Sometimes we just have to act on what we see, don't we?
In accordance with his former action on all questions of religious toleration he opposed the shameful Five Mile Act of 1665.
He was the last man in the world to act on the worldly-wise maxim that an enemy should always be treated as if he may one day be a friend, and a friend as if he might become an enemy.
Anyway, why do men have to act on every idea that crosses their mind?
The commutation fund thus formed is a permanent memorial of a generous and disinterested act on the part of her ministry.