Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] a [adj] job [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues , to all of you I would say , support the Health and Safety Review , come back next year , let's do a good job throughout the next year . |
| 2 | Yes , he thought , I 'll make a thorough job of it , never fear . |
| 3 | I 'll make a good job of it ; enough to put me a county or two away . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll make a proper job of this ! ’ she declared , and putting her fist into the crown , she forced it up as high as she could push it , and wore the resulting sombrero for the rest of the term . |
| 5 | If we do n't get approval to increase the salary by the thirty first of January so I can have the two people I want can I appoint this lady and bring her on board cos I know she 'll do a reasonable job in a certain area ? |
| 6 | Ten years ago I could make a reasonable job of most Shads ' numbers . |
| 7 | ‘ The decided to fight her case for her so she could make a good job of it , ’ Mr Robinson claimed . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to think I could do a good job at a higher level , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The Royal African Company came under criticism from the West India sugar planters , who clamoured for more slaves to be supplied without explaining how they would be paid for , and also from other English merchants who thought they could do a better job of supplying slaves . |
| 10 | They were under no illusions that they could do a better job from Detroit , but they had become increasingly concerned that they were getting out of touch with what was happening around the world , and that the tail was beginning to wag the dog . |
| 11 | She could say it in English and in French , in Italian , Spanish and German ; she could do a passable job in Japanese . |
| 12 | Certainly , when I watched her in the St Trinian 's films , I knew I was watching someone who not only knew all of the people I knew , but could do a wicked job of ‘ taking them off ’ ! |
| 13 | Country always comes before club , but someone could try a better job of arranging fixture to avoid such problems . |
| 14 | You know , about the crime statistics ; really what she 's saying is that parents ought to do a better job for their children , and I 'm sure we all agree with that but I think that that 's a very superficial response to what is er an enormous question of parents just being too poor and having nothing to give their children in the way of just basic food , basic medicines , to keep them alive . |
| 15 | And d let's have a proper job in the town for a change . |
| 16 | I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there |
| 17 | At the same time it is no less obvious that the very purpose of criticism levelled at those who have the conduct of public affairs by their political opponents is to undermine public confidence in their stewardship and to persuade the electorate that the opponents would make a better job of it than those presently holding office . |
| 18 | When asked which candidate would do a better job at ‘ Keeping the United States out of war ’ , 50 per cent of those polled said Carter while 25 per cent opted for Ronald Reagan . |
| 19 | You do n't imagine a hired gun would do a sloppy job like that do you ? ’ |
| 20 | I rate him very highly as a defender and he will do a good job for us . |
| 21 | He has a soccer brain and hopefully he will do a good job for us . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've seen him play often enough to know that he will do a good job for us . ’ |
| 23 | I am sure he will do a good job for us . |
| 24 | John Brook , project manager for SLP , said : ‘ Pictures done by the children will do a wonderful job in keeping people happy and in touch with things beyond the rig . ’ |
| 25 | Either or both will do a fine job of picking off enemy war machines or lobbing missiles into the middle of key enemy units . |
| 26 | Agriculture Secretary John Gummer will have a tough job at the crunch meeting in Brussels . |
| 27 | Nenna thought : I 'm pleased for him to see that I can make a proper job of something . |
| 28 | I think that they are likely to give a better idea of what the finished advertisement will look like and can do a better job of communicating the necessary commitment to their way of presenting the product than can the account executive . |
| 29 | He did a good job there and also at Plymouth and now he can do a good job for us . |
| 30 | Yeah , well like please do take this seriously because it 's , it 's quite important as regards to insurance and having As Vanbrugh proved last weekend , y we can do a good job with your stuff put together , and if like someone got fried , then you may end up in trouble . |