Example sentences of "you [verb] do a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
| 2 | Although he blamed himself rather than the department for his own failure , making comments like ‘ I 'm just not an academic basically ’ and ‘ I do n't think there 's a lot wrong with the course , if you want to do an academic course ’ , the path he saw himself as taking seemed directly opposed to the departmental ethos ; stating that he did n't want to do ‘ anything theoretical ’ , he told me that he wanted to train to be a nurse . |
| 3 | Once you 'd done a new paragraph like they did like this blah blah blah in here . |
| 4 | Are you going to do a proper Dennis ? |
| 5 | We 've sent them tapes to see if there 's a chance of opening for them , which would be great , because you get to do a thirty-five minute set , really powerhouse it , then watch a few of their numbers , get on the bus and go . ’ |
| 6 | " You 've done a good job , " Lee said quickly , recognizing the woman 's insecurity . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've done a good job , Bourne . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ There was a lack of a shared view about what the health service 's purpose was , and yet without that how can you know if you 've done a good or a bad job ? |
| 9 | Seems you 've done a good job with our Crilly . ’ |
| 10 | Each part of that particular structure , you 've done a good step one , what must that lead to ? |
| 11 | but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask |
| 12 | but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask |
| 13 | Can we actually pause there cos you 've done a good bit of digging on that one . |
| 14 | You 've done a good job there ! |
| 15 | Mm you 've done a good job there if you do n't lose it again |
| 16 | Kay said I know , I said Kay you could n't begin to imagine what he does , and of course she said , and she had been doing that erm painting , Father came in and said something like oh you , you 've done a good job there , but she said he never said oh go over to the kitchen and get a cup of tea |
| 17 | She said er did she go to your mum , Oh you 've done a good job and |
| 18 | I 'm sure you 've done a super interview for me . |
| 19 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |
| 20 | You 've done a terrific job . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've done a long , long stint , have n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
| 23 | Young looked at Burton on the set and said to the make-up man , ‘ You 've done a great job . ’ |
| 24 | You 've done a great job on the interiors . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I think you 've done a great job here . |
| 26 | Or you 've done a tiny bit and you need something that 's not |
| 27 | ‘ You 've done a splendid job on that window , lass ; I 've never seen it look so bonny . |
| 28 | ‘ And you 've done a nice supper . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 've done a nice job here . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 've done a bloody good job on the interiors — and right on schedule too . |