Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] do a " in BNC.

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1 Liverpool have got to play him against Middlesbrough and it is my belief that if someone comes in and does a turn for you , stick by them .
2 It was time to give in and do a bit of grovelling .
3 ‘ Now we know they can go in and do a job .
4 ‘ When we move over to this scheme it will be perfectly possible for people to pop in and do a module in June , July or August , ’ he said .
5 I had the sales force who called in and done a demonstration in a person 's home .
6 If existing lenders or trainers are getting it wrong , why do n't new firms come in and do a better job ?
7 Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief .
8 Superb ‘ Ray has been superb in the last couple of games , and Steve came in and did a good job .
9 And when we got to the other end one of the lads actually walked in and did a waltz into the school with it which the kids thought was great .
10 Since no scientist was prepared to sit down and do a comparable amount of research in order to demolish a theory which seemed so patently to be a load of rubbish , they all simply cried ‘ Rubbish ! ’ and stamped their feet .
11 Will you come along and do a piece for me ? ’
12 Then I slipped over and did a leisurely backstroke back up the pool .
13 Erm we done a little but we had n't done that much yet , but my sister tells me as we go , as the year go on and do a bit more about it .
14 Get your kit on and do a bit , d' ya know what I mean ?
15 She takes the hat off and does a couple of dance steps .
16 I 'd far sooner take it off and do a proper job but well
17 It was fabulous because King Crimson had such a tremendous sound and such a tremendous image that for them to suddenly stand up and do a lot of Buddy Holly hits with Donovan singing vocals was really cute .
18 in this place who have got up and done a day 's work before they 've come here !
19 You can pick the work up and do a bit of it whenever you have a few minutes to spare and the final result is really splendid , whether it is all bejewelled and decorated or made in a simple plain yarn .
20 At his first words they leap up and do a double-take . )
21 A lot in it er but you can learn a lot from it and eventually you 'll be able to do any sort of these pie charts , if somebody says well you 've got four pound eighty to spend , and somebody spends three quarters on this and a tenths on that , two fifteenths on something else and you can add them all up and do a nice chart .
22 But then they went up and did a whole loada stuff for the miners .
23 These results indicated significantly lower recall scores for the scrambled version , whether a reader was working from the version with no words missed out or doing a cloze test .
24 It was a huge house , too big to survive as a single occupied unit ; a developer had stripped it out and done a thorough conversion to make it into four self-contained apartments with only the hall and stairs common to each .
25 I see education as far more than just training you to go out and do a job , and I think the whole learning process , whatever you 're learning , matures you into being capable of taking responsibilities and learning other things , and I think arts subjects do that just as well as science subjects .
26 Frightened to go out and do a bit of shopping .
27 ‘ I think I 'll go out and do a bit more work , ’ she said into the silence that hung between them .
28 I think that the church has the responsibility to continue to find new and innovative ways of reaching out and doing a better job and that is er testimony to the fact that we can continue to reach out to persons who are suffering in many ways , and I would appreciate and look forward to learning better from you how to do that and would be happy to share .
29 It was no longer just go out and do a gig with your equipment — there were lighting men , dancers , singers , — there was so much that I think no-one could handle it and he was wanting more and more to make the show very good .
30 THE ‘ Grim Reaper ’ of ice hockey explained the role he has at Wembley Arena today : ‘ I go out and do a job on anyone who is giving our top scorers a hard time . ’
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