Example sentences of "[vb infin] done a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today .
2 I do n't know what possessed me to do so but I started twitching the squid like I would have done a deadbait piking when suddenly the rod thumped over !
3 I knew so many rotters before him , I could have done a degree in them .
4 Oh I could n't have done a quarter of it .
5 Oh , I could n't have done a quarter of it .
6 ‘ Huh ! ’ he grunted , and , she swiftly realised , must have done a lightning analysis of what she had said , because in his next breath he was commenting aggressively , ‘ So you 've definitely decided to throw Travis over ? ’
7 ‘ He should have done a bit of minding years ago . ’
8 We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’
9 ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better .
10 Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both .
11 She should have done a bit more than that actually .
12 that you could have done a bit more last year
13 She handed this creature to Roland , who took it as he might have done a kitten , cradling it in the crook of his elbow , and adding to it , in turn , the nightcapped one , in tiny white pleats and broderie anglaise , and the dark-headed one , severe in dark peacock .
14 How many of these locks do you think you 'd have done a day of the cylinder lock ?
15 I would have done a car with somebody holding it
16 Indeed , if the Canterbury claims were as well founded as Anselm believed , anything less than a general authority over the whole British Isles would have done a violence to the early history of the see as it was understood at Canterbury , and to the large geographical and historical conceptions which lay behind these claims .
17 He 'd have done a par about the lead in his pencil if you 'd asked him — a stick and a half — a column — whatever you needed ; and all of it full of wit and erudition . ’
18 We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’
19 ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more .
20 In fact er they should have done a lot better , but a lot of Conservative voters did n't bother going out to vote cos it was a foregone conclusion .
21 If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school .
22 He would have done a lot better with Speich , but the burly , moustached German did n't look very sentimental .
23 As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’
24 But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better .
25 If you are going up to senior positions movement is essential ; even people who may plateau out at middle management will have done a lot of different jobs for three , four , five years .
26 Erm but I do n't think we , if we 'd have done a lot more work you know , it 'd have been any better .
27 Without Shirley , he probably would n't have done a ton of marathons and collected his first medal from the Hundred Club .
28 ‘ You must have done a thing or two working in that club , ’ Hitch said , still looking at her .
29 Even I would n't have done a thing like that ! ’
30 To qualify for a course at the ICO officers must have done a minimum of ten years ' service .
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