Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 2 | I mean , as you say , I cover all the points but because you do n't do them in the right order perhaps you muck them up |
| 3 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 4 | She saw Naylor 's sharp glance go over her , but , while she quickly lowered her glance , she could do nothing about the unexpected riot of colour that flooded her face . |
| 5 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |
| 6 | Turning to football , the West Indies have done nothing on an international scale , though the game is popular and played at a domestic level . |
| 7 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 8 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 9 | Yes , they will go , but the government should do two things , and it should have done them in the White Paper announcement ; it should have said ‘ we are proposing to get rid of all advantages for company cars in tax terms and we are proposing to make sure that people pay by paying more road tax or more petrol costs if they have high gas-guzzling cars ’ . |
| 10 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
| 11 | A Reagan administration in Sacramento , the voters were led to believe , would do something about the rising tide of crime in the state , would take people off welfare and put them to work and , above all else , it would get the government off the people 's back . |
| 12 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 13 | First of all , presumably , you lose your normal time structure of having to go off and do something on a regular basis . |
| 14 | We must do everything with the utmost precision , and beauty of tone . |
| 15 | Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see |
| 16 | ‘ I think she might have done it as a quick way of finding out how the business worked . |
| 17 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 18 | My reason for not having done it myself and my father 's reasons for not having done it with the National Gallery is that , in the case of Yale , I 'm looking forward to the day when there 'll be other people interested in English art who will give paintings or money to the Center for British Art just because it is the Center for British Art , where they would n't do it if it was the Paul Mellon Center for British Art . |
| 19 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 20 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 21 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 22 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 23 | Chlorine is relatively easy to measure I 'm sure you 'll all of done it at A level chemistry titration , silver nitrate ? |
| 24 | The sleight of hand had not been performed to show off ; he had done it in a matter-of-fact way , as though it were no more unusual than scratching his ear . |
| 25 | Kangaroos have the same need to move rapidly , but they have done it in a different way . |
| 26 | ‘ She would have done it in a preordained way , of course , ’ mused Henry . |
| 27 | Almost all of the higher earners and men with 10 or more partners have had oral sex with a woman , and it 's the men with a regular relationship and someone else on the side who are most likely to have done it in the past year . |
| 28 | Having decided to surrender to his plans for the evening — lunch had been a light one and already the pangs of hunger were making themselves felt — she would n't do it without a token show of resistance . |
| 29 | And are you confident when you give a weather forecast that the chances are that it 's going to be correct , or do you do it with a slight feeling of uneasiness ? |
| 30 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |