Example sentences of "[vb pp] do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers are expected to do a good deal of work at home . |
| 2 | And be expected to do a full day 's work the next day ? |
| 3 | The complete Beats International entourage is booked to do a live radio interview for Tokyo Pop Arena . |
| 4 | A number of environmental organisations were approached to do a reciprocal mailing with branches or HQ . |
| 5 | A number of environmental organisations were approached to do a reciprocal mailing with branches or HQ . |
| 6 | She has applied to do a nursing degree . |
| 7 | Speich had decided to do a double act with her , for he remarked , ‘ Ja , that he has done . |
| 8 | COSE has also agreed to do a plenary-style panel a la UniForum that should attempt a general statement of intent , an update and try to clear up any COSE confusion . |
| 9 | COSE has also agreed to do a plenary-style panel a la Uniforum that should attempt a general statement of intent , an update and hopefully try to clear up the COSE confusion — see back page . |
| 10 | It 's obviously a show , and I mean you could well imagine that in the old days you need horses were really used to do a full day 's work , they did n't have quite such er nice clean tack a as these ones . |
| 11 | that almost regardless of the number , you 've actually got to do a certain amount |
| 12 | ‘ We have got to do a great deal more about restrictions on motor vehicles and give the cities back to the people . |
| 13 | So , the there there is a distinction in terms there , you 've got to do a literal translation first . |
| 14 | I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others . |
| 15 | Well maybe they do , but we take this we always take this as a year on year situation and you 've got to do a longer term comparison if you 're going to get the true effect of the services |
| 16 | Much to Amiss 's chagrin , his eavesdropping was greatly hampered by a new cleaner , who had arrived to do a serious job on the upstairs kitchen . |
| 17 | You might think that laying a simple path through the garden does n't require much thought , but time spent doing a little planning never goes amiss . |
| 18 | The Chinese man had wanted to do a Celtic torque in plain black , very fashionable at the time , but Jasper 's wish was for something less austere . |
| 19 | ‘ Graphic designers are often asked to do a great deal in a comparatively short space of time , ’ acknowledges Peter Brigg , ‘ but that 's because there 's often no substitute for the printed document . |
| 20 | I was asked to do a straightforward paper chase , as we call it , and a few interviews . |
| 21 | ‘ Once I 'd gone I was asked to do a wide range of things but not because I was Chrissie Rogers but because of me Ethy Browne that has been the most satisfying aspect . |
| 22 | ‘ I was asked to do a promotional picture with him for the video launch , but I refused . |
| 23 | The first of these is when the teacher is asked to do a manageable job , where he is working within his intellectual capacity and has that confidence which proceeds from really knowing more about what he is teaching than the children do . |
| 24 | For example , Nigel had started to do a little cooking again , and there 's no point trying to prepare a dish without the wit to understand the recipe when one needs it . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's actually been available to the public for quite a while , but they 've only just started to do a big push on it , ’ explains Robert . |
| 26 | Until 1936 he had also continued to do a certain amount of coaching for the Victoria Tutorial College . |
| 27 | I was encouraged to do A level maths at school , but did n't fancy being in a group full of nasty adolescent boys ( as I then saw it ) and so opted for English and languages . |
| 28 | The couple were spotted doing a raunchy snake dance in a nightclub after Peta attended a riotous party he threw . |
| 29 | I mean you , if you 're sent to do a certain job now you 've just got to go and do it . |
| 30 | It 's because of that interest , and those letters , that I 've been sent to do a special report . ’ |