Example sentences of "do was [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Chaplin the showman had done was to create a great screen clown , a clown whose frame of reference was to be emotion rather than politics . |
| 2 | One of the first things that needed to be done was to get a short survey of existing conditions , and with the help of all departments the following summary was made : Burma Today |
| 3 | She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat . |
| 4 | Without his aid , Edward was bound to negotiate for peace with Scotland ; but the best he could do was to conclude a thirteen-year truce in 1323 . |
| 5 | But what it did do was provide a unique workshop of the ideas that had been bubbling up in the years since the cracking of the ice in 1956 , and in a context which leapt over the boundaries of ‘ official ’ politics , whether mainstream , Marxist , anarchist , reformist , or Maoist . |
| 6 | All they had to do was hit a tiny fraction of the total available and they were in business . |
| 7 | ‘ In the very early days I looked at the market and decided one of the things I wanted to do was to build a big PR company because the market suffered from too many small companies . |
| 8 | All she had to do was get a good night 's sleep . |
| 9 | One of the first things he did was to activate a small probe , with which he scanned his surroundings . |
| 10 | ‘ No , no , what they did was attach a slow fuse to the gunpowder and left it coiled under the bed . ’ |
| 11 | What I did was prepare a supplementary form to the one that we had at the management team meeting |
| 12 | One of the most important things the VBK did was to start a privately-run school of art for women in 1868 . |