Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to do the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There is no special law allowing A , B , and C to meet together in the open air or elsewhere for a lawful purpose , but the right of A to go where he pleases so that he does not commit a trespass , and to say what he likes to B so that his talk is not libellous or seditious , the right of B to do the like , and the existence of the same rights of C , D , E , and F and so on ad infinitum , lead to the consequence that A , B , C , D and a thousand or ten thousand other persons , may ( as a general rule ) meet together in any place where otherwise they each have a right to be for a lawful purpose and in a lawful manner . |
| 3 | Persuade a couple of typists to do the same . |
| 4 | The new stone signs are now in place at the Groves Road and Castletown Road entrances , lending lustre to the Village , and negotiations are in hand to do the same at the Nursing Home end in the near future . |
| 5 | Catering for the resident population appears to be include catering for the population that will come into the town in order to do the new work that will be brought to the town by their policies . |
| 6 | Would not any of us wish , in the circumstances , that the courageous and humane Dr Nigel Cox was on duty to do the same for us as he did for Mrs Boyes ? |