Example sentences of "[adv] did a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They put the sniffer over it but only did a perfunctory search . |
| 2 | So did a ten-pound note . |
| 3 | As the float rose the shaft rotated and so did a circular metal plate attached to the end of it . |
| 4 | Because Revson just did a small number of American races and spent the rest of the time on the FI circuit . |
| 5 | We just did a big buffet . |
| 6 | He held McAllister 's hand for a little longer than propriety might demand , and the pair of them stood for a moment , rapt , until the surgery boy , who ran the doctor 's errands on his bike , delivered prescriptions and generally did a great deal of donkey work , knocked on the door before he came in , saying excitedly and importantly , ‘ You 're wanted , Dr Neil , sir . |
| 7 | Only very gradually did a small number of educated critics come to see that although quite different from the Russian and European film the Hollywood and Hollywood-inspired film had developed its own qualities and that the great mass audience for that kind of entertainment had been responding quite genuinely to positive influence . |
| 8 | It seemed to her that when he spotted her he usually did a quick about-face , which , to be fair , was also how she responded to seeing him . |
| 9 | But I always did a good line in love potions . |
| 10 | The tavern also did a thriving trade in the sale of stolen horses , an activity that provided Harper with an excuse to travel deep into the Irish countryside . |
| 11 | I also did a great deal of amateur acting with the Progress Theatre in Reading . |
| 12 | ‘ Mabs ’ , as she was affectionately called , also did a great deal of choreography . |
| 13 | I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
| 14 | She also did a lucrative sideline in stolen goods and peddled information to the Dublin underworld , and she was reputed to be one of the most powerful and certainly one of the richest women in Dublin . |
| 15 | Like Storie Russell also did a fair bit of coaching . |
| 16 | David Tagg of Grand Metropolitan also acknowledged that headhunters will try quite naturally to seduce good people away from such companies as his own ; but , he maintained , headhunters overall did a good job for him and he was not frightened that they might take his staff . |
| 17 | Harvey grabbed two more drinks for good measure , then did a little dance . |
| 18 | His failure to gain much of Bavaria in 1778–79 , to exchange the whole electorate for the Austrian Netherlands some years later ( see pp. 303–5 below ) , or to achieve real military success against the Turks in the war of 1788–90 , undoubtedly did a good deal to increase the difficulties he faced within his own dominions . |
| 19 | But my father never did a regular job after he come out th out of the army you know , I think it was something had happened to him in the army , he 'd got erm bomb blast or something or he was near s something when it went off and he got buried . |
| 20 | She never did a wrong thing in her life . |
| 21 | ‘ Gosh , they certainly did a good job on this . ’ |
| 22 | We recently did a simple experiment which happens to illustrate how children 's knowledge of where an object is determines their behaviour . |
| 23 | I recently did a quick survey of museum bookshops in London . |
| 24 | The security actually did a great job . |
| 25 | The security actually did a great job . |
| 26 | I used to say that when the good times returned to Ayresome Park and we actually did a little bit more worthwhile than finish third in Division Two , then the headlines would shine on us . |
| 27 | But when her heart actually did a little flutter to see that mouth , which she had always liked — despite its owner — turning up in laughter , she half turned from him and started to walk towards the rear entrance of the building . |