Example sentences of "[adj] to do a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , when we were doing the long-running series , Today 's History , it seemed perfectly sensible to do a programme about women 's history , along with a number of other things which were n't adequately covered . |
| 2 | The new DOS version , PC Works 3.0 , does offer significant enhancements over its predecessor , mainly by making it easier to do a number of commonly required chores . |
| 3 | It would be far easier to do a pull-together about a Stock Exchange crash or Bosnia . |
| 4 | The rest of the day is free to do a second job , un-taxed . |
| 5 | and leave you free to do a job , because you may think I mean , believe it or I 've turned this room inside out today ! |
| 6 | Risky to do a Caesarean in her state of exhaustion , but there 's no option now . ’ |
| 7 | too old to do a thing . |
| 8 | To see whether you 'd be prepared to do a little rap over the track , the two of you , some kind of scripted chat . |
| 9 | I think it 's terrific , the only proviso I would make is that I 'm not prepared to do a parachute jump . |
| 10 | THE Liberal Democrats were prepared to do a deal which could have rescued the Government from its humiliating defeat in last week 's Maastricht rebellion . |
| 11 | You were n't willing to do a good turn for your sister without being bribed with a lollipop , and even then you left the posting of the letter because you wanted to go first to Horsfall Woods for your own pleasure . |
| 12 | Strong words from a leader who , right up to polling day , declared that he was as willing to do a deal with Major as Kinnock . |
| 13 | Well I 've had a word with Keith and he will be available and , and very willing to do a one day seminar of that nature basically on why unison how we should go about convincing the , the membership at large how we should er conduct the free ballot campaign as it were . |
| 14 | Okay now this Prozac 's in the same group of substances as the one I took and I was willing to do a slight trade-off here . |
| 15 | But I had Hobart in yesterday and there willing to do a maintenance contract on everything , if you want . |
| 16 | ‘ It is easier and quicker to do a task for someone than promote independence . |
| 17 | only go so high to do a course and she was on an F grade so she had to be taken down . |
| 18 | I 'm sure she would be delighted to do a few pen and ink drawings of Carewscourt and its surroundings . |
| 19 | Dead easy to do a master 's degree . |
| 20 | ‘ It would cost them too much to do a one-off in the normal way and we offered a cheap alternative . |
| 21 | The rest of the cast were called for three to do a complete rehearsal of all the scenes he was in . |
| 22 | You were supposed to do a long build-up . |
| 23 | On a later occasion , Hugh was supposed to do a tap dance . |
| 24 | They were only supposed to do a half-hour spot , coming back later to do another set . |
| 25 | Erm , erm I 'm supposed to do a show for like her birthday . |
| 26 | Andrew Lloyd-Webber saw fit to do a dance mix about it . |
| 27 | I 'm due to do a ward round … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ As far as I know , he 's still working his way through the list of cabin calls , then he was due to do a routine hygiene inspection . |
| 29 | It 's certainly possible to do a fair modicum of string bending on the Moon without suffering from the usual de-tuning syndrome which afflicts most floating trems . |
| 30 | It is possible to do a financial calculation which puts a price on this , by working out the number of hours ‘ caring ’ labour contributed by relatives , and the total amount is equivalent to the whole statutory input of health and social services for the equivalent age groups ( Family Policy Studies , Centre , 1984 ; Finch , 1986b ) . |