Example sentences of "be do a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've watched you with the kids , and , while I know it ca n't be easy , you seem to be doing a grand job . |
| 3 | We shall be doing a great deal of work in the coming months to discourage the government from taking a decision which would send book prices soaring and seriously damage the health of the trade . ’ |
| 4 | I still think maybe maybe we should n't be doing as much , and we should d be doing a small amount better . |
| 5 | She 'll make regular transmissions till eleven hundred hours then she 'll be doing a deep dive , so you 'll hear no more from her till she surfaces at fifteen hundred hours . |
| 6 | And you ca n't come home cos you 'll be doing a split shift on the |
| 7 | Old Granny Fordham , who lived in a lonely cottage on the Enderley estate , could n't afford luxuries like butter and eggs , and could n't easily get to the shops in the village , so it would be doing a real service to take Mrs. Grant 's gift to her . |
| 8 | I did n't realise you might be doing a late shift , but it 's imperative I see you . ’ |
| 9 | Shinwell , always a better politician than administrator , was widely felt to be doing a poor job in this crucial economic ministry . |
| 10 | Circumstances may change , and he may no longer want the goods and services that he has ordered , or the seller may appear to be doing a poor job , and the buyer may have lost confidence in him . |
| 11 | You wo n't be doing a good thing either for yourself or your company . ’ |
| 12 | They see it as something that they , as the caring agencies , must be involved in if they are going to be doing a good professional job . |
| 13 | But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job . |
| 14 | That way you can be seen to be doing a good job and will have more opportunity for improving your pay and possibly being promoted . |
| 15 | They seemed to be doing a good job . |
| 16 | So that 's what , that 's the way I 'm hoping that we can proceed , as I say , yes with your assistance and then if we can get through that business , then equally tomorrow morning , we 'll be doing a similar thing , we we 'll issue another revised programme which will er take in some of the outstanding stuff that 's fell off . |
| 17 | Do n't be afraid to make your point — go on making it and you will be doing a worthwhile job . |
| 18 | ( A note here to working mums : depriving your sons of a little mothering might just be doing a middle-aged woman a favour in years to come ! ) |
| 19 | and fair enough , but you can be doing A Level English because you want to be a physiotherapist , and you need that other A Level , is that not true ? |
| 20 | The firm is supposed to be doing a RISC-based Unix mainframe and is already a licensee of HP 's PA chip which it uses in its 3050 line of Unix workstations . |
| 21 | Although Sun has re-iterated that it wo n't be doing a 64-bit Sparc implementation itself for at least the next three years — ‘ there is no need for it yet ’ ( UX No 376 ) — the company is seeking to define the space in which some are already working — Hal Computer Systems Inc for one . |