Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] do a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ . |
| 2 | I 'll just do a I do n't know if any more petals will last . |
| 3 | Well I 'll just do a little trick . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll just do a few sketches , ’ she muttered . |
| 5 | That they are all up to date and er I 'll just do a final check up after the meeting . |
| 6 | Excuse me a second I 'll just do a quick |
| 7 | I 've recorded a lot of stuff with song writers whose work I like , but I 'll probably do a cover version as my first single because , as a TV presented I 'm bound to get a lot of flak at first . ’ |
| 8 | After that I might do some washing — I 'd rather do a little each day than a large amount at once . |
| 9 | Well I thought I 'd just do a freezer shop anyway — just the basics basically plus one or two Little Extras , just the odd thing Derek likes , just in case … |
| 10 | Just , if I were you I 'd just do a little on it , every time you practised , and then put it away . |
| 11 | I 'd never do a thing like that ! ’ |
| 12 | I would rather do a cross-word puzzle than try a revenue appeal . ’ |
| 13 | Before returning to the Cape , he had written ‘ I have been idle so long that I doubt if I shall ever do a single grand battement in my life again — I crack when I move . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I will probably do a film in America next year , ’ she confirmed late in 1989 . |
| 15 | Well probably in your early days you 'll probably do a mix , but if y the quicker you can get to only work , and even to the extent I mean I went out and bought my own book that had personal recommendations on the front and I would actually show that and say look John the only way I actually work , while I get everything ready you might like to look through because it 's the only way I work , I purely work on a personal recommendation basis and that enables me to get quality clients like yourself erm and I can devote time to you rather than have to go out looking for people to tell my story |
| 16 | You can even do a stunning overhead kick ! |
| 17 | Similarly , you can even do a smash serve . |
| 18 | You can even do a bit of water-skiing if you fancy it . ’ |
| 19 | and when you 've finished it you can then do a picture about your |
| 20 | You can then do a nice little shot to get closer on the hoop with red |
| 21 | That 's right , you can only do a pair or something . |
| 22 | You can still do a lot , but you 'll need a different approach . |
| 23 | Modern methods are all very well , but you can still do a lot with a hammer and chisel . |
| 24 | Er and these , these little exercises er are meant to give you erm they 're memory aids really , they 're not meant to be homework , they 're simply so as er you know like if you , you want to remember er a difficult name you can sometimes do a funny thing with it you know to , to remember it you know . |
| 25 | You can always do a little bit here and a little bit there to brighten it up . ’ |
| 26 | When eavesdropping ( a vicarious ghost-life he goes in for ) , he hears Raskolnikov tell Sonya about the crime , and later , without openly referring to it , the potential suicide twits the actual murderer : Sell , you can certainly do a lot . ’ |
| 27 | One recalls Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov , the potential suicide twitting the actual murderer with ‘ well , you can certainly do a lot ’ . |
| 28 | And it 's more than er , and you can certainly do a better job than the Carlton so I mean , you do n't call , I mean , you do n't call him any competition at all I do n't but , you 've got to look at being able to do functions for two hundred . |
| 29 | So you can all do a summary , every single one of you , okay . |
| 30 | alright , fair enough , if , if the , if the deformity is mobile that means you can move it , you can actually do a lot of manipulation and physiotherapy and that can work very well . |