Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] done [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The omission of these words from the definition of theft lends some support to the argument that an act may amount to an appropriation although it is done with the consent of the owner . |
| 2 | The Amateur Athletic Association have clung to their name despite condoning the principle that athletes be paid — often very large sums — provided it is done through the setting up of ‘ trust funds ’ . |
| 3 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 4 | The study found that the impact of conversion on local employment is minimal , particularly if it is done by the farmer 's family rather than a local company . |
| 5 | ‘ How did Lord Wittisham happen to have atropine with him , if it was done on the spur of the moment ? ’ |
| 6 | Anything that is done for shock value has no future because it 's done for the moment . |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't do as well as she 's done in the majors without being a very good player , ’ said Jim Webb , the LPGA 's deputy commissioner . |
| 8 | When we 're done with the bad ones we ca n't wait to get them out of here . |
| 9 | The master is liable for wrongful acts and defaults of his servant — though they may be unauthorized or even forbidden by him — so long as they are done within the scope of the employment . |
| 10 | I then take it on myself to swill off the blades and rollers so they wo n't put Pa off finishing the grass when he 's done with the Virgin in there . |
| 11 | ‘ I think the sheer professionalism of the job as it 's done at the moment is hard to beat . |
| 12 | Much of this engineering work was wasted at the time , for it was done on the eve of the railway age and never put to good use — not until the twentieth century . |