Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] to do the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like my fiancé to do the traditional thing and ask my father for his permission to marry me , but he says that no one does this any more . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd like my mother to do the same . ’ |
| 3 | When his own daughter passed the age of twelve , Salah kept her at school and persuaded the parents of six of her contemporaries to do the same . |
| 4 | 6.2 WE HAVE DONE ALL IN OUR POWER TO AVOID INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND CONTINUE NEGOTIATINS , WE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO ILLUSTRATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO THE SAME . |
| 5 | Others persuade their instructors to do the very minimum necessary and state categorically that they hate stalls . |
| 6 | They want their governments to do the same , especially on defence . |
| 7 | She went on to say that although she 'd done what she could from her Oxford home , and encouraged her friends to do the same , eventually she just had to pack and go to Orkney . |
| 8 | ( 7 ) Archive material is unique and irreplacable , and history teachers should handle original material carefully and encourage their pupils to do the same . |
| 9 | Designed for four sessions , Parenting In a TV Age provides a step-by-step process to help parents learn to analyse the media , to teach their children to do the same themselves and to enable them develop selection criteria for what to watch and what to miss . |
| 10 | It encourages its employees to do the same on an individual basis . |
| 11 | When she arrived , she listened to the story of what had happened , teased out the relevant details , then announced that the police would have to be called and went off back to her office to do the necessary . |
| 12 | Initiatives such as the Montreal speech and even the withdrawal from NATO were motivated in part by a feeling that he could not trust his successors to do the necessary . |
| 13 | The point is , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that he had spent his life seeking her out , yet left his feet to do the dirty work . |
| 14 | The plaintiff may have made the most material changes in his position , and have induced the object of his affections to do the same , and have incurred pecuniary liabilities resulting in embarrassments , which would be in every sense a loss , if the income which had been promised should be withheld ; and if the promise was made in order to induce the parties to marry , the promise so made would be , in legal effect , a request to marry . |
| 15 | He removed a birdcage containing a mechanical singing canary from his chair and sat down , gesturing for his guests to do the same . |
| 16 | Furthermore he would instruct all the dealers in his charge to do the same , on the grounds that a joint effort would shift the share price , and that , besides , the company 's prospects were good anyway . |
| 17 | Would n't he prefer the blushing apple of his eye to do the decent thing ? |
| 18 | After all , Fidel Castro managed to give up smoking , and urged his people to do the same . |
| 19 | He encourages his people to do the same . |
| 20 | He drove himself hard , expecting his workforce to do the same , but he was quick to provide them with social benefits — housing in 1901 and 1908 , a hospital and benefit scheme in 1917 , holidays with pay , and a consultative board of directors and workers ' representatives in 1927 . |
| 21 | This , Uzzell reckons , has several benefits — it motivates his company to do the best job possible ; it instills confidence in the customer ; and , best of all , if targets are exceeded , both parties reap the benefits . |
| 22 | Bumping into a German , the Colonel , with natural politeness , said ‘ Sorry ’ before the man surrendered and persuaded his mates to do the same . |
| 23 | A worthwhile person is always confident : he does not feel uncertain about the effects of his actions or doubt his ability to do the right thing . |
| 24 | He calls his followers to do the same in their relationships with others . |
| 25 | Do n't you think you might find it in your heart to do the same ? ’ |
| 26 | It is our aim to do the same on the draft treaty on political union . |
| 27 | Most of the time we communicate verbally to each other , and we expect our horses to do the same . |
| 28 | While campaigning you owe it to your convictions to do the best you can to win . |