Example sentences of "do [adj] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just show the prisoners a picture of an aborted baby and I say to them if I had done that to a baby I deserve to be here , but what I am trying to do is prevent it happening . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately I lost me job then on the face , having done that to the butty , I did n't get back four yards , or whatever it was . |
| 3 | I think of [ name ] and how someone could do that to a wee woman like that . |
| 4 | ‘ Who 'd do that to a dog ? ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ Who 'd do that to a poor , defenceless dog ? ’ |
| 6 | I thought they 'd hung me up by my arms , ’ he began , and then he stopped short , remembering that the Punishment Squad could not do that to a crippled man with one arm . |
| 7 | what you need to think about and you 're gon na keep your readers ' interest engaged , keep on want to keep reading , your pictures are gon na do that to a certain extent but that 's what your sub-headings goes over , so think about , pick out , read through your main story , pick out your main ideas and see if you can slot in one of those emotive words that 's passion , that 's stirring people 's emotions |
| 8 | How he can do that to a little girl . |
| 9 | Oliver please do n't do that to the flowers . |
| 10 | A horse may often indulge in mutual grooming with a companion horse , and he may also do this to a human he likes and trusts . |
| 11 | How could they do this to a little girl ? |
| 12 | Whilst the councillors determine policy , they can not do this to the full without the constant advice and help of the chief officers . |
| 13 | ‘ How could you do this to the vicar ? ’ she demanded . |
| 14 | You can do this to the extent of saying as Agatha Christie ( who abandoned Hercule Poirot 's charmingly bumbling Captain Hastings quite early ) does in One , Two , Buckle my Shoe ; " For the first time Hercule Poirot was looking at the case the right way up . " |
| 15 | When the lessons from the pilot survey have been fully learned alterations can be made where necessary , but if the work done prior to the pilot has been adequate the alterations consequent upon it should not be great . |
| 16 | On previous occasions a notice has been inserted in the Journal warning Scottish solicitors that under the English Legal Aid Scheme no payment is allowed out of the Legal Aid Fund to any solicitor , English or otherwise , for any work done prior to the granting of a Civil Aid Certificate . |
| 17 | Provided that the form is received in the area office within three working days of the receipt of instructions , a legal aid certificate will be granted to cover work done prior to the date of issue . |
| 18 | And er of course during the war we did n't have the freedom for making the stock that we we done prior to the war . |
| 19 | Sheila Cooper has prepared a sheet of things to colour or do related to the theme of the Sunday Mass . |
| 20 | Sheila Cooper has prepared a sheet of things to colour or do related to the theme of the Sunday Mass . |
| 21 | The BBC tends to do that to a girl . |
| 22 | ‘ My job is to back up the man with the ball and I always try to do that to the best of my ability . |
| 23 | The Shetlanders do n't seem to do that to the same extent they do n't seem to change their dialect . |
| 24 | Have to do that to the |
| 25 | An RSPCA spokeswoman said : ‘ I just ca n't understand anyone who would want to do this to an animal . |
| 26 | There was no way we could put TI money into the company , we could n't justify doing that to the shareholders because it looked to us as though BA was going to go under . |
| 27 | ‘ It is bad enough doing that to the uninitiated , but to do it to the Secretary of State is really beyond the pale — it 's quite pathetic . ’ |
| 28 | Can you imagine anybody here doing that to the queen ? |
| 29 | Top cosmetic company boss Angela Boxer protested : ‘ I do n't understand why they were doing this to the poor girl . |
| 30 | They had taken all she had , and nobody did that to a woman of Liverpool and got away with it . |