Example sentences of "[noun sg] do most [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shorter and easier route of ascent may be made from Birkdale Summit , the top of the B6270 road linking Kirkby Stephen and Keld , by making the car do most of the climbing ; the ribbon of tarmac spirals up to almost 1700 feet where there is parking space . |
| 2 | The brakes can be used fiercely to minimise the roll , but we let aerodynamic drag do most of the work , leaving them to slow us to taxi speed and steer onto the taxiway ( still ineffectually prodding the rudder pedals ) . |
| 3 | Encourage the interviewee to do most of the talking . |
| 4 | And what about the occasions when a junior does most of the work , leaving the boss to come along and give an expensive twiddle of the hot brush ? |
| 5 | Strength , it turned out , is n't a prerequisite ( lucky thing , since tenor bells can weigh the same as a Mini ) ; in skilled hands the bell does most of the work , but a full ringing circle demands that the ringer first gets the bell moving and gradually increases the swing until the bell is balanced or ‘ set ’ with the mouth uppermost , ready to be rung on . |
| 6 | Let the candidate do most of the talking . |
| 7 | allow the candidate to do most of the talking , |
| 8 | Again , gravity does most of the work in moving us forward . |
| 9 | The little energy the muscles supply at the beginning of a stride is what we contribute to our locomotion ; gravity does most of the work for a walker . |
| 10 | So while he could have given this kind old Cornish gentleman an eye-opening insight into the plans being made on the Continent of Europe to bring England back within Rome 's jurisdiction , he was content to let his host do most of the talking . |
| 11 | One holds that the writer does most of the work beforehand , laying a plan that is rather like an egg — and the story hatches , almost of its own accord . |
| 12 | This ray does not need to move very much because its electricity does most of the work of catching food . |
| 13 | An aunt lent her house for the occasion , my mother did most of the cooking helped by my sister , and my mother-in-law baked the cake . |
| 14 | Again , the 1in roughing gouge does most of the work , followed by the half inch bowl gouge for the inside edge of the rim . |