Example sentences of "he [vb mod] do a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ADRIAN ‘ FATAL Attraction ’ Lyne is considering a James Dearden-scripted remake of Nabokov 's pre-teen-temptress tragedy Lolita , previously filmed by Stanley Kubrick , Lyne 's recent Jacob 's Ladder suggesting he may do a decent job . |
| 2 | But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman . |
| 3 | He had just one line in The Commitments but he 'll do a thousand more tonight . |
| 4 | Dada answered cheerfully ; " All right — going to the November Sales — do n't think he 'll do a lot — very unattractive — small — back of his knees — beautifully bred . |
| 5 | I 'm sure he 'll do a very good job … ’ |
| 6 | MOREOVER , individual examples of bias , such as the one I detected when Paddy Ashdown was allowed to get away with the ridiculous notion that he might do a deal with John Major just as easily as with Neil Kinnock , need to be balanced against the election coverage as a whole . |
| 7 | He can get away with his accent but he could do a lot to improve his tone . |
| 8 | If he 's really clever , he could do a Quentin Crisp and get a gimmick ( like refusing to wash his cutlery and groin for a decade ) . |
| 9 | At the time Mick Doyle was coach to a successful Leinster side and he believed he could do a better job than McBride . |
| 10 | ‘ But I do n't believe he done it , I do n't believe he could do a thing like that and her with a babby inside of her . ’ |
| 11 | Theodora applied her left leg and Cranmer was surprised to find he could do a very creditable turn on the forehand . |
| 12 | He could do a deal with another investor who wishes to achieve a greater return , even if that means accepting a greater risk . |
| 13 | He wanted boppy ones , so he , you know , he could do a Hank Marvin you know ? |
| 14 | I also like Sheffield Wednesday 's Chris Bart-Williams — he 'd do a great job . |
| 15 | He 'd do a standard trunk escape , but come on as a clown to test the chains . |
| 16 | Ivan was the real threat , and if only Adolf had the sense he 'd do a deal with Churchill , they 'd kick Neville into touch , and the pair of them would whip the Reds from here to Kingdom Come , or from arsehole to breakfast-time , whichever was the shorter route . |
| 17 | Father , when he used to , I 'd seen him years ago when he was a young man , he 'd do a sheep in five minutes . |
| 18 | But he was reserved , and he used to do a lot of thinking , especially on the golf course where he used to keep himself to himself . |
| 19 | They used to call him ‘ Stan the Man ’ at Hartsbourne where he used to do a bit of spare-time caddying . |
| 20 | He used to do a show for me sometimes . |
| 21 | A hotel spokeswoman said : ‘ He booked in his family and we asked if he would do a turn . ’ |
| 22 | And er these were er he would do a lot of the iron work , because a lot of the iron work would be forged . |
| 23 | Elizabeth Stewart , post-graduate chemistry student , recalls that Sir Robert Robinson under whom she was to work was away working for a government department and his students rarely saw him : ‘ We never knew when he would do a lab round , and often it would be at the lunch hour , when I was out ’ . |
| 24 | He would do a lot of Ca , canning if they 're in Canada do n't they ? |
| 25 | I rate him very highly as a defender and he will do a good job for us . |
| 26 | He has a soccer brain and hopefully he will do a good job for us . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've seen him play often enough to know that he will do a good job for us . ’ |
| 28 | I am sure he will do a good job for us . |
| 29 | and he will do a bit of washing up , they do n't want to use the washing up machine . |
| 30 | If the Conservatives are the largest single party , should he hang on as Prime Minister in the hope that he can do a deal with another party ? |