Example sentences of "had do [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was a disgraceful act which I do not condone , but I am almost certain my son had done nothing of the kind before . |
2 | Gregory of Tours and Bede both knew that the conversion of their peoples to Christianity had done something to the religion to which they were converted . |
3 | The railways had done it to the canals and now it was to happen in turn to the railways . |
4 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
5 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
6 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
7 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
8 | Well I , I had done it at the interval . |
9 | He had done it in the street in front of everyone . |
10 | Since I had to do something during the hours I was supposed to be with Sophie , I joined the local Labour Party . |
11 | God had to do something on the cross , in Christ , in order that his love which he has for us as sinners might become forgiveness for us in reality . |
12 | If the ‘ normal ’ woman had no libido , our worthy surgeons had to do something about the clitoris . |
13 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
14 | I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure . |