Example sentences of "[noun] do the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Edwards says the horse is a good jumper so he 'll tell Judy to hang on and sit still and let the horse do the hard work . |
| 2 | You can see the one that Scott done the other day . |
| 3 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , can you get Jeff to do the first soldering for you ? |
| 5 | So anglers need larger weights to do the same job — which could distract the fish . |
| 6 | First , it is the only style that was invented by a woman ; and second , it requires only the minimum exertion of force to do the maximum amount of work . |
| 7 | I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands . |
| 8 | erm maybe half a dozen kids doing the written work talking individually to the member of staff , so you did n't have twenty odd kids all in |
| 9 | On the other hand , the two British entries , Richardson and Hynds , worked together to take a substantial win in men 's K1 with Hemmings and Gilby doing the same thing in the ladies ' K1 event in a field of only three . |
| 10 | I started by asking ‘ What sort of religion do the British favour ? ’ . |
| 11 | What sex aid did the Tibetan monk invent ? |
| 12 | The farm work needed to be carefully planned so that only in extreme emergencies did the part-time farmer have to be recalled from his other employment . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sure the inspectors did the best job they could , ’ says Mr Reed , choosing his words carefully , ‘ but the whole process is very undesirable , very unsatisfactory . |
| 14 | With everybody else who worked in shops did the same thing . |
| 15 | On the opening night , David did the major part of the entertainment himself , singing and playing tapes when he was n't performing live . |
| 16 | Cutts did the grand slam of all four events in last season 's area finals , but following two eliminations in the last round , will have to fight hard to qualify for just one in the current campaign . |
| 17 | Cutts did the grand slam of all four events in last season 's area finals , but following two eliminations in the last round , will have to fight hard to qualify for just one in the current campaign . |
| 18 | ‘ They have been introduced to Nicky Campbell 's show and in fact Steve Wright did the first interview with John Smith when he became Leader of the Opposition . |
| 19 | Here January temperatures are below freezing point ( -0.5°C , 31°F ) and only in the three summer months does the average temperature rise above 15.5°C ( 60°F ) , July attaining 21°C ( 70°F ) . |
| 20 | Benchmark tests are commonly used to give the reader some idea of how well a PC performs — is it fast , slow , or average , is its video performance up to scratch , what sort of speed does the hard disk go at , and that kind of thing . |
| 21 | His wife Georgina does the secretarial work and 21year-old daughter Sonia is a ‘ girl Friday , ’ acting as receptionist at the showhouse and each day making sure that all the completed houses are spotless . |
| 22 | For burying , a long-boarded general-purpose or lea plough does the cleanest job , turning up an unbroken , shiny furrow . |
| 23 | A footballer done the same thing . |
| 24 | What would Mr Seeders do the next time he came in ? |
| 25 | Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work . |
| 26 | The point is , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that he had spent his life seeking her out , yet left his feet to do the dirty work . |
| 27 | ‘ Ron wants Ray to do the same sort of job , and there are definite similarities between the two , ’ he said . |
| 28 | er course work to do the whole time . |
| 29 | You can buy a strong slim trowel to do the same job and there are several on the market . |
| 30 | Thus Indochinese with top marks from the Grandes Écoles in France returned home to serve under Frenchmen with much lower qualifications , or none at all , on a salary which was approximately a fifth of what would be paid to a European doing the same work . |