Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] do the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straight afterwards we headed home , from where the Diary is being written , to welcome the bairns back from school , make their tea , and while doing the washing up generally box them round the lugs . |
| 2 | I sit on a bench and re-read the morning paper , and try to do the crossword in my head . |
| 3 | So the resit people , could they go next door and start doing the resits . |
| 4 | In The Possessed , the conspirators have enticed their victim to a dark remote spot where nothing will be seen or heard , and have done the deed and tied two heavy stones to the body so that it is sure to sink , and have carried it to a pond and thrown it in : then , ‘ With extraordinary carelessness ’ they overlook that cap which has no doubt fallen off in the struggle , and which the police will soon find . |
| 5 | Excel is clever enough to complete a sequence for you ; type in the first heading , mark the cells into which the sequence is to be extended , and Excel does the rest . |
| 6 | But do do the city firms think that they will become tough competitors in that market ? |