Example sentences of "[adv] do [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the way in which the New Critics developed Eliot 's axiom did not entirely do away with the author : instead , by shifting his position from the outside to the inside of the text , they merely justified a shift in methodology from the biographical to the words-on-the-page approach . |
| 2 | If , for instance , guests used a swimming pool at a hotel after dark , it is clear that they have by so doing stepped outside the scope of their invitation or permission to use that part of the premises , and a duty is not owed to them . |
| 3 | Fred Grummidge — the lovable old groundsman who grew dahlias along the touchline , and upon his death had his still red-hot ashes scattered across ‘ The Tip ’ and in so doing burnt down the dressing room . |
| 4 | Think , in your head , now , think of them most … private … secret … intimate thing you have ever done secure in the knowledge of its privacy … |
| 5 | If you knew Ted , and you probably do judging by the amount of Christmas cards he gets , then you would think twice about being wicked and disruptive for the sake of it . |