Example sentences of "[vb base] do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are now some 1500 hakims still practising their Byzantine medicine in Delhi , and they appear to do a thriving business . |
| 2 | Then they came and said , ‘ We want to do a second album ’ , and I really did n't want to do it , because I do n't want to be the next , let's say , Joe Satriani or Eric Johnson , even though those guys are really successful in their field . |
| 3 | She tells him For Women have been swamped with fan mail and want to do a contemporary shoot . |
| 4 | We all want to do a mighty work for God , but do not realise that we are living on privatised religious estates on the outskirts of the city of the world . |
| 5 | So I 'll explain how we want to do a three-page feature on , for the sake of argument , the literary genius of Melvyn Bragg . |
| 6 | Because , I want to do a little bit of that erm we are going |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a good thing you 're such a chaste little man-hater , Virginia , because the trouble is I want to do a whole lot more than just kiss you … ’ |
| 8 | Imagine doing a shitty job like that ! ’ |
| 9 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
| 10 | I mean I use to do a full time job outside the home , then come back and do all the housework and the washing and the children . |
| 11 | Now it wo n't cure all the problems I 'm pretending that it will , but if we were to have proper seats , proper microphones , electronic voting I believe that it would show symbolically that the House of Commons was prepared to modernize itself and start doing a proper job in our democracy rather than the farce and the theatre which frankly turns so many people off in modern Britain . |
| 12 | Oh , I start doing a different language then |
| 13 | Steve Mclaren came back in , back back in I think did a good job , Mickey Lewis tackles and , and everything there , Les is a good pass the ball so , the three of them in there , er tomorrow night , should be able to pass the ball around . |
| 14 | The following Pastoral Piece , written by Mrs. Leapor , exceeds every Thing of that kind , which has yet been exhibited by the Male Authors , and I think does a supreme Honour to our Sex . |
| 15 | A lot of employment there , and important to the local economy and we 've managed to take some important initiatives in terms of helping the pensioners in the city , crime prevention , and other issues , so we think we 've done a reasonable job . |
| 16 | You 've done a terrific job . |
| 17 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 18 | Can we actually pause there cos you 've done a good bit of digging on that one . |
| 19 | but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask |
| 20 | ‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’ |
| 21 | It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job . |
| 22 | " You 've done a good job , " Lee said quickly , recognizing the woman 's insecurity . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've done a good job , Bourne . ’ |
| 24 | And if we put a little bit more effort into specifying requirements more tightly , then there 'd be less argument at the end of the day as to whether we 've done a good job or a bad job . |
| 25 | Seems you 've done a good job with our Crilly . ’ |
| 26 | but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask |
| 27 | You 've done a good job there ! |
| 28 | Mark reckons they 've done a good job on the water have they ? |
| 29 | Mm you 've done a good job there if you do n't lose it again |
| 30 | So Christopher said yes , so he said well he said , he said Mark said well we 've done a good job this afternoon so I thought that was nice of him |