Example sentences of "to do the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In turn , this is likely to produce a commitment from her to do the utmost to meet her obligations to the job . |
| 2 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 3 | You 'll have to do the talking to find out what he wants and lead him to make a purchase . |
| 4 | Stepping into the lift , Wexford decided to do the London checking himself . |
| 5 | Clare 's going to do the green box . |
| 6 | They were actually my first choice to do the Stooges cover ( new jazz wacko John Zorn eventually thrashing through ‘ TV Eye ’ ) , but they must have thought that was too predictable . |
| 7 | They were actually my first choice to do the Stooges cover ( new jazz wacko John Zorn eventually thrashing through ‘ TV Eye ’ ) , but they must have thought that was too predictable . |
| 8 | She was walking up the Mound to do the lunch shift at the Right and Wrong . |
| 9 | ‘ TVB hereby grants to [ the taxpayer ] , which accepts , the sole and exclusive right outside Hong Kong and the non-exclusive right in Hong Kong throughout the life of this agreement and upon the terms and conditions of parts 2 and 3 hereof : ( a ) to copy , adapt , and cause to be seen and heard in public ( otherwise than by means of wireless or cable TV transmissions in Hong Kong ) all TVB films , ( b ) to exploit all derivative rights in TVB films ( excluding the hotchpot programmes ) and ( c ) to grant sub-licences to others to do the acts set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) above for periods not exceeding five years unless TVB 's prior written consent . … |
| 10 | However , the covenant will only protect the tenant from interruptions by the landlord and persons claiming under or in trust for it ; therefore covering successors in title or persons having authority from the landlord to do the acts complained of , but not covering the acts of a superior landlord or a predecessor in title of the landlord . |
| 11 | what used to do the sprouts did n't I ? |
| 12 | For senior posts it can be instructive to do the opposite to see how far the candidate can cope with the stress . |
| 13 | To do the Inlay shot required mixing film footage of the city with live action of the Doctor 's party . |
| 14 | You 've tried to do the man said , tried to face up to things , the things that we all know trigger you off . |
| 15 | I did show Sarah how to do the backspace to delete , when she made a mistake , instead of |
| 16 | Mr Cranley ( of IBM ) asked the drillers who were subcontracted to do the work to commence drilling , but they refused . |
| 17 | To do the work requires an enormous amount of effort beavering away among old records , checking , copying and encoding . |
| 18 | It was argued that this was needed to allow the husband to do the field work as quickly as possible and so release him for more off-farm employment . |
| 19 | You asked me to do the Wigan archiving |
| 20 | What the layman is supposed to do the authors do not wish to contemplate . ’ |
| 21 | He argues that over the last century or so the number of white-collar jobs has increased rapidly , but at the same time the skill required to do the jobs has been reduced . |
| 22 | The ones appointed to do the job had never been very good at it , but he had heard a rumour that Horemheb was training a secret corps of police , answering to him alone but set up in the pharaoh 's name and in the interests of national security . |
| 23 | Further , although after the initial period the prosecutor may direct police investigation , it is doubtful that prosecutors will have the time or expertise to give more than general directions , thus leaving the police to do the job according to their lights . |
| 24 | The language tutors we have had on our courses were certainly not always given sufficient help to do the job asked of them , and as Language Enhancement Coordinator , I take my share of responsibility for this . |
| 25 | It can be argued that for a second chamber , whose main functions are the consideration of less controversial Bills and the revision of other Bills from the other place without , however , power finally to frustrate the will of the democratically-elected chamber , ( as is now the case with the House of Lords , see below , pp.98–9 ) the fact that it is undemocratic matters little , provided that it is competent to do the job expected of it . |
| 26 | To do the task requires X amount of pounds , but you 've only got X minus something . |
| 27 | To do the egg trick you need a pint glass , a square biscuit tin lid , a matchbox , a stout shoe , an egg , and a large Scotch . |
| 28 | But er she does n't go to do the tapping does she ? |
| 29 | The large launches sent out to do the repairs cost £300 per hour to run and sometimes they have to do a couple of days steaming to attend . ’ |
| 30 | This puts enormous pressures on staff , who do n't always have enough time to do the stock checking . |