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Example sentences of "do it [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’
2	And then do it on the first time well if he wanted , he do n't have to go .
3	I I suggest you do it on the same sheet that 's got the th the I ca n't see a copy ,
4	They do it through the Social Services , erm they do it through the various schools erm they will probably give some places to the media so that they can run competitions which would encompass all the youngsters .
5	If so are you going to use one of the commercial companies or do it through the government-backed Export Credits Guarantee Department ?
6	They do it through the Social Services , erm they do it through the various schools erm they will probably give some places to the media so that they can run competitions which would encompass all the youngsters .
7	And they only do it to the angry ones .
8	And then do it with the other leg .
9	Again these statements are open at least to qualification but they link back to concepts of interpersonal work as women 's tasks and therefore as work which suffers along with those who do it from the lower status of women in a patriarchal society .
10	‘ Well , they do it in the normal way usually .
11	They do it in the Labour Club , you can go in there
12	Right , colleagues , we 're now going to the Energy and Utilities debate and er I 'd like to propose that we do it in the following fashion .
13	We do it in the same spirit in which in Pilgrim 's Progress John Bunyan 's Christian and Hopeful erected a sign to keep other pilgrims from the hands of Giant Despair .
14	And yet another client of mine who 's a teacher , she said oh yeah she said it 's lovely , she said I suppose I ought to do the marking and all that at the beginning she said but I leave it , she said , and I sometimes do it in the last week .