Example sentences of "do [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joseph and his Spanish supporters tried to break the fiefs of the occupying generals by sending out civil commissioners , who soon found that , if they were to get anything done at all , it could only be done as subordinates of the generals on the spot . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Using a democratic structure of rotating the roles of therapist and patient , it encourages people to express previous hurts in ways they might have done as children if that had been allowed . |
| 4 | Basically Tests are to be done as worksheets in the classroom just as any other worksheet and would be done , to see if a child has understood the work taught . |
| 5 | It is understood that the Tests can be done as worksheets by a group whilst the teacher is working with other children in the class . |
| 6 | ‘ Real religion ’ , he said , was concerned with ‘ the quest of the Highest , the practical doing of good , the helping of the weaker , and the unselfish work done for others ’ . |
| 7 | If this could be done for one product , it could be done for others with their own market strategies and situations . |
| 8 | It is the charity that really gets things done for birds the countryside — action for birds , on your behalf . |
| 9 | He 's been fined twice for assaulting policemen ; done for drugs ; fined and banned repeatedly for speeding ( following one conviction for doing 103 mph without a licence he said : ‘ I was only doing 95mph . |
| 10 | Michael Flood , an independent energy consultant , has concluded in a study done for Friends of the Earth that 20 per cent of our power could come from renewable sources within 50 years . |
| 11 | And then he did something else he had not done for decades , in fact since he was a boy in his beloved Poland . |
| 12 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 13 | They congregate in favoured places such as Quendale Bay , Ronas Voe and north of Hascosay , as they have done for generations , and here they complete their moult into their smart summer dress , to replace the drab dark grey and white . |
| 14 | IN a quiet , residential street in the suburbs of Edinburgh , a family argues over the state of society today , as families have done for generations . |
| 15 | I 'd make it me business to er yes and course it was to his trade good jobs as he 'd done for customers , had it done so well , they told somebody else and it brought in trade , see what I mean ? |
| 16 | Close to , he looked less mad than he had done for ages ; just drawn , pale , weary . |
| 17 | Brushing out her hair and applying some make-up , something she had n't done for ages , she put on her mac . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah Jaz , he 's has that ‘ ting done for ages ! ’ |
| 19 | Summoning all her reserves , she swam forcefully down the whole length of the pool , and back again , gradually realising that she felt fitter than she had done for ages . |
| 20 | This was not done for players with less than ten years ' service and a longer period was usually required . |
| 21 | Smith saw the opportunity to do for books what Jack Cohen had done for groceries at Tesco 's — ‘ Pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap . ’ |
| 22 | It was like from head to toe there was these marks on my body where I had bruises , and I got done for police assault — I could n't believe it ! |
| 23 | Passionate homesickness rose and buffeted his harder than it had done for months . |
| 24 | ‘ I just concentrated on the job in hand and felt better than I have done for months . |
| 25 | As he has done for years , Jean Pierson , Airbus 's boss , replies that Boeing and McDonnell Douglas get billions of dollars of ‘ indirect ’ support from defence programmes and NASA contracts . |
| 26 | Life went on at home much as it had done for years . |
| 27 | It was like discovering an old trick , something he had n't done for years and had thought was dead — unnerving but not entirely unpleasurable . |
| 28 | The homoeopathic physician can on the other hand give the appropriate remedies for grief or fright , or whatever else it may have been , and experience the satisfaction of being told that the patient now feels better than she has done for years . |
| 29 | It 's good to have someone to bounce ideas off and talk to — it 's something men have known about and done for years . |
| 30 | It will certainly not seem long if you work consistently toward daily targets , in a few weeks you 'll be doing things you have n't done for years , or never thought possible . |