Example sentences of "[adv] do [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing .
2 It 'll only do A four .
3 A Lynx will only do a hundred and eighty mile an hour !
4 Having only done a few short walks before in true Water & Ventilation style he decided to ‘ test the water ’ first by walking the Ridgeway in Wiltshire , 85 miles and five days later he completed it .
5 I 've only done the patterned bit . ’
6 Well they 'd better do a wee test then .
7 I mean , I 've always felt that I had better do a helluva lot of acting .
8 But Des points out that everybody else on this road is running anyway , and if we want to stay unnoticed we 'd better do the same .
9 Oh you 'd better do the last one Doctor
10 She had had her pregnancy confirmed by the Medical Officer , who had decreed that she must henceforth do no more night duties .
11 Should we all do the same questions ?
12 I think you should all do the same questionnaire and the same survey but then if you can write it up separately .
13 Rachel could see the reasoning behind that , but nevertheless felt angry towards Damian Flint — not because he had so obviously done the right thing , but because he was so clearly in complete control of a situation that had always been beyond Rachel .
14 ‘ I 've merely done a little time-tailoring , simply removed one of the pleats or flares from the ostensibly straight leg of time .
15 I turned out the f the negative upside down to do the other half , which makes 'em look Keeps the the group equally s h
16 When do I start going down to do the over-sixties ’ clinic ? ’
17 But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job .
18 And this is unlikely to change — after all if the sales person knew enough to do a good job of giving advice they could easily start a new career as a consultant !
19 ‘ You 've taken long enough to do a simple errand , I must say .
20 I have looked after my husband for seven years , he had a brain tumour operation nearly eight years ago , and he 's in a wheelchair he ca n't walk , but his , after the first two years of caring for him , he 's become bright enough to do the Daily Telegraph crossword , and so he 's er erm brain 's alright .
21 Many homeowners with DIY skills get the professionals in to do the tricky bits and supply the labour , or save money by managing the project themselves .
22 BRINGING CUNNING PEOPLE IN TO DO THE DIRTY WORK
23 Once a month , a gardener comes in to do the heavy work for me , and I hope he 'll dig the new pond .
24 Any question of taking her into Penzance had to be abandoned and Harriet went off alone to do the weekly shopping , thankful to be able to leave Edna in charge of Celia and trying not to feel guilty that she actually preferred such expeditions without her daughter 's company .
25 TIF , and many other types of file , all to do the same job ?
26 If you are overweight , but are happy with the exercises you do at least three times per week , then far be it from us to interfere — continue , you are obviously doing a good job !
27 The leader was perhaps doing no more than drawing on the enthusiasm detectable in each of the two components of the party for the idea of citizenship .
28 are all doing a futile side-stroke .
29 Imperialism focused on one or two natural resources , thus creating a homogeneous agricultural proletariat , all doing the same labouring job .
30 What I find horrible is that there are so many organisations or or places all over Great Britain , they 're all doing the same sort of tests !
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