Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun] do [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I doubt whether this is done deliberately , but I think it 's part of everybody 's perception of science in schools that girls do biology and boys do chemistry and physics , and I suppose this is bound to have its affect on people 's choices , but I personally , and I think most of my colleagues would agree with me on this , see no reason to suppose that girls should be any less good at chemistry and physics than boys . |
| 2 | Henry Ii planned to provide a legal framework for the continuance of his empire by asking both Richard and Geoffrey to do homage to their elder brother ; doubtless he also hoped that this clear recognition of his seniority would do something to allay the Young King 's sense of frustration . |
| 3 | Hippos and things doing ballet dances . |
| 4 | The surname by which he was known in England may reflect his connection with the building of Count Philip 's castle at St Georges in the Viennois , which was nearing completion when Philip did homage there to his great-nephew , the as yet uncrowned King Edward I , during Edward 's return from crusade in 1273 . |
| 5 | ’ Fantastic ’ cut in waiting lists as doctors do weekend operations |
| 6 | But the negotiations have been fraught with enough intrigue and duplicity to do justice to any spy drama . |
| 7 | I doubt whether this is done deliberately , but I think it 's part of everybody 's perception of science in schools that girls do biology and boys do chemistry and physics , and I suppose this is bound to have its affect on people 's choices , but I personally , and I think most of my colleagues would agree with me on this , see no reason to suppose that girls should be any less good at chemistry and physics than boys . |
| 8 | Martin and Sinatra did Marriage on the Rocks ( 1965 ) , and the following year Dino and Joey Bishop were in the spoof western Texas Across the River ( 1966 ) . |
| 9 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 10 | As well as a chance for the farmers and traders to do business , it was an opportunity to meet old friends and to make new ones . |
| 11 | Although Father and Helmut did business with one another , it was their work for refugees that brought them close and endeared Helmut to Mother and Father . |
| 12 | Our next door neighbours at La Bérade , a father and son doing hut walks and easy passes , possessed a copy of Rebuffat 's Hundred Best Routes in the Dauphiné which we devoured as best we could in our compound fractured French . |
| 13 | Not only does it limit their ability to raise capital and power to do business , it also creates a management oligarchy . |
| 14 | The company also says it 's currently in negotiations with some five to 10 brand-name personal computer firms in the US , Korea , Japan and Taiwan to do Alpha boxes . |
| 15 | Contracts or service agreements are the method by which purchasers and providers do business . |
| 16 | When Peter Green left , Kirwan and Spencer remained to take the mantle , neither of whom really possessed the ability or motivation to do justice to their new-found roles . |
| 17 | Or you can simply cover as many circuits as you want around the same track in the way that athletes do circuit training on a track . |
| 18 | Thorarin Praise-Tongue 's HöfuDlausn and Hallvard 's Knútsdrápa both have Cnut defending his land as God does heaven . |
| 19 | There would be dangers in making the enjoyment of the entitlements of citizenship conditional on the performance of the legal or moral duties of citizenship , especially the ‘ voluntary obligations ’ of service to the community , since these entitlements are , it is suggested , too important to be ‘ bought ’ by community service and forfeit for lack of the required track record of active citizenship ; also , it would be unduly intrusive to place these burdens on citizens who should be entitled to a private life , and many of whom — women with young children or dependent relatives to care for , for example — do not have the time or resources to do service to the wider community . |
| 20 | In the spring of 1325 Isabella reached an agreement with Charles under which Gascony was to be occupied by the French until Edward did homage to Charles , when the duchy would be restored to him . |