Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] do the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm not blaming the journalists , they 're under a lot of pressure ; the CBS or the BBC correspondent has to do the one report for the day . |
| 2 | Many people confronted with a crash have done the same thing . |
| 3 | same sort of direction continue to do the same sort of things . |
| 4 | The Corporation wants to do the right thing by you . ’ |
| 5 | If the fish is whole , and the fishmonger has done the decent thing — removed the guts and gills , which would taint it during cooking — all you need do is immerse the beast in any container large enough to hold it ( ideally a fish kettle ) , cover it with cold water and bring it gently to the boil . |
| 6 | Indeed , if the superego is always in part a cultural , collective phenomenon and if in such states the divine monarch , chairman or party leader is far beyond the reach of the identifications of the masses because of his incomparable pre-eminence , then it follows that only in the dissolution of the superego that alcohol brings does the ordinary ego find any hope of believing , however unrealistically , that it is equal to , or as worthy as , the father of the state . |
| 7 | The Brasserie was launched as a fully fledged operation expected to do the same level of business as L'Auberge from the start . |
| 8 | And with the other emotions , too , happiness follows doing the right thing biologically . |
| 9 | When will the Government start to do the proper thing and uprate the benefits as they should ? |
| 10 | Citroen 's design director Art Blakeslee thought the company had done the right thing with Activa II . |
| 11 | Goodness when you , mum and dad 's done the back garden , when you meant to be doing the front garden with the weeding and that ? , well what 's all , you know , all these wages . |
| 12 | In the gents loo , an old guy sits doing the Daily Record crossword while the red-faced clubbers wearing a mixture of sportsgear , the odd Happy Mondays G-Mex sweatshirt , ponchos and flares set to work on their hair with free gel and mousse . |
| 13 | It was in 1988 that the college was led to believe that the three picture would fetch £15–20 million , but while the college 's financial situation has improved since then , the state of the art market has done the exact opposite . |