Example sentences of "do [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happened was that we began to do all kinds of things that are normally done to support a tour that you farm out , but we used to do it in-house , so we had our own publicity department , our own travel department — we booked our own flights and our own hotels , we did n't use a travel agency . |
| 2 | The present study was done to establish a dose response relationship for the trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells by giving exogenous gastrin in graded doses . |
| 3 | In London , some of the stories about what pianists would do to secure a tour , a recording contract , a broadcast , had left Mina shattered . |
| 4 | ‘ And what have you done to deserve a tip ? |
| 5 | Her right hand tingled to smack his arrogant face , but she remembered her drama coach 's advice , consciously releasing her tension in a long , draining breath ; then she said as clearly and cuttingly as she could , ‘ Whatever has Peter done to deserve a rat like you for a brother ? |
| 6 | Khrushchev 's dry comment on the Soviet lack of ‘ overkill ’ was : ‘ What good does it do to annihilate a country twice ? |
| 7 | That 's why today , even though he won a world title without throwing a punch , he walks tall , convinced everything possible was done to secure a deal with Riddick Bowe . |
| 8 | Q. What could the politicians do to create a climate in which you can prosper still further ? |
| 9 | Stephen refers to a crime being excusable if the defendant can show as one of the requisites that what was done was done to avoid a consequence which could not otherwise have been avoided , and which , if not done , would have inflicted harm on him or on others he was bound to protect . |
| 10 | It would not do to exalt a figure who had been executed by the Romans for crimes against the Empire . |
| 11 | It would not do to deify a rebel against Rome . |
| 12 | It is recorded that on 4 January 1965 ‘ Mr R J Henderson said that he thought something should be done to start a Building Fund . ’ |
| 13 | This was done to allow a comparison of risk-related information to other information in order to test the assumption that the recognition results relied on attention focusing causing specific memory enhancements for risk-related information . |
| 14 | From the drafter 's point of view there is clearly nothing that can be done to save a clause rendered ineffective by the Act ; however , where a clause is subject to a test of reasonableness ( which will be more common in relation to clauses included in standard terms ) the drafter should try to ensure that the clause can satisfy the test . |
| 15 | Bettleheim in The Uses of Enchantment provides an apt summary of what a story must do to hold a child 's interest and ‘ enrich his ( sic ) life ’ . |
| 16 | This is the best that can be done to depopulate a matrix below its diagonal ; if one could remove infradiagonal elements as well , there would be no problem in finding eigenvalues and vectors of a matrix . |
| 17 | Someone shouted from a slit trench near at hand , ‘ Great — what some bastards will do to get a Blighty . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's amazing what a sensible diet and some good workouts in the company gym can do to get a woman into shape . ’ |
| 19 | An exercise you can do to get a picture of the difference between newspapers is to go to the library and read each daily in turn . |
| 20 | Auto Express did not mince its words : ‘ It 's difficult to see how much more Ford could have done to improve a car that was already very good . ’ |
| 21 | Having said all that , there is usually something you can do to redeem a place . |
| 22 | What more can you do to upset a woman ? |
| 23 | ‘ I did what anyone would have done to prevent a theft and I am glad no one was hurt , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Fancy a What would you do to produce a movement of the ammeter needle ? |
| 25 | But they are no longer sure what they can do to prevent a break-up if it comes . |
| 26 | In previous generations the undertaker was a well-known local figure and everyone knew what to do to arrange a funeral . |
| 27 | All you have to do to stand a chance of winning is answer the following questions correctly : |
| 28 | All you have to do to stand a chance of winning this great prize is to answer the following questions and complete the tie break : |
| 29 | All you have to do to win a copy is tell us : What name does label owner Casper Pound record under ? |
| 30 | Before going he had told us that firstly , all his carp had been caught on sweetcorn and bread and although fishing with boilies on one rod all week he had been able to get a take , in his words they just did not seem to eat them ; secondly , although there were plenty of carp on the surface they did not seem the least bit interested in floaters , and thirdly he was at a loss to know what one needed to do to put a cat on the bank . |