Example sentences of "do a marvellous [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks for the bumper size of this newsletter must go to who has done a marvellous job at retaining our loyal advertising supporters and encouraged new people to start to advertise with us . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ You have done a marvellous job , ’ judge Mr Justice Otton told them . |
| 4 | ‘ You have done a marvellous job , ’ judge Mr Justice Otton told them . |
| 5 | Not one drop of paint hit the wall he was supposed to be painting , but it had done a marvellous job of covering the path and half a garage door . |
| 6 | Even ITN has had to turn to CNN for some footage of the Gulf , but that does n't cause Phillis any problems : ‘ I 'm a great admirer — Turner 's done a marvellous job , ’ adding that while the US network has received plaudits for its Gulf coverage , it is merely returning the coverage that ITN provided of the Conservative leadership contest . |
| 7 | Over the years he has done a marvellous job enthusiastically promoting the theatre and bringing world-class productions to local audiences in spite of the difficulties posed by the Troubles . |
| 8 | ‘ The students have done a marvellous job for us . |
| 9 | Agents are doing a marvellous job in the face of adversity but current affairs and the depletion of rollover funds are undermining values more than they want to admit . |
| 10 | ‘ I think the teachers are doing a marvellous job under enormous difficulties , ’ said Mr McNamara . |
| 11 | You 're doing a marvellous job . |
| 12 | On the way back to Harwich , the newspapers did a marvellous job of keeping my mind off things , and it was only on the last leg of the journey that the butterflies started to flutter again . |
| 13 | But Steve did a marvellous job . ’ |
| 14 | I think she did a marvellous job in really getting public attention to the situation and to the difficulties of the flats . |
| 15 | And er er I think they they did a marvellous job . |
| 16 | The chap who directed Amadeus did a marvellous job . |
| 17 | The ladies did a marvellous job of feeding the group with their Bar-B-Que - a big thank you ladies - and Russell Mulford was on hand to record some of the work in pictures . |
| 18 | Slater did a marvellous job , and I think this should be asserted firmly , now that both he and Britten are dead , since the composer was given to accusing his collaborator , in later days , of penning many solecisms in the text of Peter Grimes . |
| 19 | She did a marvellous job . |
| 20 | And your er did a marvellous job , did n't he ? |
| 21 | I says , You should have been here five minutes ago , we did a marvellous job . |
| 22 | Robert Duvall and Faye Dunaway as the couple do a marvellous job portraying the ‘ family/hearth ’ ruthlessness of those in control . |
| 23 | I am self employed and rely heavily on the telephone , I think BT and their engineers do a marvellous job most of the time . |
| 24 | ‘ Victor does a marvellous job in the loose for Bath because they are the strongest club side in England and therefore their pack give him the chance to run free . |
| 25 | The preferred spot is in the lee of a tall hedge ; it does a marvellous job of breaking up gale force winds . |