Example sentences of "[was/were] do [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Thereafter , ultrasonography and laboratory tests were done every three months and ERCP every six months , during the two first years of follow up . |
2 | Some conversions that were done a long time ago would not pass today 's stringent building regulations . |
3 | but there 's a right time and a wrong time for doing it , see cos basically if you were getting the money , the phone calls that were , that were done a since Christmas right , I 'm not sure how the bill runs , it probably runs December , January , February er I think they run a quarter on the phone bill , and its a three month period |
4 | If that were done the lender 's protection would be enhanced . |
5 | job if there 's gon na be an exercise or a they like it to be a real-life practical situation , almost like a simulation of the job rather than something that 's er for example if you were to do a case study , pragmatists would like it be in an insurance-related case study and it could be related to their job very . |
6 | Air operations in Hawaii were put under the direction of Lt Col Art Wildern ( USAF , ret ) who hired and trained the second crew of pilots who were to do the flying in Hawaii . |
7 | In accepting the payments the revenue were doing no more than agreeing that they would not be treated as prejudicing any such right . |
8 | In saying that the power exists we were doing no more than to reaffirm the unlimited nature of the court 's inherent jurisdiction over minors , a jurisdiction which empowers and may require the court to override the wishes of a minor , even if he or she has sufficient understanding to make an informed decision . |
9 | said that if the defendants were doing no more than perform an obligation already cast upon them by law there was no consideration for the plaintiffs agreement not to sue . |
10 | We appeared to have students of the same native wit coming to courses in the arts and the sciences and the technologies , and the technologies were requiring quite a lot of these colleges to kick off with unclassified degrees , and finally began to weaken a little , I think , when they found that business studies and art and design were doing no such thing . |
11 | But the authors insisted that they were doing no more than " vindicating and asserting … antient rights and liberties " . |
12 | ‘ Brenda said they were doing a post mortem this morning . |
13 | as if they were doing a bizarre dance , followed by Marx , Herr Nordern backed through the tiny vestibule , into the sitting-room , and a silent , apprehensive circle of Norderns . |
14 | Mr Waldegrave told doctors what they wanted to hear : they were doing a wonderful job and the NHS was not being turned into a tawdry commercial business . |
15 | They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head . |
16 | The robots were doing a lot of turning people back , and the guard-manned point was thronged with a wedge-shaped queue of complaining travellers . |
17 | One night there was a little backdrop of a painted garden , and in front of it two new boys were doing a strip routine to the original ‘ Let's Stay Together ’ ; but then they got carried away and ended up just leaning against the wall together , leaning up against the painted flowerbeds and the little painted bridge , just kissing and making love right there , for at least forty minutes , nobody minded . |
18 | They were doing a lot better than him . |
19 | The ad-man opposite had been casting meaningful glances at her all evening , and the likeliest explanation seemed to be that she and Roger were doing a number together and I 'd inadvertently got caught in the crossfire . |
20 | We were doing a gig with Rod Stewart , and his bass player T. M. Stevens has the most amazing amount of rack gear — like two mini tower blocks ! |
21 | ‘ Then somewhere about halfway , we were doing a scene , and after we had finished he turned to me and smiled and said , ‘ Got me . ’ |
22 | The cousins up from Wylye were doing a brisk business at Abney Park . |
23 | The pubs were doing a roaring trade , what with this newfound prosperity and the constant flow of soldiers on leave with money to spend and precious little time to get rid of it . |
24 | ‘ We were doing a project on environment and quality of life in Europe , ’ said Mrs Lambert . |
25 | This girl we know was in Germany and they were doing a PA and she ran up to Richard Fm and said ‘ I 've come all the way from England to see you ’ — which was a complete lie — and she said , ‘ Can I have a signed photo ? ’ |
26 | Apparently they were doing a programme about monarchs who 'd lost their thrones and gone into exile . |
27 | ‘ The Protons were basically a punk rock band , ’ Lenny explains , as the ‘ Weed luxuriate in the compact and bijou confines of the third support band 's dressing facilities at the London Astoria , ‘ and these two guys were doing a '60s R&B thing . |
28 | Men in shirtsleeves and women in summer dresses were strolling around the airport and ice-cream vendors were doing a brisk trade . |
29 | Although our life was cold and miserable , I felt enthusiastic because I was fit and because we were doing a lot of military training . |
30 | somebody else that er we were doing a course with who had a tremendous skill with high |