Example sentences of "do [indef pn] [adj] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had also done something terrible to the boiler , and discovered dry rot in the airing-cupboard . |
| 2 | Eventually a strong urge swept me to do something vandalistic to the apparatus , but I yielded not to temptation and left , returning a couple of hours later to complete my purchases . |
| 3 | He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey , but the kids were up anyway . |
| 4 | Those still with troublesome suspicions should have asked themselves how Pakistan 's fast men could have survived the Cornhill Test series had they been doing something illegal to the ball while on view not only to alert umpires and batting opponents but to thousands of onlookers at the various grounds and before the probing eye of television . |
| 5 | With our stage and our workshops , which are better than any theatre in the world , we are able to achieve really striking stage pictures ; and they have nothing to do with these modern productions that do everything contrary to the music . |
| 6 | ‘ ( a ) destroys the goods , or disposes of the goods in a way giving a good title to the entire property in the goods or otherwise does anything equivalent to the destruction of the other 's interest in the goods , or ( b ) purports to dispose of the goods in a way which would give a good title to the entire property in the goods if he was acting with the authority of all co-owners of the goods . ’ |