Example sentences of "do [adj] in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He should have done that in the first place , and I should have thought about what I was doing instead of just floating along with whatever he put to me . |
| 2 | My local primary has , in fact , at least done that in the last year , and we have n't opted out , and secondly you will remember the article in the Guardian from thirteenth of November — thirteenth of November last year — Hull Grammar School , which was one of the first ones that went independent erm have now applied for an administration order which gives them breathing space before winding up petitions can be launched . |
| 3 | Mere words could do little in the short term to reverse the chaotic situation . |
| 4 | Okay so we could do that in the first place we could say one pizza there well we 've got two pizzas but we 'll let's just concentrate on one , share it between six people . |
| 5 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't do that in the first place ? ’ |
| 6 | I could n't understand why you did n't do that in the first place . |
| 7 | They did n't do much in the first game and we 're unbeaten away . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps we 'll have to do that in the new year |
| 9 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Faith as I see it — by a Layman ’ ; and although there was first a certain amount of debate about what the nature and title of the broadcasts should be , Lewis began to do this in the late summer of 1941 , taking the train from Oxford to London every Wednesday evening , and broadcasting from 7.45 to 8.00 p.m . |
| 11 | We attempt to do this in the next chapter , but before embarking on this task we must note some of the criticisms which have been made about the Braverman thesis and its implications . |
| 12 | There are details are of the way to do this in the National Certificate ‘ Guide to Procedures ’ and advice can be sought from my staff or from Field Officers . ’ |
| 13 | As the Right Honourable Gentleman is aware , our top priority is to get inflation down , and I would also hope that he would be aware that the aim of doing that in the longer term has to be by making the price of money more expensive . |
| 14 | he did n't want anybody to know , but I think in he did that in the kinder fashion . |
| 15 | Eric Brown then went and did that in the third round , but at that stage I thought it was going to be between Peter , Christy and Dave . |
| 16 | Too many people did that in the last recession and ended up with fancy new furniture in the living room , photos of an expensive holiday abroad , a few remains of once fashionable clothes and masses of debts . |
| 17 | After the fierce arguments of the previous decade it was necessary for my Group to explain its own rationale , and we did this in the second chapter of our Report . |
| 18 | In fact I did these in the same way as the neckband , doing the button band first ; after that it is to mark where the buttonholes are to go , it 's just a matter of arithmetic since the needles are numbered already . |
| 19 | Analysis showed that employees in the public sector received on average six days more authorised absence ( excluding sickness ) than did those in the private sector . |