Example sentences of "do a proper [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean cos we have n't really sort of really done a proper day of action have we ? |
| 2 | Perhaps we should decide that it 's a high priority to actually do a proper job , like this . |
| 3 | ‘ Probably if they ever raise the funds to do a proper dig here , they 'll find the town had a guard outpost on that hillock . |
| 4 | The client is right very often , but sometimes can be demonstrably wrong — there is not enough money to do a proper job , or the medium reaches the wrong target audience . |
| 5 | This , however , presupposes that there is enough money available to do a proper job on TV . |
| 6 | How could she expect to do a proper job without the right equipment ? |
| 7 | I 'd like you to do a proper job . |
| 8 | To do a proper search , Melissa would have to follow his tracks and simulate that gruesome task . |
| 9 | Instead they decided to get money from GLEB and the trade unions to do a proper feasibility study — one which would deliver an unanswerable case for investment . |
| 10 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 11 | ‘ Kept you asleep in the morning , and prevented you from doing a proper day 's work . ’ |
| 12 | Every interview can be a useful and constructive experience and doing a proper interview follow-up will help you get the most out of it , even if you are not successful in getting the job . |
| 13 | So let's sweep aside this idea of appointees because the Home Secretary of the day and his predecessor and the Home Office and the inspectorate feel that the police authorities are not doing a proper job , give them the tools to do a pres proper job . |
| 14 | Now it wo n't cure all the problems I 'm pretending that it will , but if we were to have proper seats , proper microphones , electronic voting I believe that it would show symbolically that the House of Commons was prepared to modernize itself and start doing a proper job in our democracy rather than the farce and the theatre which frankly turns so many people off in modern Britain . |
| 15 | They can provide all that for a fee why ca n't they provide it as a compulsory necessary part er of the service , it would n't be more expensive the minister claimed , if you do a proper audit it ca n't be more expensive . |
| 16 | I 'd far sooner take it off and do a proper job but well |
| 17 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |