Example sentences of "[vb past] to do a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pretended to do a double-take . |
| 2 | We loved ‘ Jump ’ — we tried to do a cover version of it . |
| 3 | And I tried to do a pattern but it sent all my eyes crazy counting these |
| 4 | In February 1974 , Mr Heath lost his overall majority , but remained in office for several days while he tried to do a deal with Mr Jeremy Thorpe and the Liberals to keep him in power . |
| 5 | Sir could you do something because ages ago you promised to do a chip-pan fire for us . |
| 6 | ‘ The idea first came to me when I was at college and Paul Watson , a BBC producer , came to do a series of lectures . |
| 7 | Just before eleven o'clock , one of the consultants came to do a ward round , followed by his entourage of junior doctors and medical students . |
| 8 | Or was he addicted to the game Striker as a kid where the goalie adopted a similar position ( mine always seemed to do a Sprake and throw the ball back into my own net ) . |
| 9 | He was still in his Union job and seemed to do a lot of travelling . |
| 10 | I 'll see you tomorrow morning , got to do a shift . |
| 11 | A one-eyed beggar followed and , for a penny , agreed to do a dance . |
| 12 | Next came talks with Hedlunds who agreed to do a turnkey operation , using a three-man team to erect the structure and local builders , plumbers , plasterers and electricians to complete the work . |
| 13 | Dealers in Moscow were so enthusiastic about the chance to get their lubes and parts from a single supplier that BP and Unipart agreed to do a show together in May 1992 to introduce their joint service to a wider range of potential customers . |
| 14 | I therefore applied to do a Ph.D . |
| 15 | So once the Trust acquired the house it began to do a number of it began to do three things . |
| 16 | In the middle of a French lesson I was taking , she stood on her desk and started to do a strip . |
| 17 | Anyway , one day me and my mates were all going to a party so I decided to do a home perm . |
| 18 | So I decided to do a bit of checking . |
| 19 | For this I decided to do a painting looking from my conservatory through the windows into the garden with two white chairs as the focal point . |
| 20 | And so with the help of these , they just managed to do a bit of slate , but if them had not gone back , I thinks this this strike would have turned the other way . |
| 21 | But at the same time I realise it means they 're basically trying to control my music which I did n't expect ’ As for taking him seriously , American composer Philip Glass offered to do a 12-inch remix of Hey Music Lover after Moore took him out for a night in the clubs . |
| 22 | She went to do a lady 's hair and then the lady said well if you , could you just sort of trim my husband 's . |
| 23 | Girl 's do n't ‘ do ’ the season any more ; it 's not like it was in the past , ’ said Sophia Burrell , 17 , who confessed to having missed most of the grooming session laid on by Lucie Clayton School of Modelling , ‘ because I had to do a law course ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ He was n't put on contract because we felt he had to do a bit more to earn one . |
| 25 | We had to do a story when something unusual happened . |
| 26 | he had to do a swap did n't he with Shell ? |
| 27 | We also had to do a navigation test . |
| 28 | One of them recently ran out of petrol and had to do a 45-mile round trip for fuel when its total allocation for the whole shift was only 28 miles . |
| 29 | Thank you , the in after the interview I went back to Chelmsford where is the headquarters of the Essex Police Force and had to do a course for two weeks . |
| 30 | ‘ I had to do a scene with an actor playing Big Ears and was thrilled when I was told I 'd got the part , ’ she said . |