Example sentences of "[verb] done [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
| 2 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 3 | She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence . |
| 4 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 5 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 6 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 7 | that 's the wrong way , you 've done it the wrong way have n't you ? |
| 8 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 9 | We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour . |
| 10 | The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained . |
| 11 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |
| 12 | The Hungarians have put privatisation and foreign-trade liberalisation before currency convertibility ; the Poles have done it the other way round . |