Example sentences of "[prep] [be] do [art] " in BNC.
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1 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
2 | It costs about £600 a treatment and has to be done every two weeks . |
3 | To be done every morning out of doors in the fresh air . |
4 | This illustrates , too , the other key point about demonstration : it does not have to be done every time by the sort of presenter you can find selling vegetable slicers in Selfridges ' basement , as a straight , face-to-the-camera spiel . |
5 | Really , the worst thing about being a kitchenmaid-cum-parlourmaid-cum-everything else , Sally-Anne ruefully considered , was all the scrubbing and the grate-cleaning which had to be done every day . |
6 | It had to be done every day , too . |
7 | Things like okay , ordering possibly could be reactive and active , because yes , it 's something that has to be done every day , but if your order in spot on , that is an active task , it would improve and benefit to your , you would say that that , . |
8 | ‘ Since you appear to be doing a thesis on True Romance , ’ he said , smiling . |
9 | At that point the band broke up , even though we were supposed to be doing a lot more touring . |
10 | They see it as something that they , as the caring agencies , must be involved in if they are going to be doing a good professional job . |
11 | But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job . |
12 | That way you can be seen to be doing a good job and will have more opportunity for improving your pay and possibly being promoted . |
13 | He said : ‘ The police seem to be doing a very thorough job . ’ |
14 | Shinwell , always a better politician than administrator , was widely felt to be doing a poor job in this crucial economic ministry . |
15 | The firm is supposed to be doing a RISC-based Unix mainframe and is already a licensee of HP 's PA chip which it uses in its 3050 line of Unix workstations . |
16 | They seemed to be doing a good job . |
17 | Now , as the cold winds blow in New England , our transatlantic chums in Citizens seem to be doing a repeat act , picking up the odd dime or at least two Five Cents , Plymouth Five Cents and Boston Five Cents . |
18 | Although she seemed not to be doing a lot of that these days . |
19 | Circumstances may change , and he may no longer want the goods and services that he has ordered , or the seller may appear to be doing a poor job , and the buyer may have lost confidence in him . |
20 | And I I ca n't understand it and I still have n't got to the bottom of the reason why is doing , seems to me to be doing a lot of work herself |
21 | ‘ I 've watched you with the kids , and , while I know it ca n't be easy , you seem to be doing a grand job . |
22 | ‘ They are supposed to be doing a job of work to house people not making residents ’ lives a misery . ’ |
23 | It sounds as if we could learn a great deal from Germany and Holland about , in the health service , erm because their systems by now by all statistical tests of mortality and illness and so on , seem to be doing a better job than ours . |
24 | This delay suggests that he had not intended his angry words to be taken literally , but at least one of his sons was clearly capable of making trouble , while claiming to be doing no more than carrying out his father 's wishes . |
25 | He knows that he 'll be doing some writing and he 's going to be doing an album next year . |
26 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
27 | 3 If you are coming back from injury or lay-off , go slowly — train progressively and do not expect to be doing the same times as you were before . |
28 | If you watch the treatment sessions , you may sometimes think that the patient is not taking any active role in initiating movements , whereas the physiotherapist seems to be doing the movements for him . |
29 | Today , of course , it suited him to be doing the shopping . |
30 | Ice-T has not yet commented on the situation , but Body Count 's manager , Jorge Hinojosa , said ‘ We 're glad to be doing the dates we are on the tour ’ . |