Example sentences of "[v-ing] do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we 're going to do a similar exercise for the ribber . |
| 2 | ‘ I know he 's going to do a first-rate job , ’ said Edward Crumwallis , gazing towards the door , where Hilary Frome was already doing a first-rate job with two of the more important parents . |
| 3 | And then we 're going to do a new Dow text and a new Scotch-Roman for their headlines and I 've always wanted to do that . |
| 4 | and linked to that I was going to do a new information sheet , I found the old information sheet so I just bring that up to date |
| 5 | Both Seve and Irwin played badly in the third round , but you 're never going to do a good score at Lytham when it feels like three degrees below freezing and there 's a gale blowing , are you ? |
| 6 | If you expect that child is going to do a fantastic job on that painting then that encouragement and confidence is coming across . |
| 7 | We 're going to do a European hedgerow style . |
| 8 | I 'm going to do a wee demonstration on how to do it now . |
| 9 | ‘ They 've said they 're going to do a big media blitz for us at the end of this week . ’ |
| 10 | I was n't going to rush around buying horribly expensive things like smoke salmon that I could n't afford , I was going to do a big family feast and I was going to get in a few games like the monopoly or lotto or you know , I just , I have n't worked it out but I thought oh what fun |
| 11 | Are you going to do a proper Dennis ? |
| 12 | MY SISTER 'S HIV POSITIVE AND I 'M GOING TO DO A SPONSORED WALK TO RAISE MONEY FOR A NEW AIDS CENTRE . |
| 13 | That does n't mean to say that you 'd have let them necessarily get away with it on the spot but you you 're still going to do a persuasive tact but in the end if they say no fine . |
| 14 | Now either way , obviously it 's a head injury and must be dealt with , but we 're going to do an overall thing here by saying right , now the next one on the list is concussion now concussion is shaking of the brain inside the skull now there 's noth no room for anything but the brain inside that skull , so if that 's shaken the brain hits against the sides of the bra of the er bone , and bruises so what actually happens here is the brain gets shaken and the nerve cells get damaged now you 've all seen this con and it 's so easily done concussion , you can go through a whole list of things which can cause concussion , road traffic accident , sport , construction working erm anything that erm , heading ball , football that 's another one that erm you get quite a bit of concussion and of course boxing |
| 15 | As i said , if you have problems and they do n't you do n't think they 're going to do an awful lot , get back to me cos I I 'm sure that 's going to need some sort of intervention . |
| 16 | He knows a little of the history of this region , having done a prize-winning project on it at school . |
| 17 | Act returned , having done a good time , but not quite good enough , and he knew it . |
| 18 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 19 | A year later , having done a super job as Editorial Assistant before going off to university last autumn , we finally got around to organising the lesson ! |
| 20 | Willie Carson will also resting easy after suggestions that he had been wrong to bring about the withdrawal of the red-hot favourite , Superoo , before the start of Ascot 's opening event on Saturday , having done a similar thing with the favourite , Red Paddy , before the Royal Hunt Cup . |
| 21 | A qualified aromatherapist , having done a detailed diagnosis , should be able to blend an oil specially for you . |
| 22 | Having done a fair job for the Lib Dems , perhaps he could now go and help the Tories . |
| 23 | Being one of the most experienced pilots in Bomber Command and having done an instructional tour , meant nothing . |
| 24 | He must n't be expected to make an effort when he does n't feel like it , he must n't risk being hemmed in or bored , but everyone has to be ever so careful of his feelings , poor sensitive soul , and when he wants a good fuck he comes to obliging loving little Ruth because he can relieve himself and have his morale boosted without having to do a damned thing about it but get himself into your bed . ’ |
| 25 | LABOUR last night accused the Conservatives of having to do an embarrassing U-turn over home ownership . |
| 26 | The man might have seen us , Vern and me — he was trying to do a rough count , I could see his lips — but there were some screaming kids trying to push in behind the Germans and he had to go and sort them out . |
| 27 | Well you do get aeriated though when you 're trying to do a new job do n't you ? |
| 28 | One must understand Mr Patten was saying that in the heat of the moment but it 's a very unfortunate description to make of anyone trying to do a reasonable job . |
| 29 | He 's got in trying to do a little bit of burglary you see . |
| 30 | He looked like a man trying to do a complicated piece of mental arithmetic . |