Example sentences of "to do the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I was with him when the call came in to do the video so I was listening to the call , although I was minding my own business . |
| 2 | I forgot to do the parsnips when I did the potatoes , but I think they 'll be |
| 3 | That 's what I want to do the shaving as well |
| 4 | Mr is to be asked to do the floor after the kitchen is finished . |
| 5 | " Power " , for example , is an ordinal attribute in which we might want to talk about individuals having " more " or " less " power than others and to reflect this in using the power of numbers to reflect " more " or " less " of some attribute in the same way that a higher number score on a test signifies a greater ability to do the test than a lower number . |
| 6 | Er a a and then say , well we can take that on board for you if you like but it might be more efficient for you to do the possessions because the civil engineer Leeds , actually is part of your organization a a and it might be more appropriate for you to get those possessions in , for you to decide whether or not you want one big bang o o o of a week 's possession or , or you want to do it i in four hour no-trains periods for the next three years . |
| 7 | If he has enough education he may be able to do the gloss as well . |
| 8 | It is actually easier to do the calculation if instead of individual turns we assume that the current is continuously distributed on the surface of the cylinder , and work in terms of |
| 9 | I 've got time to do the potatoes before I go , erm |
| 10 | I decide to do the washing-up before I start putting Mum to bed . |
| 11 | At 26 Hilton Nationals throughout the UK and in 24 countries worldwide you can trust Meeting 2000 to do the work while you do the business . |
| 12 | The elderly relatives did what they could but it meant that all through his life — not that he even survived to forty — there was never a chance to take it a bit easier , no one he could rely on to do the work if he was ill or tired . |
| 13 | The worst thing is I suppose that you 've got to do the work because you are at home . |
| 14 | You do n't have to do the work as well . |
| 15 | They coincided with Mrs Yaxlee 's own ideas closely enough for the latter to trust her to do the shopping while at the same time failing to include her in the invitation which she so palpably wanted . |
| 16 | She always gets to do the music because you know , like she did at that er |
| 17 | Told him not to do the garden until I 've finished . |
| 18 | I have been able to do the washing cos I have n't been able |
| 19 | They had to do the lot so they give us an invoice , we took it in to insurance and they 're gon na write a cheque , deduct it off that thing |
| 20 | ‘ We are giving the sales force far more training and ammunition to do the job than ever before , ’ said . |
| 21 | It is now my opinion that the main things to remember if you 're going back to work after having a baby are that as long as you find someone you 're happy with to look after your baby while you 're at work , you 'll be happy and so will your baby , and that you will be able to do the job when you go back , even if the thought of it scares you to death in the months leading up to your return . |
| 22 | and see they come okay , because you need to do the drawing as well to sort of get you used |
| 23 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 24 | I know , but I 've also got to do the tea as well for granddad and daddy and Phillip . |
| 25 | The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow . |
| 26 | One of these is that it is easier to do the sum if one deals with histories in what is called imaginary time rather than in ordinary , real time . |