Example sentences of "do [adj] thing in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also , of course , Beck Hall across the Clapper Bridge , which does afternoon teas and is a grand spot to sit with your scones and jam and good strong tea in the sun watching the ducks do ducky things in the water . |
| 2 | The idea that God is good might owe a great deal in those traditions to a view that God has done good things in the world Himself — that God Himself is in some way an actor on the world stage . |
| 3 | I can do one thing in the light , and that 's send and treat for him in open negotiation . |
| 4 | I do n't think the I do n't think the D T I would have issued a investment management certificate to Robert Maxwell you know because he 'd done naughty things in the past , so he just would n't have got the certificate . |
| 5 | I had one job to do first thing in the morning — to ring Sir Geoffrey Gillington and ask him to arrange for the manager of the Upper Thames Street branch of the bank to receive Miss Macdonald when she called , and to keep her letter for me . |
| 6 | Your name will be imperishable if you do this thing in the name of peace . |
| 7 | It seemed cosy and welcoming , though suddenly red gingham — the same pattern as those tablecloths that had become beds and togas — did funny things in the region of her heart . |
| 8 | ‘ Foolish of her perhaps , but one does these things in the grip of passion . |