Example sentences of "[to-vb] done [det] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | And you see all the beams are chamfered , not so much for decoration but because they seem to have done that according to latest research , done that to take the bark off because it was the bark where the parasites tended to get in . |
2 | Years of social discourse appeared to have done little to relieve his prevailing impression of awkwardness and unease , his inability to small-talk . |
3 | And attempts by several African countries , including Zimbabwe , Kenya , Nigeria and South Africa ( would you believe it ? ) to ban sales of these soaps do not seem to have done much to lessen its ' widespread use . |
4 | Nor does codetermination appear to have done much to improve work conditions . |
5 | A few weeks ago Roberta Smith of the New York Times wrote an article expressing a certain degree of ennui over the new decade 's proliferation of ‘ installation art ’ — but it does n't seem to have done much to stem the tide . |