Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [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 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 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 ’ .
4 Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see
5 ‘ I think she might have done it as a quick way of finding out how the business worked .
6 A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony .
7 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 .
8 ‘ You must have done it for a good reason .
9 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 .
10 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 ) .
11 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 .
12 Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis .
13 Chlorine is relatively easy to measure I 'm sure you 'll all of done it at A level chemistry titration , silver nitrate ?
14 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 .
15 Kangaroos have the same need to move rapidly , but they have done it in a different way .
16 ‘ She would have done it in a preordained way , of course , ’ mused Henry .
17 Dampt disgrace that couple that done it in the Golden Divans .
18 ‘ We also know that if Vechey committed suicide he must have done it in the early hours , just before dawn .
19 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 .
20 It is already happening in New Zealand where you can qualify for a remission of 60 if you dig the grave yourself , provided you can do it to the proper standards as prescribed by the local district council and bring your own tools .
21 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 .
22 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 ?
23 I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’
24 I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time .
25 ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’
26 We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home .
27 ‘ 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 . ’
28 Well it 's , it 's a job that 's got to be done and you can do it on a miserable day .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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