Example sentences of "he [vb mod] do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he 's trying to impress you or your family , he may do all sorts of things he would n't dream of doing after the wedding . |
| 2 | Therefore I suggest to him that he should give an undertaking to do two things er first that he should do two things . |
| 3 | If the hon. Member for Gordon wants to make speeches criticising the Labour party , he should do more homework first . |
| 4 | Tell him that to become better at spelling , he should do these things : |
| 5 | He must do some motoring then ! |
| 6 | He 'll do daft things , like making all the stag ponies step aside on the path to avoid treading on a slug . |
| 7 | Yeah but if we can get him onto the computer system he 'll do two days a week if he can do it |
| 8 | And he 'll do all sorts of terrible things . |
| 9 | The bookies have been inundated with bets ranging from how he 'll do this afternoon , to er whether he 's likely to become Champion Jockey again . |
| 10 | Sponsored by Lucas Industries , he plans to become a practising electrical engineer , though he might do casual teaching , perhaps at evening classes . |
| 11 | He could do that back at Mrs Short 's . |
| 12 | Well they had one man in the hold and they used to have a fork lift in the hold , in Holland , with one man and he could do that job and they sent one man ashore , well over here we had four men in the hold and two men ashore . |
| 13 | He 's the best striker I 've ever worked with , I just wished he could do that sort of thing when he played for England . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't look as though he could do much running to me , ’ Billy butted in . |
| 15 | He could do one poem with sixty verses without pause , and Sir Emmanuel would listen and marvel at his ability . |
| 16 | ‘ He could start back after Christmas but that would be too late for Cheltenham and there is always the risk that he could do more damage which would set him back for next season . ’ |
| 17 | I thought he could do more good with Miss Oliver 's money in England , than as a missionary under the baking sun in the East . |
| 18 | He would have to be very careful , only going out after dusk when he could do some jobs for other people in exchange for a little food . |
| 19 | He 'd do better counselling other people . |
| 20 | That 's right and they 'd do into the wheat and they 'd on they 'd smoothed off , one man 'd had a big sack there , they hold her in , they had this one they build one in , he 'd go one in , he 'd go one and he 'd go one , four , four bushels of the corn and they used to tow it up , heave it out on the scale and they used to have a little old hand basin like that , with a handle on , take a little out or put a little in , and then them men down the hold , them ones , then he 'd do so many on the left and they 'd change over , he 'd do that way . |
| 21 | He 'd do bloody ironing ! |
| 22 | To well they used to call what they call them a labour man you know he 'd do any sort of work . |
| 23 | ‘ True , ’ the Friar said , ‘ that is certainly possible , but a wise man 's life is to a large extent a commerce in probabilities , if he were to deal in possibilities he would do little trade . |
| 24 | He would do many things to keep her happy , but sex was not one of them . |
| 25 | So the actor told the agent he would do brilliant bird impressions . |
| 26 | One day , or night , he would do that walk again , retrace his steps for the sake of nostalgia . |
| 27 | And of course I do n't think he would do any good at it , his quite a quite , shy . |
| 28 | She could n't stop thinking about Gesner ; every moment of her life when she was n't working she was thinking of him , reliving what he had said , what he had done , how he had kissed her , what he would do next time . |
| 29 | Erm , we are today , going to do the Black Sheep of the Family , erm , because erm , erm , does n't feel that he he 's up to doing the one that he thought he would do this week . |
| 30 | Lord Salisbury , who had a poor opinion of Clarke 's abilities ( as had Halsbury ) , wrote in much perplexity to the Lord Chancellor but saying that the Rolls should be offered to Clarke ‘ on party grounds ’ because he would do less harm as a judge than as Attorney-General . |