Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United States is certainly doing this . |
| 2 | Levi 's only did Sta-Prest — and imitations always looked it — usually too tapered , crumply , and the wrong tones . |
| 3 | He believes longer climbs such as Jibé Tribout 's Just Do It ( see Reports ) , Which rely more heavily on stamina than power , are not of the same order of difficulty . |
| 4 | We do see the problems we 've seen it at both ends the goalkeepers have when people chase a lost cause like Rozario 's just done there . |
| 5 | Yes , and Harold is still doing the job today , having outstripped his dad 's term of office , still going strong with 42 not out : 82 years ' service between the two of them . |
| 6 | GEC-Marconi is also doing its own research work into robots . |
| 7 | Mr 's only doing it today so I ai n't got ta go in tomorrow . |
| 8 | And the lady that does the Watershed programme from Bristol is also doing our programme for free . |
| 9 | ‘ His career could be about to take off as Roy 's once did . |
| 10 | But I mean Kathy 's only done like one side apparently |
| 11 | Okay , well I think what we did was erm Right we talked about the list of exclusions , things that we ca n't record because Maureen 's already done them . |
| 12 | Much of the computer business in Siberia is still done direct with Moscow . |
| 13 | Noted Repulicans say Jamie 's already done some damage . |
| 14 | ‘ Jamie 's just doing A levels , Gary 's fifteen , and he wants to be a train driver . |
| 15 | Actually , that 's why Derek 's never done tiling , cos he 's not very good at it . |
| 16 | ‘ Rinsing is always done with clean water , ’ Mr Doig adds . |
| 17 | RIGHT UP to the finishing tape of this Parliament , Richmond MP William Hague is diligently doing his local bit . |
| 18 | Charles is touchingly done — a frail unpublished poet kept going by his wife and son ( the wife is called Vivien , presumably by design , though she is no copy of the first Mrs Eliot ) , their household a breath of fresh air in the conniving , phrase-making milieu to which Charles clings . |
| 19 | Seems a bit silly washing mine and Andrew 's today do n't it ? |
| 20 | Two of ACE 's founding fathers , Compaq Computer Corp and Santa Cruz Operation Inc are now being widely tipped to stymie their respective MIPS-based ACE development work ; not just because MIPS is about to lose its independence to Silicon Graphics Inc , but also because the Intel Corp 80586 ( P5 ) bandwagon is now gathering a full head of steam , whilst DEC is also doing its damnedest to undermine the whole MIPS effort with its Alpha RISC ( see below ) . |
| 21 | Anyone worrying — as dealers and Christie 's once did — that these thousands of 300-year-old pots will flood the market need only look at Harrods , where Nanking Cargo plates have been selling regularly and at increasing prices since the auction ( £195 for a good teabowl , £7,000 for an ‘ encrusted ’ tureen ) and where , after the Vung Tau auction , the new pieces will also be for sale from , they expect , £50 to £10,000 . |
| 22 | You did Pauline 's once did n't you ? |
| 23 | ‘ We ca n't throw this system away in five years ’ time , like Pearl is now doing with the first general ledger it installed in the mid-eighties . ’ |
| 24 | Hitler 's still doing very nicely . |
| 25 | MAKING A SPLASH : Fergie 's certainly done that |
| 26 | It then requires that a contracting state ‘ shall immediately make a preliminary enquiry into the facts ’ — which Libya is also doing . |
| 27 | Margaret 's just doing some shopping for . |