Example sentences of "[vb infin] done it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could 've done it really , but it kept him in with the people like and er . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , although I would say that Peter and Eric would have done it anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ They 'd have done it anyway . |
| 4 | But the fact remained , the doctors were a different sort of person from the regular army officers ; they wanted to do the good works they did ; that they would have done it anyway , without being ordered , is my certain opinion . |
| 5 | I mean , are you there simply because it 's a family business , or would you have done it anyway ? ’ |
| 6 | " You would have done it sooner or later , " she smiled , her eyes deep and dark , the single light they had lit earlier on which kept the room partially in shadow , lending her face a slightly mysterious air . |
| 7 | They approved of her becoming a nurse and going to France , but they told her she should have done it sooner . |
| 8 | Such statements are in fact usually false , either because the combination of a and b is not a necessary condition of p , so that even if X had not done b , p might still have occurred , or because , even if X had n't done b , some other agent would have done it instead , thereby bringing about p . |
| 9 | But selling more slaves would have done it little good if it could not get paid for them , and in the 1680s the planters owed the company money for two full years supply of slaves . |
| 10 | ‘ If they wanted to kill us , they 'd have done it already . ’ |
| 11 | I think Davison would have done it easily in the promotion year but he got injured … apart from that ( altho did nt Ray Hankin score 20 in about 79 ? ) |
| 12 | ‘ He 'd have done it willingly had I stopped to ask him , Bonnie , but I did n't . |
| 13 | and but I think it sort of highlight , er , she might have done it unconsciously or consciously , I do n't know . |
| 14 | ‘ He could have done it beforehand when we met for drinks and everyone 's attention was on Mrs Figgis-Hewett , ’ said Angelina , albeit with a feeling of disloyalty to a fellow female . |
| 15 | I 'm not sure , but I think somebody else should have done it rather than me . |
| 16 | I mean , I mean I 'm sure it 's useful in the sense that it gets one person through er doing a degree who could n't have done it otherwise , but whether it would actually give you the sort of experience you want , I 'm much more doubtful . |
| 17 | You were drunk and would n't have done it otherwise . |
| 18 | It was really thanks to Linda and Graham because I never would have done it otherwise . |
| 19 | ( Why could n't we have done it properly ? ) |
| 20 | And she could have done it again if only she 'd had the chance . |
| 21 | And if he makes it , Crewe Alexandra will have done it again ! |
| 22 | No , I would have done it exactly the same , I would have just hoped that I would have been as lucky as I have been . |
| 23 | I would have done it differently — OK , you know about the blind garden . |
| 24 | ‘ I would have done it differently , ’ said Dorcas , reading it . |
| 25 | We are forced to work fast and badly , but we do n't know whether there is any point to it because it may all be swept away in a month ; on the other hand , nothing at all may happen , in which case we will have done it badly to no purpose . |
| 26 | A clever way of stifling discussion and few could have done it so well . |
| 27 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 28 | Dawn must have done it then . |
| 29 | Could you have done it more concisely ? |
| 30 | It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly . ’ |