Example sentences of "do [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One description of the typical witch declares as highly suspect ‘ women which be commonly old , lame , blear-eied , pale , fowle and full of wrinkles ; poore , sullen , superstitious , and papists ; or such as knowe no religion : in whose drousie minds the divell doth goten a fine seat ’ . |
| 2 | When it is necessary to print a copy of a document , this is done using a standard laser printer of the type already found in many offices . |
| 3 | In nine patients with chronic diarrhoea and severe failure to thrive a proximal small intestinal biopsy was done using a pediatric twin port biopsy capsule after obtaining informed consent . |
| 4 | The estimation of call values can now be done using a hand-held calculator . |
| 5 | What exactly did I do to deserve a so-called friend like you ? ’ |
| 6 | All that the plaintiff need do to obtain a restraining order is to show a prima facie , arguable case , and that the public interest in protecting the confidence is not , on the " balance of convenience " test , outweighed by some urgent public interest in publication . |
| 7 | Further , any person contemplating publication of statements in such a discussion would face duplication of the proceedings and increased costs in any case where the allegations made do identify an individual councillor or officer . |
| 8 | Although you will not be able to take your puppy out at once , there are many things which you can do to form a close bond between you and your new pet . |
| 9 | this is a structural change , what you could do or the easiest thing would be to do was just to incorporate a dummy variable , right , if you incorporated a dummy variable to a erm and to explain the and to take out the effect of structural change , right , er in that dummy inclusive model , right , all the diagnostic test statistics were okay , right , you would use , you would , therefore , use that , that particular model what we might do is just see if that is the case erm so if you come out of er diagnostics , work towards the data processing environment and generate a dummy variable right , so if you go into the erm data processing environment if it 's in the er sort of process plot option what we 'll do create a dummy variable call it D and let D pull zero press the return key and then edit D oh and if you just set erm observations for |
| 10 | Sometimes this is done to present a biased picture of progress for domestic approval ; sometimes the opposite is needed to support a request for foreign aid . |
| 11 | However , such is the current power and purpose of a team who 'd only ever won four times before the start of this season , that nothing less than victory will do to complete a remarkable transformation from perennial under-achievers to Championship top dogs . |
| 12 | But how the ordering is to be done remains an open question . |
| 13 | As she realised that he must be completely and utterly naked there seemed nothing she could do to stop a deep tide of crimson from rising up over her cheeks . |
| 14 | By themselves , there is not much these countries could do to stop a determined assault by one of their big neighbours . |
| 15 | The Parish Council is very concerned , as I am sure you are yourself , that everything possible is done to prevent a serious accident in the Old Mill Building . |
| 16 | How fortunate you are to have found yet another chance at happiness together , with a better understanding than most people of what you should do to make a successful marriage , and how much you will gain . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's just a ploy — done to impress a prospective client who 's coming this afternoon. , |
| 18 | From the Mexican border to Oregon there is enough to see and do to occupy a full-time tourist for at least a year . |
| 19 | Well , wait a minute , a stunt is usually something well thought out , done to achieve a particular aim . |
| 20 | The domestic empiricist is not concerned with the generalities or principles underlying the cooker or the car ; he or she sees what has to be done to achieve a desired end and that is that . |
| 21 | For example , in chapter 4 , the mnemonic CHIC is used as a reminder of what you need to do to write an attractive page of notes with punch . |
| 22 | The tale goes that a little while back , IBM Corp was using street names , reportedly from the Palo Alto town map , as its product code names — Sierra , Summit perhaps — and had been carefully working up the map , so that all you had to do to put a top IBMer into a real flap was to pick a name from the map a couple of streets up from the most recent one you 'd heard of and ask how that product was coming along . |
| 23 | The tale goes that a little while back , IBM Corp was using street names , reportedly from the Palo Alto town map , as its product code names — Sierra , Summit perhaps — and had been carefully working up the map , so that all you had to do to put a top IBMer into a real flap was to pick a name from the map a couple of streets up from the most recent one you 'd heard of and ask how that product was coming along . |
| 24 | What would you like to do have a nice sandwich for lunch and then later on have something proper . |
| 25 | All the artistes were in England , but the staff were in New York , and to get money and to get certain things that we needed to do took a long time . |
| 26 | jobs which involve using heavy domestic equipment , or climbing steps and taking down curtains can be a real problem , and the thorough spring-clean they always used to do becomes a complete impossibility if they happen to suffer from one of the common disorders of old age , such as arthritis or heart trouble . |
| 27 | okay you find it hard you find it hard to do to make a special effort what is it you have to make a special effort to do ? |
| 28 | What is the Prime Minister doing to promote a comprehensive test ban treaty , and what proposals does he have for strengthening the non-proliferation treaty ? |
| 29 | could n't it going doing taking an active part in charity work within the school or within the community . |
| 30 | I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’ |