Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the larger provincial firm ( D ) the research was done with the probate partner . |
| 2 | Professor Hurstfield has argued that they were not , and that , provided no harm was done to the state , it would be anachronistic for the historian to object to them . |
| 3 | A lot of work was done to the bridge in the years 1648–50 and an inscription on it states that it was ‘ built ’ in 1650 . |
| 4 | Only when the inevitable standing ovation was over , and their work was done in the conference hall , could they relax . |
| 5 | The probability is that a large part , even most , of the work was done in the madhouse , and that Smart finished it after his release . |
| 6 | The White Paper promised that information would be gathered to help implement demand management , but no work was done until the autumn of 1945 . |
| 7 | Until an audit was done at the unit we did n't realise quite how much , but we do require donations for us to be here . |
| 8 | Most turnpiking was done on the north to south roads , although some cross-country in-filling occurred later ; they were less new roads than improvements on old ones , designed particularly to ease the movements of goods and the aristocracy to their country estates . |
| 9 | This statement by Lord Roskill , with whom all their Lordships agreed , was probably an obiter dictum since there was no doubt in that case that the act was done without the consent of the owner . |
| 10 | He was not looking at what the girl was doing with the match . |
| 11 | As testing was done on the basis of parental choice these infants would not be screened . |
| 12 | A check was done on the pH and a proprietary acid buffer was added to bring it down to 6.5 Softening resin was added in a box filter to bring down the hardness to 8°DGH . |
| 13 | There was no fairness on earth if someone who would appreciate it and work hard was kept out just because of a greedy , uncaring family who would prefer to forget the child of an unsuitable union rather than make a generous gesture and ensure that some right was done at the end of the day . |
| 14 | All the interviewing was done by the author and was an informal discussion rather than formal questioning . |
| 15 | ‘ And what his idea was , in a way I suppose , was just to see the position which I had to get the horse into before he had the job with the mare ; and he wondered how the job was done with the harness I 'd got on . |
| 16 | Morse interrupted Lewis 's thoughts : ‘ Shall I tell you exactly what our leader was doing in the betting-shop ? |
| 17 | For example , an investigation was done into the profitability of a certain product which was common to several divisions . |
| 18 | The picture was done before the birth of Willem . |
| 19 | In high risk patients , dilatation was initially done under fluoroscopic control , subsequently in most patients the procedure was done without the fluoroscopy . |
| 20 | After the HN Unit Specifications had been refined by the consultative networks , an initial edit was done by the NDO and scrutiny carried out by the Steering Group or a sub committee of it . |
| 21 | All data entry and processing were done in the study headquarters in Navrongo with IBM PS/2 computers and dBase III+ software . |
| 22 | No stock count was done at the end of the month-but all goods were sold at a price based on the cost price plus one third . |
| 23 | Mm , what he 's talking about is the old covenant was to do with the mountain was n't it ? |
| 24 | The sowing was done before the ploughing . |
| 25 | Mr. Malone referred to the work the government was doing with the Ministry of Defence to support the declining armaments industry . |
| 26 | The operation was done through the midline scar and the recurrent tumour was removed from the right upper rectus together with surrounding unaffected tissue . |
| 27 | Infusions into the transverse colon were performed with the colonscope about 10 cm proximal to the splenic flexure , while those into the sigmoid colon were done with the colonoscope about 10 cm proximal to the rectosigmoid junction . |
| 28 | As a child he had studied them with fascination , enquiring what the bull was doing to the lady , and receiving from his parents no very satisfying answer . |
| 29 | Indeed the ex-editor of Classical Music contacted the publisher to ask why they had reverted to Times as the body copy typeface , he had changed it from Times to ITC Clearface , and was duly surprised to find that the reason was to do with the fact that the title was being produced on a desktop publishing system . |
| 30 | The healing was done through the spirit . |