Example sentences of "do [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eased the cork out of the bottle very quietly , as if I was a maître d' in a very posh restaurant . |
| 2 | His part is notated in the soprano clef , and ranges from d' to e ’ . |
| 3 | In July he led a great army against the Scots , but their Fabian tactics and ‘ scorched-earth ’ policy defeated his efforts even to relieve Berwick ; he returned to England ‘ with nothing done worth writing about ’ , as one chronicler put it , and disbanded the major part of his army . |
| 4 | But further research was needed on climate change : ‘ Before we can translate this into practical policy and precise targets , there is a lot of work to be done as a matter of urgency . ’ |
| 5 | So , the underlying part of the contract , as I understand it with Bowie , was that he was going to make an album with Tony Visconti and that song had to be done as a single . |
| 6 | Angela did n't ride , though she had done as a child . |
| 7 | After the success of Twin Peaks , ABC executives are reportedly considering more high risk shows including CopRock , the first police show to be done as a musical in the pilot , a jury signs the verdict in a song composed by Randy Newman . |
| 8 | Perhaps it could be done as an oratorio . |
| 9 | ‘ Women of Troy at the Gate Theatre was done as a response to the crisis in the Middle East . |
| 10 | ‘ They are asking people to treat what they have done as a success . |
| 11 | It is generally done as a reverse of the sequence for dressing . |
| 12 | They were sitting as they had done as children years ago , Elaine with her legs tucked under her , Charles with his arms round his knees . |
| 13 | The only one I got was that in his view thirteen and a half was too late for confirmation ; it was best done as a sort of early ‘ double shot ’ — like a jab of cholera with typhoid — along with baptism . |
| 14 | Usually this is done as a weekend hobby . |
| 15 | Note that in certain cases this has to be done as a formality and does not necessarily mean that there is anything suspicious about the death . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the training is sometimes unavoidably accompanied by the infliction of punishment in some form or other , but as is very well-known , this should never be done as a result of a fit of anger . |
| 17 | How had I done as a test-pilot ? |
| 18 | We both are experienced pilots , and initially , we thought it would be done as a visual flight , with a bit of adventure . |
| 19 | If the shepherd had done as George feared and set off alone in search of Jonadab 's flocks , he would never find his way across the unfamiliar moors . |
| 20 | If you do n't realise what you 've done as you knit you may notice at a later date just one wrong row somewhere in your knitting ! |
| 21 | I have used some of the things that he has done as a good example to myself . |
| 22 | This involves a slight drop in picture quality , but the copying can be done as a part of the editing routine ( see page 82 ) and the loss in quality is then offset by improvements in presentation that editing inevitably brings . |
| 23 | In virtually all cases the work is being done as joint ventures between eastern and western telecommunications companies ; the World Bank is providing funding for some projects . |
| 24 | This is sometimes done as part of Sunday worship , or , more frequently , in mid-week fellowship . |
| 25 | But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term . |
| 26 | ‘ A full and proper economic evaluation is overdue and should be done as a precondition to the allocation of resources beyond 1991 . ’ |
| 27 | The writing work you 've done as you followed the course of this book has laid the foundations for the palace you 're about to build . |
| 28 | They may use gross insults to intimidate , and endearments to redefine what they have done as consensual sex or love instead of rape , assault and battery . |
| 29 | One hospital worker said : ‘ The holiday camp and hotel stuff is ‘ income generation ’ and being done as a priority . |
| 30 | Jenkins ' men show how it 's done as Neath succumb to the Scarlets 23–23 in the recent Division One clash at the Gnoll . |