Example sentences of "[verb] do [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Heseltine can reasonably say that he has done what the political reality required of him . |
2 | All too often in politics we are handicapped by the fact that Mrs Jones has done something a certain way for twenty-seven years and therefore must be allowed to do it again this time . |
3 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
4 | Until we remove the present government from Westminster , then Europe is going to struggle to do us a great deal of good . |
5 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
6 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
7 | Yeah because what they did they they 've done it a few a times though different people , look and see how far it is before it 's a blind spot . |
8 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
9 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
10 | Or if you 're going to do it the same as we 've done these it should be S A Y E D so said is a funny one . |
11 | and , and play he said , and then try it for a , but he said you 've got to do it a few times |
12 | ‘ Alec , ’ I said , a little desperately , ‘ I 've got to do it the only way I know how to . |
13 | No one from your past comes to mind who might want to do you a good turn ? ’ |
14 | He waved it around in a manner that threatened to do someone a serious injury . |
15 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
16 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
17 | I know but you do n't have to do it every single day do you ? |
18 | Now we could n't do it anyway next year , we 'll have to do it the following year as we 've heard earlier . |
19 | erm The social man , Proust says , rarely offers a key to the creative personality , and he 's anxious to keep a distinction between these two things , and I shall try to do something the same . |
20 | We 're having to do it the hard way . ’ |
21 | I would hate to do it the other way . |
22 | He decided to do her a pastel sketch of himself having sex with Viola . |
23 | Because I started doing it a long time ago |
24 | Alan Ball admitted his men had it all to do after his men crashed to South Africa , the Australian wicket went for a duck as a defending champion slumped said we are going to have to do it the hard way now , we just did n't play very , we did n't get it together against New Zealand in the first match and today we were never in the picture , our brothers never really had a chance of any attempt of a hundred and seventy , but full credit to South Africa they are a rate , a better to side |
25 | You 've done it a hundred times before . ’ |
26 | You 've done it a thousand times already , but you do it again , just for something to do . |
27 | All right , so you design a cup and rod device to compress a cat 's testicle and crush it , and when you 've done it a few thousand times over word gets out and you have protests and pressure . |
28 | Listening , as you become more comfortable and you become , you 've done it a few times you know what you 're gon na have to say and then you , you er , you listen more carefully to the answers . |
29 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
30 | that 's the wrong way , you 've done it the wrong way have n't you ? |