Example sentences of "do it with [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Have you noticed I 've done it with Loving Care ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You can do it with golden syrup tins , ’ Gaily said , ‘ easier than with coconuts . |
| 7 | They got ta do it with one hand in their pocket . |
| 8 | Do I do it with that pencil thing of yours or with er Amber Clean |
| 9 | encouraged or put under pressure erm , I would think that with a lot more talking we might actually be able to work out something between surrogate mothers and nurturing mothers , they can do it with open adoption , other countries were learning how to do it . |
| 10 | Word reached Peter Wheeler , the Leicester coach , of a young lad at Wakefield , a full-back , a slick-running full-back at that , who not only could kerplonk the ball like a metronome between the posts but could do it with either foot . |
| 11 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
| 12 | he tries to do it with one finger but he 's just not quite strong enough |
| 13 | you have to do it with that hand |
| 14 | Instead of smelting the ore with charcoal in slow processes aided by waterwheels , they needed to do it with cheap coke produced by the rapidly expanding coal-mining industry . |
| 15 | But we 'll have to do it with cold water and the yard broom . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 17 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 18 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 19 | Clare told me he 'd taken rather a lot of convincing — once he 'd determined to do the slightly naff champagne-pyramid stunt in the first place — not to try doing it with proper champagne flutes but to use the perry glasses like everybody else did ; too tall , too unstable otherwise . |
| 20 | We did it with Dangerous Lady , too , which was an amazing success for us last year [ it sold some 130,000 copies ] . |
| 21 | And if you did it with real panache , and with a sense of luxury , it was called Gran Turismo . |
| 22 | It 's perhaps perhaps easier to see it as the as the N As and the O Hs though okay or if we did it with sulphuric acid we 'd have hydrogen sulphate plus sodium hydroxide what 's that going to give us ? |
| 23 | Out of the corner of her mouth — and she did it with great flair — Sorrel said : |
| 24 | He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy . |
| 25 | They did it with such tenderness that I gained new strength from their friendship , suddenly seeing the value in continuing , if only to deepen that shared bond . |
| 26 | The new army had to hold the Western Front after the demoralization of the French , following General Nivelle 's failed offensive of 16 April-21 May 1917 and did it with such success , that Allied victory became a possibility in 1918 . |
| 27 | He had come to it relatively late in his short life , having dulled the joys of promiscuity , music and organization early on , and like everything else he took an interest in , he did it with terrifying brilliance . |
| 28 | I did it with some stuff before |
| 29 | Like the prophets of the Old Testament , she was compelled to reprove sinners , especially those in high places , such as the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and , like the prophets , she did it with immense tactlessness . |
| 30 | The only difference was that Francis did it with more charm . |