Example sentences of "[adv] do a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they 'd better do a wee test then . |
| 2 | I mean , I 've always felt that I had better do a helluva lot of acting . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've merely done a little time-tailoring , simply removed one of the pleats or flares from the ostensibly straight leg of time . |
| 4 | But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job . |
| 5 | And this is unlikely to change — after all if the sales person knew enough to do a good job of giving advice they could easily start a new career as a consultant ! |
| 6 | ‘ You 've taken long enough to do a simple errand , I must say . |
| 7 | If you are overweight , but are happy with the exercises you do at least three times per week , then far be it from us to interfere — continue , you are obviously doing a good job ! |
| 8 | are all doing a futile side-stroke . |
| 9 | ‘ And the senator tells me that you 're only doing a two-week trial with his kids , is that right ? ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps do a little shopping yourself at the Frans Roozen Nurseries . |
| 11 | ‘ They put the sniffer over it but only did a perfunctory search . |
| 12 | Not only do a greater proportion of phone boxes work , but there are more boxes today than there were before we introduced the privatised control system . |
| 13 | So did a ten-pound note . |
| 14 | As the float rose the shaft rotated and so did a circular metal plate attached to the end of it . |
| 15 | Why — assuming there to be any accuracy at all in the biblical account — should the very populace which revered Jesus suddenly do a complete turnabout and demand , at the cost of his life , that a figure such as Barabbas ( whoever Barabbas was ) should be spared ? |
| 16 | ‘ It was about meeting new people and being inspired by other people 's work , or watching an actor or actress who could hardly talk come into a class and then six months later suddenly do a brilliant scene . |
| 17 | Castor oil comes from the bean but so does a powerful skin irritant , and a deadly poison called ricin . |
| 18 | Not only does a lexical check give a greater reduction in the number of candidates , but also a more useful reduction because it guarantees the output will be words ( see also Higgins and Ford , 1989 ) . |
| 19 | Next month I shall be writing about the rib transfer carriage , another small accessory that not only does a good job but also helps that neck ache ! |
| 20 | The hon. Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) has just done a first-rate job on behalf of the Labour party . |
| 21 | ‘ Fighting ships that were disguised as merchant vessels were known as Q-ships and we 've just done a straight lift from there , ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ Fighting ships disguised as merchant vessels were known as Q ships and we 've just done a straight lift from there , ’ she said . |
| 23 | ‘ She 's inundated with work over there she 's just done a 13-part sitcom for CBS , for example . ’ |
| 24 | What you wan na do is I 've just done a seven day report on the er on hazard spotting etcetera etcetera etcetera and all the different surveys we 've had on the site over the past month . |
| 25 | Rob has just done a green audit for the district council . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a bit of an aphrodisiac apparently , ’ I explained — ‘ which is tremendously useful when you 've just done a two-and-a-half hour show , driven 45 minutes home , eaten a baked potato the size of a human foot , scrubbed off two layers of greasepaint , nose shading , violet eyeshadow and seemingly permanent mascara , brushed one and a half cans of lacquer off the split ends , flossed the gums , massaged the bridgework , popped the ear plugs over the acupuncture needle , put the airplane mask over the anti-ageing eye cream and — pièce de lack of résistance — applied the ‘ Tonic Bust ’ to prevent anything descending further south during the night . |
| 27 | They had just done a big concert at the Albert Hall with an orchestra for an album called Snowgoose . |
| 28 | That they are all up to date and er I 'll just do a final check up after the meeting . |
| 29 | Bearing in mind the above information , it is always as well , when completing any design , to just do a quick bit of arithmetic before saving . |
| 30 | I 'd like you to just do a quick chemical test and let me know if that was a carbonate . |