Example sentences of "do a quick [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've done a quick calculation of interview sheets that we think we , we need , I need two boxes for Caernarfon , Jan needs three , we 've got four and a half boxes already , we were gon na order two just to be on the same safe , but we 're just looking into erm whether we need , how many we need on the R S I 's on the M sixty three cos we might as well order them all together , save |
| 2 | Anna had no need to be besought , for she had done a quick sum on the back of her child benefit book , and had worked out that , if Flora could start at St Saviour 's in the summer term , she would have earned enough to put down at least £100 towards the first term 's fees . |
| 3 | What I 'll do next week erm we 'll perhaps through concentrating on France we 'll do a quick gallop through Europe eighteen erm about eighteen fifteen to forty eight . |
| 4 | Bearing in mind the above information , it is always as well , when completing any design , to just do a quick bit of arithmetic before saving . |
| 5 | Someone at Head Office needs to do a quick bit of thinking here : to couple an outstanding Appalachian Spring with this twaddle is not only an insult to Dennis Russell Davies and his superb musicians , but also to the prospective purchaser of this disc . |
| 6 | I recently did a quick survey of museum bookshops in London . |
| 7 | The bacon and the cheese had all been transferred to the room-sized storage refrigerator behind the shop , and while her husband was out of the way Rennie Hamilton loaded all the groceries into the canvas bag and did a quick addition on the list and noted the amount on the end of the growing column in the credit book . |
| 8 | Well I did a quick trip to our Arthur 's cos I lent him some money today . |
| 9 | Some years ago a newly-qualified private pilot , trained at a school which taught mixture-rich , did a quick conversion onto a smart 300 hp six-seat retractable and took three friends overseas for the day . |
| 10 | Do a quick bit of maths here , so seven from ten is three , two from ten is eight , ten from ten is nothing , three from that is seven , seven , oh , eight , three which surprisingly enough was answer B. |