Example sentences of "do a fair [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have done a fair bit of business travelling to meetings in London , ’ said Mr Pilkington , who seizes the opportunity for more practice on train journeys appropriately since BR is sponsoring this year 's Times championship . |
| 2 | Having done a fair job for the Lib Dems , perhaps he could now go and help the Tories . |
| 3 | Well , I , I think Mr Chairman , they 've done a fair job in there . |
| 4 | Many category 2 queries , however , are from people who have done a fair amount of ‘ homework ’ , but have been unable to find out all they would like to know , or wish to check that they have made the right interpretation of their reading . |
| 5 | Julia , who had done a fair amount of riding in Australia , chuckled to herself . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've done a fair amount of work down here in the south of France , mostly on the Cap Ferrat . |
| 7 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 8 | See you should do a fair amount of . |
| 9 | After a few reasonable take-offs and landings , said those dreaded words feared by all trainee pilots , ‘ Do you think you can manage on your own for one circuit ? ’ , and promptly got out of the plane , leaving me to do the usual pre take-off checks , taxi to the beginning of the runway and nervously accelerate down the runway to do a fair take-off . |
| 10 | Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two |
| 11 | It 's certainly possible to do a fair modicum of string bending on the Moon without suffering from the usual de-tuning syndrome which afflicts most floating trems . |
| 12 | ‘ Right , it 's kitchen fatigues for you when you 're on your feet again , ’ said Joe , ‘ and that 'll include teaching you how to do a fair job of work on spuds . |
| 13 | While one in ten agreed ICI was doing a fair share to reduce its impact and using its scientific skills to develop ‘ greener ’ products , the environment journalists still rated the company among the worst polluters — alongside British Coal , Fisons , British Nuclear Fuels and Powergen . |
| 14 | My father is an educated man , and he passed a lot of what he already knew on to me , as well as doing a fair bit of study himself into areas he did n't know all that much about just so that he could teach me . |
| 15 | Sex would seem to be one , but you will be discussing this and hopefully doing a fair amount of reading on the subject . |
| 16 | You would be proofreading , chasing facts , figures and photos , writing headlines and captions , and doing a fair amount of legwork . |
| 17 | She smiled slowly , knowing full well she was doing a fair amount of recharging all on her own . |
| 18 | Children were not only frequently abused but did a fair bit of abusing themselves . |
| 19 | Like Storie Russell also did a fair bit of coaching . |
| 20 | But er he did a fair amount of educational work , organizing er educational classes and so on . |
| 21 | Well we did er we did a fair amount of er er leaflet er distribution . |
| 22 | Because I also do a fair bit of crochet and these cones ( white ) are excellent for the crochet collars that have been fashionable for a couple of years . |
| 23 | Although Haslam has been obliged to cut back on business travel , he and his wife still do a fair amount of travel for personal pleasure and grab as many long weekends as they can to get away from it all , making flying visits to the Mediterranean . |
| 24 | I do a fair amount of charitable work — I was president of the BMC which I really enjoyed doing and I 'm president designate of the Council for National Parks which will come up in October . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's the head office of a company I do a fair amount of work for , ’ he explained as the floor numbers ticked silently across the display above the door . |
| 26 | I do a fair amount of employment yes . |
| 27 | Oh they 'll take er do a fair amount of work but erm I think , certainly as far as the hedge is concerned |