Example sentences of "[pron] do [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Shall I do that from the top ? |
2 | And so , if I do that for the army and then get them to do my degree as well . |
3 | I do that in the context of the proposals in the Bill , which I believe are vital for the future of Cardiff . |
4 | Since eyesight requires that I do most of the close-up camera work , it fell to me to film the creature crawling slowly across Lorne 's fingers . |
5 | I do some of the mixing here , some is done by them at Stepney . |
6 | While all this is going on , the computer salesperson will repeatedly use the customer 's Christian name : ‘ Now , John , you see that when I do this with the mouse … |
7 | I do this in the belief that by admitting them publicly we will discover that others share them . |
8 | I did that for the nose |
9 | I did that on the basis that it is very difficult to scrutinise the Bill 's Scottish aspects , complicated and far-reaching as they are , as they impact on a very distinct and separate local government tradition and system within the framework of United Kingdom legislation . |
10 | Yeah I did that on the car the other day . |
11 | I mean there 's so much more , well I did these on the mortise er , up the top last week you know |
12 | In fact I did these in the same way as the neckband , doing the button band first ; after that it is to mark where the buttonholes are to go , it 's just a matter of arithmetic since the needles are numbered already . |
13 | Andrew Allan and I did most of the production , and I wrote many of the scripts , including a melodramatic parody entitled ‘ No Mother To Guide Her ’ . |
14 | That bar in the illustration , had to be lifted up and over at the end of each row to deposit the stitches on to the needles — a great opportunity to drop stitches , which I did most of the time ! |
15 | At first , I did most of the talking , and I remember asking her name , which she said was Hannah Hauxwell . |
16 | He was very quiet ; I did most of the talking . |
17 | ‘ I had the help of a bricklayer and a carpenter from time to time , but no , in the main I did most of the work myself . |
18 | I did most of the preparation , Mum looked after what was cooking . |
19 | Once I did this under the eye of a policeman who nabbed me for parking on a yellow line when I emerged from the bank a few minutes later . |
20 | If I did this with the intention of deceiving people , would I be telling a lie ? |
21 | When I did this at the table , the player in the West seat went ‘ into the tank ’ , a bridge expression for a deep trance . |
22 | well I can do , but he wo n't let me do any of the things I want |
23 | Havis himself did most of the cockpit shots , and these are skilfully intercut into air-to-air shots of Concorde , including a beautiful head-on one ( used several times ) of the Great White Dart skimming the cloud-tops leaving a vortex of white in its high-speed wake . |
24 | While the most prominent member of the VSC , Tariq Ali , was soon to become a member of a smaller , and less durable , International Marxist Group , it was the IS which did much of the groundwork , and which over the next five years was to reap most of the recruits . |
25 | Langenscheidt have worked closely throughout their electronic book development with Sharp which do most of the programming , source the components and manufacture the products . |
26 | Atta cephalotes builds nests up to 150 m 2 in surface area , containing up to 5 million workers , ranging from minima 2 mm long to the largest soldier 20mm long with medians about 10mm long , which do most of the leaf cutting . |
27 | One reason for being hopeful is that we now make machines which do some of the things that brains do , although we must remember that there may be important ways in which brains and existing computers work on different principles . |
28 | Do you do that in the set ? |
29 | ‘ How could you do this to the vicar ? ’ she demanded . |
30 | I do n't want to say too much about the tower because I 'll leave that to two , two chaps who done most of the work , Ron and Colin . |