Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] do a " in BNC.
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1 | One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something . |
2 | Meditation was something that only happened east of Suez and although imaging was something I did every time I wrote a book , play or did a drawing , I had not associated it with my cancer . |
3 | In any event , membership of an international organisation does not amount to recognition nor does a vote on credentials and representation issues : see Warbrick , 30 I.C.L.Q. , 568 , 583 citing 1950 UN Doc S/1466 . |
4 | After scoring his spectacular debut goal , Pollock ran over towards Middlesbrough 's travelling fans and did a somersault . |
5 | ‘ He helps a lot with kids and does a lot of good work behind the scenes . |
6 | They were supposed to come back to the offices and do a three hour training |
7 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
8 | At one such meeting a heckler had got a great round of cheers from the assembled throng when he had told Clasper to get off his bloody soap-box and do a day 's work for a bloody change . |
9 | He gives an example about lifting a heavy weight and doing a multiplication sum at the same time and says you ca n't do it . |
10 | She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town . |
11 | During that time I held honorary NHS senior registrar status and , to maintain my clinical skills , was on call once a week as a resident registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology and did a full day 's operating list once every two weeks . |
12 | Billy hunched his shoulders and did a quick shuffle . |
13 | ‘ I feel quite capable of using the miracle of science to forge links of friendship and do a great deal of good throughout the world , ’ Cook said . |
14 | He played banjo for a living and did a little woodwork on the side : fitting a bathroom here , a kitchen there , anywhere but at home . |
15 | Medic Mike Jackson said : ‘ When we arrived there was total chaos but officers had administered emergency first aid and did a good job stemming the blood and calming the girl . ’ |
16 | After that you go into a big room and they look through your clothes and they ask you questions , then you have to pull your knickers down to your knees and do a twizzle , twist round , pull your pants up and put your dressing-gown back on . |
17 | got to break it down into little steps and do a bit at a time |
18 | Tony did n't have time to waste booking him as a support act or doing a club circuit or anything like that . |
19 | Although I was capable of doing the work and doing a good job , I did n't want to be letting people down and that . |
20 | Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published . |
21 | The recognition by IBM Corp that Microsoft Corp products are not going to go away and that it ca n't build its own personal computer world solely on OS/2 — which has led the company to decide to put NT up on the PowerPC and to do a DB2/NT version of its personal computer database is to culminate in a meeting between new IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner and Microsoft chief Bill Gates later this month to discuss areas of mutual interest , the Wall Street Journal says . |
22 | The Braithwaites , Joseph and Daniel , were employed on a regular basis as masons and did a great deal of work , not only on the mine , but off it , such as at Cat Bank where a large amount of walling was required apart from the actual building . |
23 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
24 | As soon as you got out of sight , you altered direction and did a wide loop so you could sneak up behind us . ’ |
25 | ‘ My first job is to learn Saatchi 's activities and to do a good job of selling the consulting businesses , ’ he said , in a reference to the company 's previously announced plans to sell its management consultancy arm . |
26 | This morning I ordered our central computer here to hack into the Riyadh computer and do a check . |
27 | Well I 'm going to make that marmalade and do a bit of cleaning . |
28 | ‘ Owen came into defence and did a good job . |
29 | Well this guy 's jumped off the second board and done a belly flop |
30 | I did an evening ride along some backblocks roads , all gravel , and the next day we all hired bikes and did a similar route . |