Example sentences of "[conj] do [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 2 | The latter measure made it worthwhile for the Americans to try and do what the British had failed at , making British films which would go down well in America . |
| 3 | ‘ If that does n't work we will then dig in and do it the long and hard way . ’ |
| 4 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 5 | My plea : give the Hesketh Hubbard society or similar a stand again so that people can escape the hurly-burly to an oasis of calm and do what the like best : draw ! |
| 6 | is abolished the taper will be changed so that , instead of people over social security levels losing 15p in the £1 , they will lose 20p , thereby penalising people who are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty , provide pensions for themselves and do what the Conservative party always preaches — stand on their own two feet . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sure we should reverse things and do it the other way around as the Americans do but it certainly means we can hit our irons well and , believe me , this course is going to demand exceptional iron play . |
| 8 | So , while the electrician is making a new connection , we ( including the managers from the office ! ) decided to find the shovels and do it the hard way . |
| 9 | Reliability is much to , much more to do with replicability , it 's , it 's another if another researcher went in and did it the same way , would they get the same results ? |