Example sentences of "do a quick [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've done a quick calculation of interview sheets that we think we , we need , I need two boxes for Caernarfon , Jan needs three , we 've got four and a half boxes already , we were gon na order two just to be on the same safe , but we 're just looking into erm whether we need , how many we need on the R S I 's on the M sixty three cos we might as well order them all together , save |
| 2 | It was a beautiful sunny morning , and at eleven o'clock , after I had done a quick surgery , we chugged quietly out of the harbour , with Lucy at the controls . |
| 3 | The band had done a quick change ! |
| 4 | Anna had no need to be besought , for she had done a quick sum on the back of her child benefit book , and had worked out that , if Flora could start at St Saviour 's in the summer term , she would have earned enough to put down at least £100 towards the first term 's fees . |
| 5 | What I 'll do next week erm we 'll perhaps through concentrating on France we 'll do a quick gallop through Europe eighteen erm about eighteen fifteen to forty eight . |
| 6 | Bearing in mind the above information , it is always as well , when completing any design , to just do a quick bit of arithmetic before saving . |
| 7 | I 'd like you to just do a quick chemical test and let me know if that was a carbonate . |
| 8 | But I 've been back recently as a teacher so it 's I 've to do a quick change act from a twin-set and pearls into a beret and er smock to become an artist . |
| 9 | Someone at Head Office needs to do a quick bit of thinking here : to couple an outstanding Appalachian Spring with this twaddle is not only an insult to Dennis Russell Davies and his superb musicians , but also to the prospective purchaser of this disc . |
| 10 | I have now had the opportunity to look over the attached and also asked a colleague to do a quick proof-read . |
| 11 | For example , as a magazine journalist one feature of a word processor that is an absolute necessity is the ability to do a quick word count . |
| 12 | Your local garage should be able to do a quick spot-check and tell you . |
| 13 | ‘ Have I got time to do a quick errand ? |
| 14 | I 'm just doing a quick shwooo . |
| 15 | It seemed to her that when he spotted her he usually did a quick about-face , which , to be fair , was also how she responded to seeing him . |
| 16 | Pascoe 's stomach did a quick flip-over , he beat Dalziel to the door by a full two yards and almost fell into the lounge . |
| 17 | I recently did a quick survey of museum bookshops in London . |
| 18 | The bacon and the cheese had all been transferred to the room-sized storage refrigerator behind the shop , and while her husband was out of the way Rennie Hamilton loaded all the groceries into the canvas bag and did a quick addition on the list and noted the amount on the end of the growing column in the credit book . |
| 19 | Billy hunched his shoulders and did a quick shuffle . |
| 20 | Well I did a quick trip to our Arthur 's cos I lent him some money today . |
| 21 | Yanto kicked the bike into life , did a quick turn and , exhaust roaring and rear tyre screeching , departed towards Purton . |
| 22 | He did a quick sum . |
| 23 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 24 | Some years ago a newly-qualified private pilot , trained at a school which taught mixture-rich , did a quick conversion onto a smart 300 hp six-seat retractable and took three friends overseas for the day . |
| 25 | ‘ But how do you take out — ’ I looked at the Filofax page and did a quick count — ‘ eight market-makers at once ? ’ |
| 26 | Do a quick test . |
| 27 | Do a quick test . |
| 28 | Do a quick bit of maths here , so seven from ten is three , two from ten is eight , ten from ten is nothing , three from that is seven , seven , oh , eight , three which surprisingly enough was answer B. |
| 29 | TABLES TURNING : The Duchess does a quick change and dons a swimsuit |