Example sentences of "and do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not been called up as she had to care for her widowed mother and do a Civil Service job . |
| 2 | She seized any weapon she could : ‘ You 're terrified of change , because you might just have to get off your backside and do a decent day 's work . ’ |
| 3 | A lot in it er but you can learn a lot from it and eventually you 'll be able to do any sort of these pie charts , if somebody says well you 've got four pound eighty to spend , and somebody spends three quarters on this and a tenths on that , two fifteenths on something else and you can add them all up and do a nice chart . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel quite capable of using the miracle of science to forge links of friendship and do a great deal of good throughout the world , ’ Cook said . |
| 5 | Thereafter the firm might carefully choose one or two systems and do a thorough conversion job , probably thinking at the same time ‘ there must be another way . ’ |
| 6 | Erm so if you 're getting another job obviously , you 've got to think that you may not need as much income , er if you 're taking the early retirement well obviously you may be more income dependent , and do a personal budget , going back to that pro forma , if you spend a bit of time doing a budget , you will find it beneficial . |
| 7 | I decided to get a bit of height and do a gentle dive with power off and I made a rather ham-fisted upward climb in the hope that I could jolt the wheel down . |
| 8 | I promise to do my best to love God and my family , to follow the law of the Little Bees and do a good turn to somebody every day . |
| 9 | Perhaps because of his liking for drink , Grandmother would have to be the overseer , and do a good bit of the work herself . |
| 10 | and do a good job ! |
| 11 | Accordingly , each week when I am at home , I take the car out and do a certain circuit , stopping at various vantage points where I can scan the surrounding area with binoculars or telescope , noting and memorising everything I see . |
| 12 | I could knock up some lightweight special frames and do a positive test on their value . |
| 13 | You going to get a different colour pencil and do a different colour little birdies ? |
| 14 | And that caught the interest of everyone straight away er , budgeting , how to be able to look at banking etcetera , and I said well and I want you to do that first so I do n't mind mainly because I was gon na work wi with Anne about the , with the environments , and then it 's science , could n't cover with the with the environment that she would like me in tutorial to do and er she has n't , well it 's not her now , unfortunately , I think it 's Sue that is supposed to be working with me cos I want to do something on recycling of rubbish etcetera within the school and do a big sort of er project on it . |
| 15 | I 'd far sooner take it off and do a proper job but well |
| 16 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
| 17 | It has had Locus Computing Corp dissect NT and do a functional analysis comparing it to desktop Unix on both the client and server levels . |
| 18 | One January 20 , he promises the front door of the White House will swing open for the first time in nearly 30 years , as Bill , wife Hilary and 12-year-old daughter Chelsea pop down to McDonald 's and do a little shopping . |
| 19 | Emily gave Florrie a meaning look and said , ‘ Now you 're both here , you wo n't mind if I slip out and do a little shopping ? |
| 20 | We had an ongoing er thing you know what I mean that erm er now and again they used to have pushes and we used to out and do a little bit door |
| 21 | I try and do a little bit of everything you know |
| 22 | Shivering , he splashed cold water on his face and washed his hands and then hurried back to his own room , trying to decide whether it would be better to go back to bed , or to get up , get breakfast and do a little study before Senga was up and about . |
| 23 | Then , medal safely tucked away , it was time for an impromptu picnic out of the boot of the limosine , and do a little celebrity spotting . |
| 24 | Jenna wanted to roam off by herself and do a little window-gazing , but Marguerite took her arm in a surprisingly strong grip . |