Example sentences of "do all [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd return home and do all the usual things that keep your sense of yourself — eat , play around with children , do my washing , telephone my nearest and dearest , talk late into the night with my hosts , have fantasies , pleasure myself . |
| 2 | The coronation seemed to last for hours , but I managed to say and do all the right things . |
| 3 | I 've done all the New Man stuff . |
| 4 | I went to drama school having done all the correct things that drama students are supposed to ignore — like going to public school ( Wellington ) and dressing in conventional clothes . |
| 5 | I see Sister Hennessy 's done all the necessary tests for you . |
| 6 | He pointed out that the American Physical Society had invited him to give the talk , that he had completed a three — year research programme , having done all the necessary cross checks and controls , and had definitive results to present . |
| 7 | ‘ In the past , I 've used researchers to dig around in libraries , but I 've always done all the hard work myself , and certainly all the major interviews . |
| 8 | Here 's a selection : Mrs F. from near Darlington writes : ‘ I would like to have Jane Fonda 's thighs and tum because she 's done all the hard work . |
| 9 | HAVING done all the hard work in bowling out for 158 a Bellville XI bolstered by four Western Province players , Scotland failed to score quickly enough in going down to a second defeat , by 13 runs , on their South African tour yesterday . |
| 10 | Liverpool 's third came from Phil Boersma near the end , after Kevin Keegan had done all the hard work . |
| 11 | ‘ We do all the chemical work in another part of the Unit , ’ Barbara said . |
| 12 | ‘ Why do all the other flats take it so placidly for Heaven 's sake ? ’ |
| 13 | They are novels in which the main characters debate topical social and economic issues as well as fall in and out of love , marry and have children , pursue careers , make or lose their fortunes , and do all the other things that characters do in more conventional novels . |
| 14 | Sometimes slime algae can be very difficult to shift , even though you do all the right things . |
| 15 | They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not . |
| 16 | Leavin' me ter do all the dirty work , ’ she wailed , appearing to burst into tears . |
| 17 | It was time to get up from what everyone else regarded as the mire and do all the conventional things again . |
| 18 | The problem is that rock-climbers do all the hardest stuff in this game . |
| 19 | When it comes to going to bed at night I do all the wrong things — and I 'll bet you do , too . |
| 20 | ‘ You just admitted blacks do all the worst jobs , the dirtiest , hardest jobs . ’ |
| 21 | The Floyd Rose does all the usual things , like letting you tie knots in the low E string , and the arm is firm with no clunky play . |
| 22 | ( She also does all the lovely flower arrangements for which she has won an award . ) |
| 23 | To them Heathcote does all the wrong things , says all the wrong things , and writes in the wrong way . |
| 24 | My German worked like a dream , like a brilliant robot you switch on and stand back and admire as it does all the hard work . |