Example sentences of "[prep] doing a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After doing a preliminary design , you would think about it , modify it and then knit it . |
| 2 | Sun Microsystems Inc is spreading its favours around , and after doing a big deal with Oracle Corp on its manufacturing software , has now signed a new unlimited use licence for various database products from Sybase Inc , Emeryville , California for deployment in its operations . |
| 3 | They come to the job with vague convictions of wanting to care for people , of doing a worthwhile job for which they will be given respect . |
| 4 | There 's a cost implication there of doing a separate fax for each consultant . |
| 5 | The challenge and excitement of doing a professional job in an elite organisation , the chance to travel , and access to unrivalled sporting and leisure pursuits are all yours for the taking . |
| 6 | We 're actually thinking of doing a real Stephenson Blake . |
| 7 | And in the interests of doing a good job I decided to take a look at the place myself . ’ |
| 8 | We 're thinking of doing a special supplement on holidays with your dog — more news later ! |
| 9 | ‘ It was his way of doing a Christian act . ’ |
| 10 | Said Pat : ‘ That would be Kenneth 's way of doing a Christian act , let that boy get home in safety , instead of roaming the streets homeless . ’ |
| 11 | They did not know when accident or sickness would hit them , and though they knew that some time in middle age — perhaps in the forties for unskilled labourers , perhaps in the fifties for the more skilled — they would become incapable of doing a full measure of adult physical labour , they did not know what would happen to them between then and death . |
| 12 | In a passage which is bound to be seen as highly controversial in the present situation in East Germany , Sir Leon said : ‘ If Germany 's partners give the impression of being opposed to reunification this will only increase what is at present a small risk : that some in Germany may be tempted to seek reunification on the basis of doing a unilateral deal with the Soviet Union , involving the setting up of a new unified German state outside the Community . |
| 13 | Awards should not be automatic and follow simply as a result of doing a particular job . |
| 14 | Because this new pond is interconnected with the main one , adding the water was like doing a major water change . |
| 15 | ‘ The supervisor has not learned one of the fundamentals of good supervision — that employees ca n't be forced into doing a good job . |
| 16 | Later there was a letter from the BBC about doing a long television interview . |
| 17 | For the boys in the band , it was becoming like they were frozen fish fingers , waiting to be thawed out for the next meal , because I was off doing a mini series or whatever . |
| 18 | ‘ A lot of thanks I get for doing a good deed , ’ she said . |
| 19 | He has also praised Highways staff for doing a good job under the present circumstances . |
| 20 | In a motion from the floor , the committee was thanked for doing a good job in the previous year , and re-elected en bloc . |
| 21 | They say it 's time they were paid for doing a full time job , which dominates their lives and saves the state thirty billion pounds each year … |
| 22 | But as for doing a whole exchange of shows , like with the Russians in the past well , we might do it if we got compensation for it . |
| 23 | This sets the framework for doing a bio-psychosocial assessment , using multidisciplinary knowledge from other professionals to piece together the impact of recent events on a particular family network . |
| 24 | Try to give the impression you are half way through doing a domestic chore . |
| 25 | Lord Diplock said : " What it does in that capacity is governed by public law ; and although the legal consequences of doing it may result in creating rights enforceable in private law , those rights are not necessarily the same as those that would flow in private law from doing a similar act otherwise than in the exercise of statutory powers . " |
| 26 | 1.1 Direct and indirect restraints Most cases quite obviously involve a direct restraint on the covenantor from doing a certain thing or things . |
| 27 | Dislike might be bubbling inside her like bitter acid , but it had n't prevented her from doing a good job . |
| 28 | ‘ Kept you asleep in the morning , and prevented you from doing a proper day 's work . ’ |
| 29 | I said that the Soviet Union was not interested in doing a bilateral deal . |
| 30 | Even today tractor ploughing is You know , there 's a pride in doing a good job and er while the the single furrow plough , the techniques are a little different , the the end result is much the same . |