Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 2 | Most countries organize censuses of their population on something like ten-yearly intervals , but not all do , and they certainly do not do them at the same point in time . |
| 3 | I mean , as you say , I cover all the points but because you do n't do them in the right order perhaps you muck them up |
| 4 | But I could do them in the smaller size . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , they will go , but the government should do two things , and it should have done them in the White Paper announcement ; it should have said ‘ we are proposing to get rid of all advantages for company cars in tax terms and we are proposing to make sure that people pay by paying more road tax or more petrol costs if they have high gas-guzzling cars ’ . |
| 6 | Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see |
| 7 | ‘ I think she might have done it as a quick way of finding out how the business worked . |
| 8 | But , then when you 've done it to the best of your ability and you ca n't really see the rewards , then you have to analyse why . |
| 9 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 10 | It is also the budget that has taken notice of what the opposition have actually said we listened to you we have not persevered with our original thinking , we 've talked to the officers , we 've listened to what you 've said , we may not have done it with the greatest grace possible but . |
| 11 | My reason for not having done it myself and my father 's reasons for not having done it with the National Gallery is that , in the case of Yale , I 'm looking forward to the day when there 'll be other people interested in English art who will give paintings or money to the Center for British Art just because it is the Center for British Art , where they would n't do it if it was the Paul Mellon Center for British Art . |
| 12 | And I 've done it with the same manager — Harry Bassett . ’ |
| 13 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 14 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 15 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 16 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 17 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 18 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 19 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 20 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 21 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 22 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 23 | ‘ You could have done it on the sly , like , arranged to speak to her in private . ’ |
| 24 | Chlorine is relatively easy to measure I 'm sure you 'll all of done it at A level chemistry titration , silver nitrate ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Kangaroos have the same need to move rapidly , but they have done it in a different way . |
| 27 | ‘ She would have done it in a preordained way , of course , ’ mused Henry . |
| 28 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 29 | It should be remembered that recovery is a process of improving perception and is not merely an intellectual process : if sufferers could fully see and understand what they were doing to themselves , they would not have done it in the first place . |
| 30 | they , they should of done , but they did n't , the point is they should n't of left it the last minute , they should of done it in the first place |