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 ?
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