Example sentences of "[v-ing] to do a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little research has studied adults who got to the stage of applying to do a course but who then did not enrol for it . |
| 2 | We have an understanding with the companies we work with that we wo n't endorse them , and we 're not interested in anyone who 's looking to do a whitewash job . |
| 3 | See what see what you can do and perhaps er Jane you could just look into the possibility of erm because if I mean if we were going to do a run of pens we would n't just have a thousand would we ? |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm going to do a PhD , ’ he told her , ‘ on the Social and Economic Consequences of the Great Plague of 1347 to 1350 on Rural Parishes in the South of England . ’ |
| 5 | So he 'd say , ‘ I 'd like you to imagine going into a recording studio , you 've never met the band in your life , you 're going to do a session for them and you 're going to be paid very well and they 're all on Acid and they 're playing rockabilly . |
| 6 | Eric was going to do a trip around the world when he left Mayall , which eventually became a trip to Greece . |
| 7 | That you 're going to do a story about my involvement with Martin ? ’ |
| 8 | Someone said well we 'll just have a generic British paper because , you know , we 're going to do a story about a newspaper office and we need something like a newspaper but is n't actually one . |
| 9 | The Mail on Sunday is going to do a feature . |
| 10 | Okay we 've only barely started if you take a a fresh piece of paper then , a fresh sheet of paper and and er the orientation that you now know we need to do if we 're going to do if we 're going to do a thought pattern |
| 11 | Now the District Council have taken a lot of money off this town , over the market stalls now , for a number of years , and I believe if they 're going to do a scheme like this which has been going on now for over eight years , it should be done all in one go . |
| 12 | I thought he was just going to do a couple of acoustic numbers . |
| 13 | So first of all I 'm going to do a triangle of mixed and erm and the red foliage compliments it . |
| 14 | ‘ He never told me that he was going to do a newspaper article and I just wonder where this leaves Jason and his legal advisers now as far as an appeal goes . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm going to do a Terry now when we play on Monday nights . |
| 16 | Oh did I tell you she was thinking of going to do a chiropody certificate . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's funny , but Morley Safer of 60 Minutes , the big important documentary programme in the States , was going to do a profile of me . |
| 18 | I 'm going to do a time check . |
| 19 | That was until the morning of Saturday 12 September , when my brother Sandy announced that he was going to do a Bungee Jump from a 160 foot crane in Thornhill that afternoon . |
| 20 | ARDS may have lost the Irish Soccer Cup final to Bangor this season , but their swim minnows made sure Bangor were n't going to do a double at the Grove Pool last weekend . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're going to do a contest for the guests . ’ |
| 22 | Richie was afraid I was going to do a hatchet job on him . |
| 23 | ‘ They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job , being from the City , but I have n't found an instance where I would want to get rid of anyone . ’ |
| 24 | Hi , I 'm not going to do a match report , even though I went to the game last night . |
| 25 | I 'm not going to do a match report either , I 'll leave that to someone who 's a bit more eloquent , and who 's got a better memory , I ca n't even seem to remember what happened 10 mins ago let alone 2 days . |
| 26 | ‘ Well Kensington is n't going to do a lot either so that solves that problem . ’ |
| 27 | The horse is going to do a lot worse than just wrench its leg from the farrier 's grasp ! |
| 28 | Obviously throwing a bucket of water over them is n't going to do a lot of good , so if there is a likelihood of it happening , you 'll need to be prepared . |
| 29 | It 's a great service and I 'm sure we 're going to do a lot of good for a lot of women , ’ says Amanda Ursell , a trained nutritionist on our panel . |
| 30 | That 's going to do a lot of damage in a soup bowl the size of Wembley stadium , I do n't think . |