Example sentences of "do it in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sleight of hand had not been performed to show off ; he had done it in a matter-of-fact way , as though it were no more unusual than scratching his ear . |
| 2 | Kangaroos have the same need to move rapidly , but they have done it in a different way . |
| 3 | ‘ She would have done it in a preordained way , of course , ’ mused Henry . |
| 4 | NEXT time Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen 's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum they should do it in a great cathedral . |
| 5 | I would do it in a nice way and then he might remember me and ask me out later . ’ |
| 6 | Otherwise I will just do it in a different colour , a different |
| 7 | Techniques for going up and down stairs , through doors and in narrow spaces should be properly demonstrated by a mobility expert so that pupils guiding a blind friend can do it in a safe , efficient way . |
| 8 | Do n't do it in a provocative way — just quickly and calmly step back a couple of paces when you have finished , to increase the distance between you . |
| 9 | You can do it , you do n't have to do it in a great long line , you can do it in a sort of cube or something . |
| 10 | To return to Griffith 's experiments , Griffith was not the first man to draw strong glass fibres but he was probably the first man to do it in a systematic way and to provide a plausible explanation of the results . |
| 11 | I intend to do it in a proper English accent ( You can do it ) . |
| 12 | She had thought to do it in a civilised fashion , not confront him with her knowledge of what he had written about her , but he was persistent ; he could see his prize and her dollars slipping away . |
| 13 | Afghans have always killed each other in a small way , and started to do it in a big way only when foreign armies , money and weapons became involved . |
| 14 | They may not have a reason to prefer one way of going about things to another , but the fact that they chose to do it in a particular way gives them a reason to prefer that way from now on . |
| 15 | And we 're doing it in a second time . |
| 16 | ‘ By doing this , we 're simplifying the process of using a spreadsheet , and doing it in a consistent way . |
| 17 | Fiona and Fergus were making the bed , but doing it in a funny sort of way ; the bottom sheet had been doubled up half-way down the bed . |
| 18 | It just happened that I was doing it in a unique way through the business world of women . |
| 19 | I know when Carl was , was doing it in a modest way and he , he 'd seen this on , and he said it 's impossible that the way they do it ! |
| 20 | They 're talking about going with us certainly , but they 're doing it in a positive way because they see what the future is . |
| 21 | The Badlands spirit is swelling — catch this wave now , but do n't think about doing it in a Fat Willys T-shirt . |
| 22 | They were doing it in a large double bed in the middle of Westminster Abbey with choir and priests looking on . |
| 23 | I did it in a hundred and twenty three , the actual stage one equivalent in the month if |
| 24 | Yeah , probably did it in a few hours |
| 25 | Erm I was , I , I thought that , when you covered all the policies you then went through and summarized all the needs and I thought you were n't going to go back and , and er explore further so what you did is you covered all the policies and then you summarized everything and then explored all the needs and s and at one point I thought that you were n't actually going to do that but you did come back and do it , you just did it in a different way . |
| 26 | And when your back to school get back and do it in a serious way . |
| 27 | The Olympic athletes , the cricketers and the tennis seeds are just playing games , although one can hope that they do it in a sporting fashion . |
| 28 | Now if you want to do this in a proper way , then you do it in a proper way . |
| 29 | This sort of behaviour may be cute and quirky when Tom Hanks does it in a feel-good age-swap movie , but in real life it 's pathetic , regressive , and very very sad . |
| 30 | erm There 's a kind of assumption that if something , if somebody does something on a Sunday afternoon , for lack of better , something better to do or because it 's raining and golf is therefore , therefore off , that he therefore does it in a truer , sincerer way than a man who might be doing it as his career , for his income , to keep his family alive and so on . |