Example sentences of "done a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Luiza had developed a passion for Chinese food and Hochhauser 's first and only Chinese restaurant had done a roaring lunchtime trade as a result . ) |
| 2 | Oh it 's it 's quite common , everybody does it if you have a vic if you study Victorians anyone who a Victorian and they all they did all done out , chairs er table space at the front , they did drill in the playground they played with tops and hoops in the playground , all the children the m parents hired costumes from Fairy Godmothers Fairy Godmother 's done a roaring trade especially |
| 3 | The Army has done a grand job of work in the initial stages of rehabilitation , and without its aid progress would have been far slower . |
| 4 | Milne — who made a brief appearance in the game against Wombats — has done a grand job getting sponsorship from , among others , Royal Mail Scotland , while the luminaries he has persuaded to play include Roger Baird , Finlay Calder , Jim Calder , Jim Aitken , Euan Kennedy , Alan Tomes and Jim Renwick . |
| 5 | has done a tremendous amount of meticulous research on these valuable records . |
| 6 | ‘ Jim Smith has done a tremendous job at Porstmouth , ’ says Lyall , ‘ They play quick-pass football and any team who play the ball early can always create space . |
| 7 | He was the ‘ guiding light ’ who ‘ has done a tremendous amount of good work for the club ; he has gained the confidence of everyone ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Andre has done a tremendous job , explaining in great detail what happens when someone dies and when they are cremated . |
| 9 | ‘ The state oil company , PDVSA , has done a tremendous job since nationalisation and is now ranked among the largest and best in the world , ’ he says . |
| 10 | For whose efforts on behalf of the fund I I really do thank them and I 'd like to make a special thanks to Lady Chandler , Lucy stepped into the breach as acting chair about a year ago and since I was elected has done a tremendous amount to help me settle in quickly and I hope effectively . |
| 11 | Only that someone had done a stupid thing , from his point of view . |
| 12 | Hatton could have done a nice little distracting job there . |
| 13 | ‘ And you 've done a nice supper . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You 've done a nice job here . ’ |
| 15 | Or you 've done a tiny bit and you need something that 's not |
| 16 | Done a fifteen . |
| 17 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's inundated with work over there she 's just done a 13-part sitcom for CBS , for example . ’ |
| 19 | By the time the main course arrived — an unappetizing leg of chicken in breadcrumbs accompanied by boiled sprouts — Loretta had done a complete U-turn and was fervently hoping that Koogan would consent to lend them a key . |
| 20 | According to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , the commission has done a good job in proposing new legislation which is workable and fits well with other parts of the law . |
| 21 | If they last twenty years before being replaced they have done a good service . |
| 22 | As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job . |
| 23 | To its credit , Fimbra has done a good job weeding out some of the black sheep . |
| 24 | So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum . |
| 25 | Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ . |
| 26 | Geoff has done a good job on it . |
| 27 | Anne , the Pixie Second , often ran errands for her , and at one time or another most of the Brownies in the Pack had done a good turn for the little old lady . |
| 28 | ‘ Why does n't her nephew send her the money for the fare ? ’ asked Mary , one of the Sprites , who had often done a good turn for Miss Miggs . |
| 29 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 30 | You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood . |