Example sentences of "do [adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The farm pays its own way , and so do each of the outdoor activities , ’ he said , as though reading her thoughts . |
| 2 | If someone inputs a transaction in London , they do that on the local computer in the usual way . |
| 3 | If you do that through the cheapest method which is the stand alone system it wo n't pull that off . |
| 4 | I might use some of that polythene , that thick polythene sheet that Derek gave me and do that round the bottom sheet . |
| 5 | You add all this other information and you constantly do that throughout the 24 hour day by saying that , ‘ it 's 11 o'clock , time for your coffee ’ , ‘ it 's twelve o'clock , it 's time for lunch ’ , and constantly giving your name and bringing them back to the present . ’ |
| 6 | So erm , if two or more do this at the same time , first person 's to speak call the talk . |
| 7 | Just to be safe , turn off the electricity and remove the fuses for the downstairs lighting Circuit and the upstairs ring main while you do this on the first floor — these cables are under the floorboards . |
| 8 | The dowry system has sometimes been considered as an effect of the sexual division of labour where , although women do some of the heaviest work ( servicing labour and producing it ) , these roles are considered less important than those of men . |
| 9 | They do some of the finest dictionary 's and it 's real read English . |
| 10 | General Accident attributes some of its 15% audit fee drop to exchange rate fluctuations on the audit fees ( as do some of the other companies ) . |
| 11 | As you will be aware Scorton attracts many visitors and a fair number travel by bicycle — as do some of the local residents ! |
| 12 | Enhanced farm incomes will affect the farmers ' production decisions and capacity , but policies can be designed which have much smaller impacts on production , consumption , trade and world prices than do many of the existing policies , the bureau adds . |
| 13 | But this still leaves the question of why men do more of the higher-paid jobs . |
| 14 | They had them three boats and then they used to take do away with the small boats and they had one big one , the Ipswich erm Pioneer Progress something like that . |
| 15 | There is strong feeling against the three firms who do most of the criminal work in the city . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I seem to get on with most of the teachers in the school , so do most of the other kids . |