Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , the setting of the edit-point on the source-tape is best done by stopwatch . |
| 2 | The programme is largely to do with the perceptual side of thinking . |
| 3 | And by the time I 've finished , the car 's only done ten thousand and it 's ready for sale . |
| 4 | They say PC Packer is clearly doing his job . |
| 5 | If the applicant requests a particular method of service ( which in practice is seldom done ) 77 that request will be complied with unless to do so would be incompatible with the law of the country of destination . |
| 6 | Two occupiers later the turbine is still doing its job and , I 'm sure , with proper maintenance it will continue doing it for the next century . |
| 7 | Significantly , the greeting trill is normally done when they are on the move , usually when they have come in from outside and are about to move off towards the place where they expect food to be waiting . |
| 8 | The headstock-facing sunburst is beautifully done , too , with just a slightly darker overall hue . |
| 9 | Erm , may I take the opportunity to say that cross border is a bit of a misnomer , erm , it 's , the correct term is really doing work for other bodies . |
| 10 | This brief pairing of parts in a loose form of imitation or counterpoint is best done by pairing the women 's voices as one unit and the men 's voices as the other . |
| 11 | We can not check this independently by re-examining the original one , not because we can not re-examine the original one but because everything we can do in the way of a re-examination is just doing again what we have already done in thinking of the new sensation as relevantly similar to the old one . |
| 12 | So mai you , you 're main , you 're main work 's actually done , is n't it ? |
| 13 | Work is also done among the handicapped , and special camps are sometimes held for handicapped children . |
| 14 | A lot of landscaping work is also done on the surrounding area to encourage walkers to follow the path . |
| 15 | Houses have been bought by local builders with plans to restore them , though in many such cases very little work is actually done . |
| 16 | No meaningful work is ever done in a crowd — that is amateur . |
| 17 | Bench work is mainly done here , but the system is that men engaged on each repair job come to No. 12 to do the actual woodworking involved . |
| 18 | This work is often done by an old man of many years experience . |
| 19 | Although no competition work is now done , the brigade lives up to its traditions of readiness and competence under Chief Officer E. Riley . |
| 20 | Most of his work is now done to commission , and deals with world issues such as the Arms Race and famines , subjects which Kennard feels can only be addressed by using ‘ more than a single click of the camera ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ The most urgent work is always done first . |
| 22 | ‘ A woman 's work is never done . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , eh ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ A steward 's work is never done , ’ Kelly quipped . |
| 25 | Moan , groan , a hunchback 's work is never done — oh well , I suppose I should try to get ahead . |
| 26 | Housework is described as a never-ending job — in the stock phrase ‘ a woman 's work is never done ’ . |
| 27 | If I did it all day I would n't like it — woman 's work is never done , she 's on the go all the time — even before you go to bed , you 've still got something to do — emptying ashtrays , wash a few cups up . |
| 28 | This of course might be due to the fact that the sample as a whole has a long working week ; it certainly contradicts the impression given by the women themselves that ‘ women 's work is never done ’ : |
| 29 | We warned her that a wife 's work is never done . |
| 30 | as if to prove that a Shetlander 's work is never done , the same storms that sank the Braer and then cleaned away the oil caused erosion of the coast along the edge of the unexcavated portion of Jarlshof , and emergency coastal defences had to be installed prior to the provision of a permanent seawall . |