Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Most countries organize censuses of their population on something like ten-yearly intervals , but not all do , and they certainly do not do them at the same point in time . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | But I could do them in the smaller size . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |
| 8 | Turning to football , the West Indies have done nothing on an international scale , though the game is popular and played at a domestic level . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 15 | First of all , presumably , you lose your normal time structure of having to go off and do something on a regular basis . |
| 16 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 17 | And I think that if people who are still smoking , and I think nearly every smoker is unhappy with their habit , if they will remember that and think that they can actually do something for the next generation , it 's not their fault , there are people out there , there are forces out there who are forced them to start smoking and who are trying to get the generation to start . |
| 18 | You can not do everything at the same time . |
| 19 | We must do everything with the utmost precision , and beauty of tone . |
| 20 | That would have been absurd because the word , ‘ converts , ’ itself implied that the bailee had done something with the bailed goods which was not authorised by the terms of the bailment . |
| 21 | Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see |
| 22 | ‘ I think she might have done it as a quick way of finding out how the business worked . |
| 23 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 24 | It is also the budget that has taken notice of what the opposition have actually said we listened to you we have not persevered with our original thinking , we 've talked to the officers , we 've listened to what you 've said , we may not have done it with the greatest grace possible but . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And I 've done it with the same manager — Harry Bassett . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 28 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |