dying in the dry sun, the peasants could do nothing but sigh.

I understand your difficulties, but I can do nothing to help.

Imagine for a moment, if Superman used his powers to do nothing more than save kittens stuck in trees. What a waste of potential!

Or else Mr Obama can simply ventilate a bit, as he has done, but actually do nothing.

Ideally, the code would do nothing but access the integers array.

One is to do nothing, treating the various problems created by resistance as acceptable costs when set against drugs' much greater benefits.

I told him that another man dated me out, This is an extreme chance to make Mike jealous, but he do nothing with it.

" The other said, " Don't worry. We can hide above huang and below gao. Then the doctor will be able to do nothing to us.

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; "

It also will do nothing to unlock frozen credit, he said.

If you're not willing to do that then you could always sit at home, watch TV, and do nothing.

Does that mean I should sit around and do nothing if it all meaningless and purposeless?

we will have to live with it for thousands of years, but that does not mean we should do nothing.

A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

e. g. They could do nothing but wait for the doctor to arrive.

Cars do nothing but depreciate in value especially new ones.

He has no assistant, the lack of experience, tools, so do nothing to a lot of labor, for long time.

Questioner: I understand what you mean when you say that inaction is the highest form of action - which doesn't mean to do nothing.

They could do nothing but wait for the doctor to arrive.

I'll do nothing of the sort. I'm staying right here with you until you get better.

President Bush has lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. But the move, by itself, will do nothing unless Congress acts as well.

Do nothing which, after being done, leads you to tell a lie.

I can do nothing but wait for a good chance.

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

It does not mean to passively put up with whatever situation you find yourself in and to do nothing about it.

Moreover, it would do nothing to protect exports of energy-intensive goods from cheap competition.

Wonder at. He could do nothing but stand and wonder.

Chinese food Soy appears to do nothing to relieve the symptoms of menopause, scientists say, despite the high hopes of many.

There was nothing you could do, nothing any of us could do.

What can we do about this ? The worst thing is to do nothing.

Patches fix only the symptom of a problem; they do nothing to address the underlying cause.

Learning to be free from conflict is not indifference or allowing yourself to do nothing.

He could do nothing but swallow the insult in that case.

It pays well ( as we've pointed out before) and requires you to do nothing more than what you'd be doing anyway.

It is easy to find excuses to do nothing, but someone who has witnessed misconduct has an unmistakable obligation to act.

We do nothing but playing card during the whole day.

He could do nothing but wait there silently.

Many animals can do nothing but sleep in winter, like frogs and snakes.

We all know the misfortune and sadness will not stay long, they shall finally leave us one day. However, you can do nothing but baring.

You people are the ones who complain the loudest when you're not happy with a policy, but while it's being formulated you do nothing.

The official government reaction to this problem, so far, is simply to observe it, but do nothing about it.

For evil to prevail, as the old saw goes, all that is required is for good men to do nothing.

When the dog continues to mug the hand we say nothing and do nothing but stand there.

They were which le so tired which we weselves do nothing but yawn.

Those who loaf all day and do nothing are social parasites.

He could do nothing but wait with patience.

Forget it, we do nothing but play in the basketball club, you can do it .

For the second time on this trip I can do nothing but cry.

Changing scheme rules for new employees is a start but will do nothing to reduce the size of the hole that has already been dug.

but every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and once you do, nothing will ever compare.

A while later, the lawyer asked "What do you want me to do? " "Nothing. Just stand there. "

Captain Seru finished the last sandwich. "Let's leave that to Adai, " she said. "We can do nothing. "

Please accept my sincere apologies for writing you this late as it was due to some difficulties on my end that I can do nothing about.

If a party has no political stance and deals with the situations only, it will do nothing for people but for itself.

The only mistake that can truly hurt you is choosing to do nothing simply because you're too scared to make a mistake.

I can do nothing else than admire people so poor that they go on smiling like if they were the richest of the world.

That's why it's so important to take at least one vacation per year where you just . . . do . . . nothing .

I could do nothing but smile bitterly.

She could do no wrong (ie do nothing wrong) in the opinion of her devoted followers.