Example sentences of "[vb past] do [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had a call from 20th Century Fox — I 'd done Sleeping With The Enemy for them — and arranged to meet the director in Atlanta . |
| 2 | Assertion of the principle served to do away with the monarch 's previously claimed powers to suspend or dispense with acts of Parliament and it served to deny judges the power to strike down measures . |
| 3 | At an early stage the Roberts decided to do away with the lawn which sloped towards the house . |
| 4 | Branson , in a moment of impulse , decided to do away with the convention of describing passengers as first class or economy ; instead baggage stickers were printed for ‘ Upper Class ’ , ‘ Middle Class ’ and ‘ Riff Raff ’ . |
| 5 | She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss . |