Example sentences of "it [verb] a [adj] [noun] do " in BNC.
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1 | I think David had one or two of the songs off ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ way before and so it became a natural progression to do that . |
2 | I thought it seemed a funny thing to do . |
3 | In fact , well done everybody , because it sounds a simple thing to do . |
4 | Cos the thing is as well , I might be inclined to get a two anyway , because she wants it to last a little while do n't she ? |
5 | ‘ Does it take a long time to do ? ’ said Masklin . |
6 | We also use the word because it has the connotation that the information that we are concerned with is being transferred from environment to enterprise , actually to be used ( good heavens ! ) — by specific users in specific contexts for specific tasks , and is not being transferred just because it seems a nice thing to do . |
7 | Erm , the one , two , three and four refer to quarters , it seems a strange way to do it , and I apologize for that . |
8 | One of the attractions of swearing for a child is that it seems a grown-up thing to do . |
9 | It took a fuller self-knowledge to do something effective about them . |