Example sentences of "[pron] did it [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I did it with some stuff before
2 Now I did it in one method and Mr Grigson did it in er in a second method , and the ability to do that changes the number of households that it would project to the er the dwellings , and cancels out , this makes judgements erm on the actual population projections based , which are estimates that have come out , I do n't necessarily believe the best measured estimates have come out for York , and have adjusted some of the figures in accordance with that .
3 And if you did it with real panache , and with a sense of luxury , it was called Gran Turismo .
4 but because he knew it was our troop , you know but erm , that 's the thing when you , nine times , about eight times out of ten you did it to another troop , but then again they did it back to you , but this time he was a right cocky son of a bitch , I mean we all liked him , but he was right cocky bastard , so he
5 Out of the corner of her mouth — and she did it with great flair — Sorrel said :
6 Like the prophets of the Old Testament , she was compelled to reprove sinners , especially those in high places , such as the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and , like the prophets , she did it with immense tactlessness .
7 She did it by careful eating and taking more exercise and , whatever anyone else tries to tell you , that is the only way to be sure of losing weight .
8 We did it with Dangerous Lady , too , which was an amazing success for us last year [ it sold some 130,000 copies ] .
9 It 's perhaps perhaps easier to see it as the as the N As and the O Hs though okay or if we did it with sulphuric acid we 'd have hydrogen sulphate plus sodium hydroxide what 's that going to give us ?
10 Well I can remember then the last year when I was in the ninth year we did it in that half term , it was n't the first
11 And they did it for 20-year-old centre-half Darren Salton , who is still in a coma and on a life support machine after Thursday 's road crash in which Paul Telfer was also injured .
12 They did it with such tenderness that I gained new strength from their friendship , suddenly seeing the value in continuing , if only to deepen that shared bond .
13 He did it through sheer will-power , Peter had told her admiringly .
14 He had come to it relatively late in his short life , having dulled the joys of promiscuity , music and organization early on , and like everything else he took an interest in , he did it with terrifying brilliance .
15 He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy .
16 Charlotte was counting the seconds until he should extricate himself , and he did it in less time than she had expected , and without even the pretence of sitting down with her .
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