Example sentences of "do it [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner . |
| 2 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 3 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 4 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 5 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 6 | On neither occasion could he say why he had done what he did , nor had he done it in the company of other pupils he wanted to impress . |
| 7 | He had done it in the street in front of everyone . |
| 8 | a contracting business , and he 's done it by the skin of his teeth . |
| 9 | Some people have already done it by the looks of things , only they have n't changed it . |
| 10 | ‘ But I made a decision that I would not do it beyond the age of 35 , and then I would return to try to make a contribution . ’ |
| 11 | Now do I do it over the music across the north I do it over the music Okay right here we go . |
| 12 | We ca n't do it without the support of the PA , you know that . ’ |
| 13 | They may do it with the help of the symbols of the church , or the language of the Bible in the orthodox way . |
| 14 | Yes , rubbed in , yes and er , er of course we 'd do that with the hams and we 'd do it with the shoulders of the bacon , cos |
| 15 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
| 16 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
| 17 | Should I do it on the back of that ? |
| 18 | A because the work has n't been done What I 'm trying to do is er to say give a balanced approach which seems to me to reflect the County Council 's view that er you really ca n't do it on the basis of a a a quick subjective assessment , it really needs to be the result of a l of a detailed body of work . |
| 19 | If you ca n't do it here you ca n't do it at the beginning of the second appointment , if you ca n't do it there then the chances are you 'll do it right at the end and if you have n't made the sale I guarantee you wo n't ask . |
| 20 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 21 | It was an enraging affectation , worthy of an Oxford undergraduate , especially as Charlie might do it in the middle of a conversation , as he had done recently at a college gig : the Union President was talking to him when Charlie 's hands reached into his side pocket , the book was extracted and opened , and the man 's eyes popped in disbelief as Charlie imbibed a beakerful of the warm South . |
| 22 | But if my cousin wants to contemplate the mysteries of the unknown , then he may as well do it in the middle of a Ch'noze snowstorm . ’ |
| 23 | No you have to , you 'd , you 'd , you 'd do it in the middle in the hold , not in the middle of the hold on the side of the hold , where your , where your air tank was . |
| 24 | If they do n't do it in the league against Bristol then the club is in serious trouble . |
| 25 | ‘ We are looking at voluntary redundancy , early retirement , job swaps , but if we ca n't do it by the end of the year we will have to look at compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 26 | Finding the money for the cycleways could be an uphill struggle , but the forest authorities are confident they 'll do it by the end of the century . |
| 27 | ’ These people are willing to do it at the beginning of the night when they 're sober ’ she says . |
| 28 | They undertook to do it for the whole of the Caldmore area did they ? |
| 29 | That is what we intend to do and we intend to do it on the basis of the criteria erm that we have set out . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |