Example sentences of "do most [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later you should do most of the session in spikes . |
| 2 | As the man who has to do most of the negotiating on single market measures , I know that there is still a long way to go . |
| 3 | I am expected to do most of the work including taking care of him ( the mentally retarded boy ) which is very hard with all my school-work too . |
| 4 | As things are , he has not only to invent his method , but also do most of the spadework for himself . |
| 5 | MALE moorhens ( Gallinula chloropus ) do most of the incubating of eggs , while females compete with one another to secure the services of the best males . |
| 6 | Of the vast number of Ayrshire people who have emigrated to Canada , the man who was most successful financially was Robert Dunsmuir ( 1825–89 ) who went from Hurlford to Vancouver Island and amassed a fortune from coal mining and other businesses ( See Chapter 31 ) but the man who did most towards the advancement of the new country was John Galt ( See Chapter 9 ) . |
| 7 | Their brilliant playmaker Waisale Serevi , ‘ Small ’ to his mates , whose balance and timing in sevens is reminiscent of that Pele used to display with the round ball , did most of the damage with six tries and ten conversions . |
| 8 | It used to be the Smith boot that did most of the scoring from penalties and conversions , but against Newport his handling was superb . |
| 9 | But I think Sabine Jourdain did most of the work on the paintings and I think you knew it . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not knocking Mr Venables , but they did most of the work in the season anyway . |
| 11 | I 'm not knocking Mr Venables but they did most of the work in the season anyway . |
| 12 | Leopold 's letters to his wife reveal much about what could be expected on the journey and from them one gains the impression that he did most of the planning for these trips : |
| 13 | On checking artists , names appended it appears that up to 1756 Jeffreys did most of the engraving for Figures of Plants but thereafter his name disappears except for the odd plate , which may well have been made earlier . |
| 14 | Obviously there was some kind of partnership involved , but it seemed to her that Adam did most of the running of the outfit . |
| 15 | He presumed that that surly young son of his did most of the running of the dairy business . |
| 16 | The little energy the muscles supply at the beginning of a stride is what we contribute to our locomotion ; gravity does most of the work for a walker . |
| 17 | This ray does not need to move very much because its electricity does most of the work of catching food . |
| 18 | Again , gravity does most of the work in moving us forward . |