Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [prep] the [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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And I 've done it with the same manager — Harry Bassett . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 17 | ‘ You could have done it on the sly , like , arranged to speak to her in private . ’ |
| 18 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Dampt disgrace that couple that done it in the Golden Divans . |
| 22 | ‘ We also know that if Vechey committed suicide he must have done it in the early hours , just before dawn . |
| 23 | Have you done it in the last sort of few weeks ? |
| 24 | Almost all of the higher earners and men with 10 or more partners have had oral sex with a woman , and it 's the men with a regular relationship and someone else on the side who are most likely to have done it in the past year . |
| 25 | It is already happening in New Zealand where you can qualify for a remission of 60 if you dig the grave yourself , provided you can do it to the proper standards as prescribed by the local district council and bring your own tools . |
| 26 | But then again you can also do it with the various screen-based editors like Melbourne Draw for substantially less than £143.75 . |
| 27 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
| 28 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
| 29 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 30 | Will I do it on the other side ? |