Example sentences of "[vb past] do [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas I had put some order into 200 years of imperial legislation by publishing the Complete Collection and Digest of the Laws , but he had done nothing to alter judicial procedure . |
| 2 | Handsome , talented , and wealthy he might be , but he was also rude and abrasive , and she had done nothing to deserve such treatment . |
| 3 | I had to do something to start this cow 's insides functioning because I did not like the look of her today . |
| 4 | But I felt I had to do something to keep some sanity in racing . |
| 5 | I wanted to do it to help other people in this position . |