Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's do a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's doing a good job on sorting this Huerter thing , too . |
| 3 | But I think she 's doing a good job of bringing Thomas up I must say . . |
| 4 | He 's done a great job — and it was a real labour of love , ’ says Mary Jane . |
| 5 | The Computer Programmer threw his bat down , in the reckless manner allowed only to one who knows he 's done a good batting job and is respected by his fellows . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm a great disciplinarian , I 'm tough on politeness and all that , but at the end of the day he 's done a good job on himself . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's because he 's been part of the package that won the championship , he 's done a phenomenal job and at the moment , he 's quicker in testing than Prost . ’ |
| 8 | He 's done a big bucketful for me ! ’ |
| 9 | Yeah , he 's talking about , he 's doing a rockumentary type thing with clips of the gig , that sort of thing . |
| 10 | When he goes on the one day in two years that something went wrong , that shows he 's doing a good job . ’ |
| 11 | He 's a builder fair enough but nevertheless he 's doing a good job . |
| 12 | We were all going looks like he 's doing a Romanian thing here . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's doing a great job supporting his people . ’ |
| 14 | Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’ |
| 15 | Motorbikes from Bejing are being imported into Britain by an engineer , and by all accounts he 's doing a roaring trade . |
| 16 | On May 8 Bush reiterated his faith in Quayle , criticizing the press for " pounding on him when he 's doing a first class job " , and repeating his determination to retain him as the Republican Party 's 1992 nominee for Vice-President . |
| 17 | He 's doing a big thesis on the border sites , that 's why he 's working at our place for a year or so . |
| 18 | He 's doing a fucking runner ! ’ |
| 19 | He 's doing A level maths right |