Example sentences of "[noun pl] to do [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the evening they constructed a bonfire outside , where they drank the healths of James II and his son , forcing passers-by to do the same , and offering insults to those who refused . |
| 2 | So anglers need larger weights to do the same job — which could distract the fish . |
| 3 | Initiatives such as the Montreal speech and even the withdrawal from NATO were motivated in part by a feeling that he could not trust his successors to do the necessary . |
| 4 | there is a tendency to standardize different time-scales — but in fact different musical types , and sometimes different pieces within a type , may sell at different rates over different time-spans ; thus the Beatles ' ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ sold a million copies in a week while Ken Dodd 's ‘ Tears ’ took five months to do the same ( Harker 1980 : 98–9 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Probably if they ever raise the funds to do a proper dig here , they 'll find the town had a guard outpost on that hillock . |
| 6 | Others persuade their instructors to do the very minimum necessary and state categorically that they hate stalls . |
| 7 | The point is , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that he had spent his life seeking her out , yet left his feet to do the dirty work . |
| 8 | She asked for identification and we 'd urge all parents to do the same . |
| 9 | If , on the other hand , a pragmatist judge almost invariably applies his new rules retrospectively and encourages other judges to do the same , this will achieve a further , very great benefit for their community . |
| 10 | ‘ I allowed about 11 days to do the first chunk of recording — and she did it in five , ’ says the 49-year-old composer . |
| 11 | I 'm going to ask the other plant conveners to do the same . ’ |
| 12 | He removed a birdcage containing a mechanical singing canary from his chair and sat down , gesturing for his guests to do the same . |
| 13 | They want their governments to do the same , especially on defence . |
| 14 | The plaintiff may have made the most material changes in his position , and have induced the object of his affections to do the same , and have incurred pecuniary liabilities resulting in embarrassments , which would be in every sense a loss , if the income which had been promised should be withheld ; and if the promise was made in order to induce the parties to marry , the promise so made would be , in legal effect , a request to marry . |
| 15 | Detailed studies of the distribution of animals and plants were made throughout the nineteenth century , often employing amateurs to do the actual surveying under the leadership of a few professionals . |
| 16 | Because you 've got three weeks to do a fucking musical . |
| 17 | Conspiratorial imagery was used : ‘ The Zionists continue to attack and criticize Mialster Farrakhan and they pull the strings of their Black and White political marionettes to do the same . ’ |
| 18 | With their nearest rival , Tesco , they 've become far and away the most popular places to do the weekly shop . |
| 19 | ‘ The album is just like one leaf on the tree , and that 's why I waited two years to do the next one , because I wanted to be sure that my playing had something new to offer . |
| 20 | But there are no plans to do the same here . |
| 21 | Although sections of electricity line near the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales had been undergrounded following a public outcry , there were no plans to do the same where the route skirted the North York Moors National Park . |
| 22 | The plaintiff 's solicitors must make regular checks ( and it is a good idea for the defendant 's insurers and solicitors to do the same ) on the wage rates at regular intervals , and not only on the rates for the job that the plaintiff would have been doing but the rate for any job into which he might have been promoted but for the accident . |
| 23 | The light speeded up as it got closer to you , but took ages to do the first part of the journey . |
| 24 | When his own daughter passed the age of twelve , Salah kept her at school and persuaded the parents of six of her contemporaries to do the same . |
| 25 | He would need all his diplomatic skills to do a similar job in South Africa . |
| 26 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |
| 27 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
| 28 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
| 29 | It does n't , sometimes it goes more slowly sometimes it goes more quickly , sometimes it stops but because it takes two hours to do the hundred miles we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 30 | Now each employee at British Steel needs only 4.8 hours to do the same job . |