Example sentences of "do [adj] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They have not shrunk from setting aside gifts made to persons in a position to exercise undue influence over the donors , although there has been no proof of the actual exercise of such influence ; and the courts have done this on the avowed ground of the necessity of going this length in order to protect persons from the exercise of such influence under circumstances which render proof of it impossible .
2 We 've done this on the proposed East Oxford Education centre .
3 First because it er offers the Government quite a good reason for dropping the bill altogether , er a er and bowing to parliamentary opinion in doing so that 's not a shameful thing to do , er if it had been able to do that on the other hand it would have the benefit of in=incorporating in its own proposals a measure of continuity and experience which are no there already .
4 If you have any choice in the matter , try to do this on the south-facing side , and as the bud will grow out to the south , rows should lie east-west , so that the shoots grow out into the row space , and not into each other .
5 It was alleged the car had been doing 50-60mph on the wrong side of the road .
6 If someone inputs a transaction in London , they do that on the local computer in the usual way .
7 He did this on the same day , with the result that the situation became much calmer and negotiations opened for a new Executive Council which would include General Aung San as its leader .
8 Just to be safe , turn off the electricity and remove the fuses for the downstairs lighting Circuit and the upstairs ring main while you do this on the first floor — these cables are under the floorboards .
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