Example sentences of "[was/were] do for " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was done for all posts in the industry and the data were computerised in a similar manner to that undertaken for the study posts . |
| 32 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 33 | The Staff thought the Manager was done for . |
| 34 | This was done for three different exposures . |
| 35 | This was done for just 24 of the stimuli , all showing junctions . |
| 36 | At the same school filming was done for Frank 's less auspicious performance . |
| 37 | He was done for four years for fraud . |
| 38 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 39 | And from that day it was done for both of us . ’ |
| 40 | She smiled to herself now as she drove through the outskirts of Edinburgh , eyes fixed like limpets on the black Mercedes in front of her — if she lost sight of Jake now , she was done for ! |
| 41 | If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for . |
| 42 | One community leader told Sunday Life last week : ‘ We met with senior NIO officials and expressed the opinion that unless something was done for Protestant areas there would be a backlash from paramilitaries . |
| 43 | Unfortunately , his calf muscle was done for and he had to be substituted by the senior linesman . |
| 44 | To explain this we need to use a rule based on syllable-structure , as was done for simple words in the previous chapter . |
| 45 | Albeit I think it was done for the parish council so . |
| 46 | I mean Margaret used to come in and everything was done for her , I mean she never had to do a thing well that hit her terribly you see . |
| 47 | that 's right because they 've just released papers after thirty years of work that he was doing for the M O D he was actually doing it in his role as a member of the P R flight , Beaver Brooke sold the government this idea |