Example sentences of "[was/were] do the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that were done the lender 's protection would be enhanced . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They 'd had their one hit with ‘ Guns Of Navarone ’ and he was the toaster by the time they were doing the small-time club circuit . |
| 4 | We made the mistake of not having enough of our own practical management to check that they were doing the right thing . |
| 5 | So if we were talking about the Middle Ages we had Gregorian chants , or if we were doing the First World War we had First-world-war songs . |
| 6 | He also favoured the closest possible ties between those who were taxed and those who were doing the taxing . |
| 7 | Most evenings he was able to relax in a much safer part of London , from his point of view : the West End , where the theatres and the cabarets , the smart restaurants and the exclusive nightspots were doing the sort of trade their proprietors had previously only dreamed about . |
| 8 | ‘ No one can remember what they were doing the day Angela Brickell disappeared . ’ |
| 9 | If we were doing The Merchant Of Venice at school we would use it for lyrics , ’ says guitarist Dave Fielding . |
| 10 | Well , when we were doing the long-running series , Today 's History , it seemed perfectly sensible to do a programme about women 's history , along with a number of other things which were n't adequately covered . |
| 11 | Why we have gone so long using our branch network as though it were doing the information job . |
| 12 | Then , in August 1928 , Arsenal took the field at Hillsborough wearing numbers on their backs , while on the same day , Chelsea , at home , were doing the same — at Chapman 's suggestion . |
| 13 | I have always had a slightly suspicious attitude to information on road accidents since the Road Research Laboratory ( I think it was ) , proved some years ago that if you were killed in an accident at any age over forty , you were doing the country an economic favour . |
| 14 | ‘ Although Chris and I had divorced , we still played together , standing three feet from each other , and Lindsey and Stevie were doing the same number . |
| 15 | We used to play it when we were doing the cabaret circuit in southern Ireland . |
| 16 | ‘ If you stopped shopping the IRA would think they were doing the right thing , ’ said Susan Wooldridge , 47 , of Hungerford , Berks . |
| 17 | But when top impressionists like Harry Enfield and John Sessions were doing the voices , and the very idea of a moving 3-D caricature commentary on topical matters with a genuinely daring anti-royal agenda was new and sexy , Spitting Image was unmissable . |
| 18 | Yesterday , when we were doing the lawn . |
| 19 | ‘ When are you going to Greece ? ’ his mother asked on the Wednesday of the second week , while they were doing the washing-up . |
| 20 | Thinking they were doing the right thing , some schools set out to understand and respond to the particular problems faced by children of West Indian origin — only to discover that their parents , dissatisfied with ‘ low expectations ’ and ‘ lack of discipline ’ , were setting up their own alternative , strict , traditional schools that their children were being sent to on Saturdays . |
| 21 | It is sometimes easier to proceed on the basis of : ‘ If I were doing the job this is how I would do it ’ , but this can be delusory even for analysts who have past experience as operators . |
| 22 | Other young fellows were doing the same thing ; we used to meet and recognize each other and compare notes — and pretty scathing we were at times with what we found . |
| 23 | She laughed with him , amazed that she was still able to function normally while her insides were doing the Twist ! |
| 24 | I think we need I accept I think we need to look at certain areas we need to look at the entrance I mean if we were doing the entrance again we would have electric doors on what like they 've got on the Harvey Centre so you do n't have to fight your way in I 'm thinking of doors like this we 'll do that . |
| 25 | Now I think , er and I 'm sure that Mrs will , I 've I 've got other information as well , that we could , I , I , I 'd like to recommend that we had an on going petition which could be in Welfare Rights , the Town Hall , The Libraries , but there 's no , I do n't think there 's an opposition to such a thing , whereby we ask for a P D S A clinic in Harlow , I 'm sure there 's room round where they were sit , sited before , and I do n't know , you know , I 'd like to know what Mrs 's thinks , also I 've got information er , a , following lots of phone calls erm there is an organisation called The Blue Cross , they have a clinic in Victoria and they 're , they have a head office in Oxford and they will help if they know the name of the vet and have the invoice and I 'm afraid it 's tested , but they will help pensioner 's and other low paid people to meet there bill 's , so that 's another outcome , while were doing the petition . |
| 26 | La Meije loomed above , but I failed to find a party who were doing the Grand Pic and returning . |
| 27 | Putting together what we know about girls " apprenticeships — lasting three or four years — and wage rates , it can be deduced that from the age of say 17 until perhaps 25 for those who married , women compositors were doing the equivalent of full-time typesetting for wages that varied between half and two-thirds the adult male wage , depending on whether stab or piece rates are measured . |
| 28 | Even so we do sometimes find admissions that women were doing the more advanced tasks . |
| 29 | I would help with the preparation of a meal for all the men who were doing the work . |
| 30 | Mm some people decided they were going to work as a , as a group on their table , to gather information and when you were doing the tallies last week , you helped each other did n't you , some of you helped , you were talking to one another to help make sure that you got the right number of tallies , if you worked with some other people to get the survey questions and do the tallies , sign it , if you did everything on your own , leave it blank is anyone not sure what to do there ? |