Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a public sector organisation says that it will do something at a certain time , the customer wants that to happen . |
| 2 | First of all , presumably , you lose your normal time structure of having to go off and do something on a regular basis . |
| 3 | ‘ I think she might have done it as a quick way of finding out how the business worked . |
| 4 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 5 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 6 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 7 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 8 | Chlorine is relatively easy to measure I 'm sure you 'll all of done it at A level chemistry titration , silver nitrate ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Kangaroos have the same need to move rapidly , but they have done it in a different way . |
| 11 | ‘ She would have done it in a preordained way , of course , ’ mused Henry . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 15 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 16 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never had any doubts about my scoring ability but I have still got to go out and do it on a consistent basis . ’ |
| 18 | Well it 's , it 's a job that 's got to be done and you can do it on a miserable day . |
| 19 | I mean I wo n't go into detail , but I mean she could do endowment , she could do it on a maximum investment plan basis , to back up her P E P , erm and save regularly through different funds . |
| 20 | Er but as I say if , if we can do it on a personalized basis er personalized geographic basis , it gives it more identity er then what , what you produced certainly i is halfway there to the issues that Steve mentioned earlier on . |
| 21 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 22 | NEXT time Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen 's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum they should do it in a great cathedral . |
| 23 | I would do it in a nice way and then he might remember me and ask me out later . ’ |
| 24 | Otherwise I will just do it in a different colour , a different |
| 25 | Do n't do it in a provocative way — just quickly and calmly step back a couple of paces when you have finished , to increase the distance between you . |
| 26 | So I would agree with what Tom said on the sort of , things , yeah , you know , knock that together , we 've got that on one piece of paper already that 's about two years out of date , well , was up to date two years ago , which I could probably dig out for you , and then erm we 've got , we can even do it from a European sort of view point , which just has a few things there that need taking up . |
| 27 | Well in one sense I , I would like to see Jane addressing it , because she can do it from a non-divisional point of view . |
| 28 | It would clearly be very difficult to compare one disaster to another , in fact I 'm not even sure you could do it from a grammatical point of view , but if you were to point your finger somewhere in the world and say , ‘ We really ought to look at what 's happening here , or what might happen there , ’ could you think of one outstanding example ? |
| 29 | Even the GenTech wizards , Dr Zarathustra and W. D. Donovan , could only reconstruct a ruined face ; they could n't do anything about a shredded psyche , a ruptured personality , a raped memory … |
| 30 | JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters . |