Example sentences of "[vb infin] do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may need to do a complete revision of an existing pedagogical grammar , so that it may be of greater use for the language learning programmes of your colleagues . |
| 2 | In such locations the leader who knows both the congregation and community and is aware of the facets of growth to keep under surveillance may not need to do a formal count . |
| 3 | Now , if I 'm prepared to work that hard , why do these young writers think they do n't need to do a third draft ? |
| 4 | If you think you might possibly enjoy doing a particular exercise , but it is not something terribly exciting , do not write it down . |
| 5 | so I think you could almost enjoy doing a little diagram like that , could n't you ? |
| 6 | How could she expect to do a proper job without the right equipment ? |
| 7 | I had been employed at Jersey House for about two and a half years when I was approached to see if I might like to do a little cleaning work to earn some overtime . |
| 8 | you say that she would n't , she certainly would n't mind doing a follow-up document and |
| 9 | I do n't want to do a forward roll because that 's what a stuntman does . |
| 10 | Er does everyone want to do a general essay or do people want to do a s a specific thing ? |
| 11 | At this stage we do n't want to do a detailed study as the project may not be viable . |
| 12 | When we 're in the class full of people , and we do n't have the incentive , that we do n't want to do A Level English for it 's own sake , but for another goal which is one further removed . |
| 13 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 14 | he might have done a roast dinner and that they |
| 15 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |
| 16 | They might well have done a thousand years ago , but the Imperial Age converted that horizontal relationship into a vertical one so that Sri Lankan schools still teach vertical history ‘ Ceylon Under British Rule ’ and Senegal continues its cultural obsession with France . |
| 17 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
| 18 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 19 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 20 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 21 | No-one can argue against or overstate what Sgt Wilko has done in this area , that 's why I believe no-one around could have done a better job , and why he is the best man for the future too . |
| 22 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 23 | You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood . |
| 24 | Yet , the people , who might assert this , will not have done a careful costing of royal finances . |
| 25 | ‘ Jamie would never have done a silly thing like climbing up the archway . ’ |
| 26 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 27 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 28 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 29 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc , however , says it may have to do a Pentium-specific version of its Unix operating system . |
| 30 | and I 'm just wondering if maybe , maybe we will just have to do a wee bit of work and try and get something on the go to see if somebody will |