Example sentences of "[adj] to do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see whether you 'd be prepared to do a little rap over the track , the two of you , some kind of scripted chat . |
| 2 | You were n't willing to do a good turn for your sister without being bribed with a lollipop , and even then you left the posting of the letter because you wanted to go first to Horsfall Woods for your own pleasure . |
| 3 | Okay now this Prozac 's in the same group of substances as the one I took and I was willing to do a slight trade-off here . |
| 4 | You were supposed to do a long build-up . |
| 5 | Whether it is so curved that it closes in on itself ( like a balloon ) , thus making it possible to do a round trip of the Universe in a straight line , we simply do n't know . |
| 6 | It is possible to do a financial calculation which puts a price on this , by working out the number of hours ‘ caring ’ labour contributed by relatives , and the total amount is equivalent to the whole statutory input of health and social services for the equivalent age groups ( Family Policy Studies , Centre , 1984 ; Finch , 1986b ) . |
| 7 | It 's certainly possible to do a fair modicum of string bending on the Moon without suffering from the usual de-tuning syndrome which afflicts most floating trems . |
| 8 | So , I 'm afraid I was n't able to do a great to do a great deal more on that . |
| 9 | ‘ He was too concerned to do a good performance to be really funny . |
| 10 | A process of polarization is developing , with households busily engaged in all forms of work at one pole and households unable to do a wide range of work at the other … . |
| 11 | I was happy to do a signposted walk up the valley to see the caving system . |
| 12 | Her husband kindly returned them to me , and I was able to do a great deal of destruction for myself . |
| 13 | We were n't erm we were n't able to do a multi-variant analysis with the grade because we did n't have a sufficient number of , of the grade to do it . |
| 14 | It also draws attention to the setting-up in Scotland , after the vote on devolution , of the Tertiary Education Council with the responsibility for advising on the whole of the further education sector there , and notes that no comparable body is able to do a similar service for Wales . |
| 15 | It is where you are able to do a competent presentation but only by investing an enormous amount of conscious effort into every aspect . |
| 16 | We sha n't be able to do a thorough coverage , I know , but it 's a relatively small area , and we may as well keep it under what control we can manage between us . |
| 17 | He was able to do a good impression of a struggling young writer , as he looked more late thirties than early forties . |
| 18 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 19 | Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two |
| 20 | Your local garage should be able to do a quick spot-check and tell you . |
| 21 | She knew a lot about birds — she 'd have been perfectly able to do a short stint , teaching them to fly and so forth . |
| 22 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 23 | This , however , presupposes that there is enough money available to do a proper job on TV . |
| 24 | Makes it difficult to do a big functions though in here with that stage . |
| 25 | Michael Green writes , ‘ Once Christianity took root in Hellenistic soil , it became necessary to do a tremendous work of translation . |
| 26 | It is quite sufficient to do a little exercise , often . |