Example sentences of "do [subord] the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , cut the steak into slivers , ½&in wide by 1&in , as thinly as possible — this is more easily done if the meat is put into the freezer about 30 minutes before being cut . |
| 2 | How can this be done if the patient is 50 miles or so from home ? |
| 3 | In other circumstances all that needs to be done if the transaction is a domestic one , whereby , say , a shareholder transfers his holding as a gift to a member of his family or sells it to an acquaintance , is for the transferor to hand over to the transferee a signed share transfer together with the share certificate which the transferee will lodge with the company and the register will then be amended by adding the transferee and noting that the transferor has ceased to be a member or shareholder in respect of the shares . |
| 4 | Yes some of them have love scenes which I will do if the script is right . |
| 5 | The sun , in brief , spins some 100 times slower than it should do if the equation is correct . |
| 6 | ‘ But carrying on the business of the realm is the least I can do while the King is so wretchedly confined , ’ Matilda concluded . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , we think there is still a great deal to be done before the Bar is adequately recognised abroad , and gains the full benefit of such recognition in the now hugely enlarged international legal markets . |
| 8 | A cracking performance at the Lytham Trophy , where he finished fourth , could have heightened his chances , but a great deal more needs to be done before the side is chosen at the end of June . |
| 9 | What do you do when the pain is still there , caused by a low self-esteem , the absence of love in one 's heart , the loss of personal assurance , and emotional confusion ? |
| 10 | Ringing is normally done when the bird is eight to ten days old . ) |
| 11 | This can be done when the wash is still wet . |
| 12 | ( this is usually done when the carriage is at the right , when there is one more row to knit before changing colour ) . |
| 13 | What to do if the relationship is curved is discussed fully in the next chapter . |
| 14 | ‘ Barrymore and his wife have a very fine home and nothing to do while the family is not living in the Hall , ’ said Sir Henry . |
| 15 | This could mean that the board and Reilly still have some bargaining to do before the contract is signed . |
| 16 | This could mean that the board and Reilly still have some bargaining to do before the contract is signed . |
| 17 | ‘ That is what I would like to do when the time is right . ’ |
| 18 | Britain should then join the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System , which Mrs Thatcher keeps promising to do when the time is ripe . ’ |
| 19 | And remove debris in the pond base — both are jobs to do when the weather is warm . |
| 20 | However , it is important to keep your fellow campaigners in other groups informed of what you are doing as the likelihood is that they will read your releases and help circulate them further . |
| 21 | A woman spends many years charring in Cremona ; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married ; her no-good husband , the boy 's father , reappears after years and demands assistance ; she refuses ; when the son is engaged , she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband , for a suit , a car , a wedding-present ; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers ; nobody comes except a tennis-star ; there is no sign of the husband ; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband 's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment ; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception , everything is all right , ‘ if no one notices anything , it is as though nothing has happened ’ ; passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party , which they happily do because the tennis-star is present ; the husband turns up in his new car ; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is , except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for , who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway . |
| 22 | ‘ … one who deals with goods at the request of the person who has the actual custody of them , in the bona fide belief that the custodian is the true owner , should be excused for what he does if the act is of such a nature as would be excused if done by the authority of the person in possession , if he was a finder of the goods or entrusted with their custody … . |