Example sentences of "do most [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think of these as the troops who will do most of the real fighting . |
| 2 | Apart from looking after the home and having babies , she is still expected to do most of the manual work on the land as her husband may be working abroad or in Funchal or just resting . |
| 3 | There is strong feeling against the three firms who do most of the criminal work in the city . |
| 4 | The general division of labour in peasant and pastoral households is significant — it is women who frequently collect water , fuel , forest litter and fodder , and indeed in some societies do most of the agricultural work as well , except ploughing ( as , for example , in parts of South Asia ) . |
| 5 | Since eyesight requires that I do most of the close-up camera work , it fell to me to film the creature crawling slowly across Lorne 's fingers . |
| 6 | I seem to get on with most of the teachers in the school , so do most of the other kids . |
| 7 | Pinay himself opposed them , as did most of the other ministers . |
| 8 | He liked Isobel well enough but she seemed to him to bring , as did most of the other women deacons in the diocese , a fussy , housekeeping approach to Christianity , a domestic preoccupation with women and children and primary schools , that irked him . |
| 9 | ‘ But she did most of the important stuff on that . ’ |
| 10 | Ashore the troops were commanded by Colonel John Durnford-Slater , the Commanding Officer of 3 Commando , who did most of the detailed planning for the raiding force which was made up from the entire 3 Commando , reinforced by two Troops from ‘ No.2 ’ with additional Royal Engineers from ‘ No.6 ’ , Royal Army Medical Corps ( RAMC ) personnel from ‘ No.4 ’ , intelligence officers from the War Office , and a Press Unit . |
| 11 | Backed by Suzi , who did most of the energetic stuff , Ingrid strutted and flounced and flung her hair about . |
| 12 | The computer did most of the hard work and produced four circles with radii 4,781 4,647 , 4,718 and 4,685 metres . |