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 | He knows a little of the history of this region , having done a prize-winning project on it at school . |
| 15 | Act returned , having done a good time , but not quite good enough , and he knew it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ! |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A qualified aromatherapist , having done a detailed diagnosis , should be able to blend an oil specially for you . |
| 20 | Having done a fair job for the Lib Dems , perhaps he could now go and help the Tories . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Well you do get aeriated though when you 're trying to do a new job do n't you ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He 's got in trying to do a little bit of burglary you see . |
| 26 | He looked like a man trying to do a complicated piece of mental arithmetic . |
| 27 | No one starts out by trying to do a bad job but if neglected and not respected potential will be stifled and performance falter . |