Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] do a [noun sg] " 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 | So there is no reason why you should n't do a rough-cut , followed by a fine-cut , before you start on your final version . |
| 3 | Right well let's not do a filibuster let I le let Susan come in . |
| 4 | Today we 'll just do a visualisation and try to remove what 's left of your father 's blocking device . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | But they 'll also do a meal for four in your own home . |
| 8 | he 'll maybe do a job by , by putting |
| 9 | Well I think we 'll actually do a bit of a debrief , yeah ? we should be finished . |
| 10 | If Mr Major lost his majority and could not do a deal with another party , would he be entitled as Prime Minister to request a dissolution and a second election ? |
| 11 | I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit . |
| 12 | She was being blackmailed and , because of her promise to Travis never to breathe a word about the woman he truly did love , she could not do a thing about it . |
| 13 | Sam ( RH ) : We could just do a year and everything but … you see … everything that might be happening then . |
| 14 | 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 … |
| 15 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 16 | A resident at the C.I.C. hut could easily do a spot of rock-climbing , nip into Fort William to indulge in some leisurely shopping for tartan gonks and still be back in time for a sing-song round the primus stove . |
| 17 | I was gon na say y could probably do a roller in the same fabric as |
| 18 | nice personalities but he could now do a runner with our van could n't they ? |
| 19 | I 'm sure they 're the nicest guys in the world , but I was at the MTV awards in America when they were trying to do a soundcheck , and they could n't do a song because their tapes were n't working . |
| 20 | I could n't do a session without one now . ’ |
| 21 | It 's just cos I , I could n't do a lot more about that one . |
| 22 | We could n't do a thing about it , only get on with our jobs , living from day to day and , being young , looking forward to the day — surely not too far ahead — when things would start moving in our favour again . |
| 23 | I was in Helen Blair 's house tonight … could n't do a thing to her , because her fuckin' wee brother ( about your age ) would not piss off . |
| 24 | I saw it happen , and I could n't do a thing to help them . |
| 25 | She could n't do a thing about it . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , and you also told me , yesterday , that you could n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Could n't do a thing . |
| 28 | But the others could well do a lot of blaming when they realise what you 've been doing . ’ |
| 29 | He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal . |
| 30 | I 'd never do a thing like that ! ’ |