Example sentences of "you do [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would you do with a million pounds ? |
| 2 | What do you do with a sick sparrow ? |
| 3 | After all , what can you do in a full-length silk dupion with cabbage roses and silver applique ? |
| 4 | I should imagine that Irene Charial might be in the habit of dropping in on her uncle occasionally and he would n't want her saying , ‘ Whatever are you doing with a spare radio in your cabin , Uncle ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What on earth are you doing at a right-wing party like this ? ’ asks a city type . |
| 6 | ‘ So what are you doing in a subsidiary personality , getting drunk ? ’ |
| 7 | I liked it when you did with a cute wee face . |
| 8 | Otherwise , you may offer advice based on what you did in a similar situation , reliving your own unhappiness . |
| 9 | I mean here we are , we 've been talking about taking holidays in this area , and I imagine that much of the work that you do as a local Tourist Board is not actually directly aimed at people who live in this area . |
| 10 | ‘ I believe it is quite hard , the work that you do as a Strict Regime prisoner . |
| 11 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 12 | What I like about them and where I think their strengths are is that they do put science , the physical sciences , in that bracket of activity which is fun , excitement and leisure and enjoyment and that it moves away from the notion that it 's something you do on a wet Friday afternoon at school . |
| 13 | — Cruelty to animals takes two forms : the method of killing it and what you do with a live animal which is in your power . |
| 14 | To make a hole in masonry or concrete you do not need to exert anything like the pressure you do with a conventional percussion/ratchet hammer drill which basically relies on drill rotation to wear away the material . |
| 15 | It 's called time , it gives you a little space at the top so you can fill in what you feel to be your role , and if you can fill below , all the tasks in respective order that you do in a typical day . |