Example sentences of "it was a [adj] [noun] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Killers are usually stupid but some people might think it was a clever move to do just that . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a nice thing to do . ’ |
| 3 | I would n't say it was brave it was a normal thing to do , was n't brave , there was nothing brave about that . |
| 4 | It was a brilliant job to do . |
| 5 | It was a good tour to do and I think we learned a lot from it . |
| 6 | You thought it was a good idea did n't you ? |
| 7 | It was a good thing to do , everyone should try it once in a while . |
| 8 | ‘ It was a good thing to do . |
| 9 | It was a good thing to do . |
| 10 | you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do . |
| 11 | I should never have sent that valentine — forgive me — it was a thoughtless thing to do . ’ |
| 12 | It was a stupid thing to do , he knew . |
| 13 | James said later : ‘ It was a bit of a drunken laugh at the time but I want to forget it — it was a stupid thing to do . ’ |
| 14 | Bonds fumed : ‘ It was a stupid thing to do . |
| 15 | I think it was a stupid thing to do , but there 's one of the images in the Crucifixion , the figure on the cross , that 's in the Guggenheim exhibition ; that I still quite like the one panel . |
| 16 | ‘ You said yourself it was a terrible thing to do . ’ |
| 17 | It was a reasonable thing to do at the time as the fund was in surplus . |
| 18 | That was my original they had a competition to look out for people who 've got ideas about this new idea , it was a ridiculous idea to do a competition cos people did n't know what they were entering for , half the parishes were n't notified about it , |
| 19 | It was a mindless thing to do — it could have cost lives . ’ |
| 20 | It was a silly thing to do . ’ |
| 21 | " It was a dreadful thing to do . |
| 22 | It was a big step to do it and I wanted to do it for Freddie . |
| 23 | I had no authority to do this , but agreed that it was a sensible thing to do . |
| 24 | It was a brave thing to do , jumping on a cassowary in full flight . " |
| 25 | It was a foolish thing to do , she knew that a fraction of a second too late ; he cannoned into her with such force that she fell heavily to the ground . |
| 26 | ‘ I felt it was a Christian thing to do . |