Example sentences of "[adv] do [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recently purchased a frozen meal described as two portions , but it would only do as a meal for one . |
| 2 | HARD-working Tie Rack designers could perhaps do with a rest . |
| 3 | I mean , like Dave said , I mean , alright we could perhaps do with a superstore , but not the . |
| 4 | But again , it was all done , it was all literally done in a weekend . |
| 5 | No the , the principle of it is good , we could all do with a bit more muscle building than we have . |
| 6 | When we 're researching our shows we explain the whole process very carefully to each woman who agrees to be interviewed ; they get paid for talking to us , they give feedback at all stages of the writing process — it 's very much done as a contract . |
| 7 | It was very much done on a sort of personal basis , an individual basis , failing to look at any collective solutions to the many problems which women face . |
| 8 | Still less does one know whether people tend to resist suggestions from a machine that go against their unaided habits , or whether they rapidly and thankfully accept that some things are better done by a computer . |
| 9 | Now that her children are old enough to do without a nanny , Sheila refuses all help in the house , preferring to do all her shopping herself . |
| 10 | It 's all to do with a guilt complex . ’ |
| 11 | If you do not want a baby , but want your IUD removed , this is best done during a period , and you should immediately start using another method of contraception . |
| 12 | The only one I got was that in his view thirteen and a half was too late for confirmation ; it was best done as a sort of early ‘ double shot ’ — like a jab of cholera with typhoid — along with baptism . |
| 13 | This exercise is best done with a partner to assist . |
| 14 | This exercise is best done with a partner For safety and assistance if necessary . |
| 15 | I could just do with a drink . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I could just do with a cuppa , ’ he said brightly . |
| 17 | Filtration of water is generally done through a bed of sand of fineness around 0.5 mm ( retained on a 30-mesh sieve ) , suitable for taking out the suspended matter without becoming rapidly blocked with solids . |
| 18 | It is generally done as a reverse of the sequence for dressing . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd just as soon do without a guide . |
| 20 | Though Christie 's says that the Vung Tau sale is lotted to encourage private buyers , with sets of between five and nine matching vases offered per lot ( and designed to be shown , as they were in the 17th century , massed together on a chimneypiece or high shelf ) , Cohen believes buying is more easily done through a dealer . |
| 21 | If you do purchase bare root plants , it is important when planting to secure the rhizome of the plant to the planting container , easily done with a piece of string . |
| 22 | Often , one would be trained to carry out chores normally done by a kitchen maid . |
| 23 | In large organisations , interviewing is normally done by a panel . |
| 24 | This type of function is normally done by a program . |
| 25 | The decision by Tesco and other groups campaigning to break the law to get their own way — which they have largely done as a result of the Government 's co-operation and collaboration — has made a serious dent in the turnover and profit of the stores that are already struggling . |
| 26 | that 's what you normally do on a night time , he says oh so you 're not sleeping on settee ? |
| 27 | No meaningful work is ever done in a crowd — that is amateur . |
| 28 | This is usually done at a clinic or hospital . |
| 29 | The reason for this is because the requirements of continuously scanning the screen , as is usually done for a lightpen , would slow the games down too much . |
| 30 | This is usually done by a guillotine that cuts back a bundle of a dozen or so plants at a time , and it is not unusual to find the cut ends chopped and bruised rather roughly . |