Example sentences of "[verb] do most [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am expected to do most of the work including taking care of him ( the mentally retarded boy ) which is very hard with all my school-work too . |
| 2 | As the man who has to do most of the negotiating on single market measures , I know that there is still a long way to go . |
| 3 | Your best bet is to give the person who is going to do most of the riding top priority ; if a five foot five woman and her six foot husband want a horse between them so that she can compete and he can hack , they should find that a 16hh middleweight that is deep through the girth will suit them both . |
| 4 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 5 | And I actually believe that for your programme because you 've done most of the work , believe it or not , the problem is you have n't written everything down . |
| 6 | Hartmann ( 1979 ) argues that male workers are able to keep women out of the better jobs because of their organization , and that as a consequence women are obliged to marry on unfavourable terms , such that they have to do most of the housework . |
| 7 | I do the background briefing but the clients have to do most of the work , and so I always tell them . ’ |