Example sentences of "do it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had done it with consummate aplomb . |
| 2 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 3 | I 've done it with other women . |
| 4 | Yes , I 've done the mandate workshop , yes , and I 've done it with other groups too . |
| 5 | Somehow a favourite dress or toy of Paige 's would be damaged , but she had done it with such guile that her parents could never be sure it was intentional . |
| 6 | Have you noticed I 've done it with Loving Care ? |
| 7 | They 've done it with real people ? |
| 8 | I 'd have done it with minimalist technology ; say , beans swelling in water and lifting a diaphragm and bare wire to a contact for the time-fuse . |
| 9 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 10 | We have n't done it for two years . |
| 11 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 12 | I 've done it for all kinds of things , I mean , I , I cook vegetables in them in it and I warm up |
| 13 | Of course it was not certain either that Zoser had done it or that , if he had done it , he had done it for sectarian reasons . |
| 14 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 15 | I 've done it for seven years . |
| 16 | I should never have done it on that day . ’ |
| 17 | And there 's no use getting in the exam on Thursday and say ah well I 'm afraid I 've not done it on that arm so erm lost |
| 18 | and you need more so really you needed to have done it on this line . |
| 19 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 20 | If she could have wiped his memory as well as her own , she 'd have done it without any hesitation , and at whatever cost . |
| 21 | I 've always done it before half term ! |
| 22 | the ones who are , who have seen it all before , and done it from last year , because they had to split a smaller section of them up into the first year . |
| 23 | I I 've got to say that it 's somebody that 's got a personal project that has done it in one force ai n't it . |
| 24 | Burton did the job on screen as efficiently , one felt , as he would have done it in real life . |
| 25 | Well I suppose what 's but you see I do n't know whether she 's doing it that must be her that done it in that corner , cos he ai n't been in here ! |
| 26 | So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus . |
| 27 | Alright if we 've done it in this quarter |
| 28 | They would have had to have done it within three weeks anyway and I think the way they are looking at it if they do that tomorrow then they 're counting from then till the next stage . |
| 29 | The main thing is that I can do it through official channels . |
| 30 | We felt we could only do it through local pressure , using the media and direct action ’ , a member of the group recalled . |