Example sentences of "do [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you do that on the computer do you ? |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , yes , the Wheel was ready for the ceremony except for the foliage ; we do that on the day of the event so that it is fresh ; laurel and yew . |
| 3 | ‘ All we can do is put the football right and you only do that on the pitch . |
| 4 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 5 | Well , we already do that at the moment , trying to assess a myriad of individual benefits with people filling up forms and sending them all over the country . |
| 6 | but then we do that at the start |
| 7 | They usually do that at the age of 14 . ’ |
| 8 | But if we do that at the expense of other vital interests … we will have made a mistake . ’ |
| 9 | And so , if I do that for the army and then get them to do my degree as well . |
| 10 | But if you like , governments could do this for the non-teaching staff and not do that for the teaching staff . |
| 11 | No , but you do that for the reason |
| 12 | the provision of electricity and water to the site , but within the original budget and with the estimates and quotations we 've had , there will be some money available for the erection of a small sign , so perhaps er I propose that we do that within the budget that we 've already established for the purchase of the ground , wh which is within budget at the moment , so if there 's any spare after the provision of electricity and water to the site , suggested . |
| 13 | ‘ They do that in the West , ’ the Lout said . |
| 14 | They still do that in the Hall , but Mr Waring has two registrars , two house-surgeons , and one anaesthetist on his permanent Accident team . |
| 15 | I do that in the context of the proposals in the Bill , which I believe are vital for the future of Cardiff . |
| 16 | But I wanted I mean I 'm glad you made the mistake because I wanted you to do it , because I wanted you to do it because as i you know you might you might get it right all the time and then do that in the exam . |
| 17 | Do that in the morning . |
| 18 | I do n't think we do that in the summer term . |
| 19 | In concurrent legislation the Länder must agree , but they do this via the Bundesrat , the forty-member Council of Länder Ministers . |
| 20 | They do this despite the fact that on the kitchen floor there is an immaculately clean dish of pure tap water , and probably milk as well , awaiting them . |
| 21 | Gather gather in a short frenzy of effort — ; A few days left alone would do it — ; We do this for the future to grow out of : |
| 22 | Do this on the entry line by placing the cursor at each cell reference in turn and pressing F4 . |
| 23 | You can use a submersible pump , which you 're using for a fountain or cascade to empty most of the water , but only do this to the level of the pump intake — then it 's a matter of bailing out with a bucket . |
| 24 | While all this is going on , the computer salesperson will repeatedly use the customer 's Christian name : ‘ Now , John , you see that when I do this with the mouse … |
| 25 | They do this in the form of infidelities but they have very different consequences and conclusions , partly due to the differences in their characters and also their circumstances . |
| 26 | We do this in the belief that this is how competent language users handle discourse and that this is the best way of approaching discourse at any level of language development . |
| 27 | I do this in the belief that by admitting them publicly we will discover that others share them . |
| 28 | They stand in much the same relation to the childhood memories from which they are derived as do some of the Baroque palaces of Rome to the ancient ruins whose pavements and columns have provided the material for more recent structures . |
| 29 | I do some of the mixing here , some is done by them at Stepney . |
| 30 | If you knew Ted , and you probably do judging by the amount of Christmas cards he gets , then you would think twice about being wicked and disruptive for the sake of it . |