Example sentences of "do a [adj] thing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 2 | Willie Carson will also resting easy after suggestions that he had been wrong to bring about the withdrawal of the red-hot favourite , Superoo , before the start of Ascot 's opening event on Saturday , having done a similar thing with the favourite , Red Paddy , before the Royal Hunt Cup . |
| 3 | But of course , ’ his tone flayed like a whip , ‘ you 've never done a dishonest thing in your life . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
| 5 | ‘ You , my boy , have done a wonderful thing for us and in return we wish to do something for you . |
| 6 | ‘ Jamie would never have done a silly thing like climbing up the archway . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He does n't do a damn thing for the good of mankind , but makes one hell of a fat living by buying cheap from one worker and selling the same thing dear to another worker . |
| 8 | Er and these , these little exercises er are meant to give you erm they 're memory aids really , they 're not meant to be homework , they 're simply so as er you know like if you , you want to remember er a difficult name you can sometimes do a funny thing with it you know to , to remember it you know . |
| 9 | He must n't be expected to make an effort when he does n't feel like it , he must n't risk being hemmed in or bored , but everyone has to be ever so careful of his feelings , poor sensitive soul , and when he wants a good fuck he comes to obliging loving little Ruth because he can relieve himself and have his morale boosted without having to do a damned thing about it but get himself into your bed . ’ |
| 10 | I ca n't say I 'm doing a Page-type thing in the studio , but he was someone who was able to make very soulful records , and that was something that generated excitement in me at the time . |
| 11 | " Good grief , when I think of some creature coming onto the moor and doing a vile thing like this ! |
| 12 | Not very enthusiastically , and not at all successfully either , so far as I can ascertain , we have begun doing a sexual thing with ourself . |
| 13 | Erm Louise did a similar thing for me , managed to get some one-off letters run off the system . |
| 14 | I did a terrible thing to Kate Bush . |
| 15 | Stuart Bailie did a good thing in letting Shaun and co explain things . |
| 16 | You did a smashing thing on |
| 17 | She never did a wrong thing in her life . |
| 18 | And you never do a damn thing for them . |
| 19 | I mean , why would anybody cover a Monkees song that everybody in the world f—ing knows off by heart and not do a damn thing with it ? |
| 20 | ‘ You do a despicable thing like that , then calmly say you 're sorry ? ’ |
| 21 | All that wickedness , and you do n't have to explain it or understand it or do a bloody thing about it except put a stop to it . |
| 22 | So we do a little thing like this . |