Example sentences of "do a reasonable [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was trying to make what was already there work and we believe he has done a reasonable job in the circumstances . ’ |
| 2 | A lot of employment there , and important to the local economy and we 've managed to take some important initiatives in terms of helping the pensioners in the city , crime prevention , and other issues , so we think we 've done a reasonable job . |
| 3 | The police had done a reasonable job of cleaning up and had put a plastic sheet over the hole in the window to keep the rain out . |
| 4 | These rules mean that it might benefit the owner of a topography right for him to sit on that right until such a time as it can be exploited to its full potential as long as this is done a reasonable period before the 15 years have expired . |
| 5 | He had done a reasonable amount of pilot work , firing for some of the older shunt link drivers and had also fired on the local ‘ pick-up ’ , but this at last was the real thing . |
| 6 | If we do n't get approval to increase the salary by the thirty first of January so I can have the two people I want can I appoint this lady and bring her on board cos I know she 'll do a reasonable job in a certain area ? |
| 7 | But I could not play at Wolves without knowing I could do a reasonable job . ’ |
| 8 | I am certain that a half-starved ferret has neither the strength nor the stamina to do a reasonable day 's work . |
| 9 | One must understand Mr Patten was saying that in the heat of the moment but it 's a very unfortunate description to make of anyone trying to do a reasonable job . |
| 10 | I made the usual radio and pre-landing checks before coming round onto the final approach , much too high , but somehow I managed to do a reasonable landing . |
| 11 | She was doing a reasonable Madonna impression : black leather mini-skirt , black fishnets and ankle socks , black and silver high heels . |
| 12 | ‘ Shit , ’ said Johnny , doing a reasonable impression of a Dalek . |
| 13 | Before that , tin extraction followed either from metal ‘ streaming ’ — collecting tin deposits from rivers , the flow of the water doing a reasonable job in separating the heavy tin particles from the soil — or from shovelling up the ore from lodes exposed to the surface . |
| 14 | and then Rochdale up towards Blackpool and we 're stuck right in the bloody middle so the er , they were a , like we were one delivery that 's all it , and we were n't that big an account , you know even doing a reasonable trade you 're not |
| 15 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |