Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] do the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cranley ( of IBM ) asked the drillers who were subcontracted to do the work to commence drilling , but they refused . |
| 2 | The farmer 's wife was the choice of over half but where possible others were included to do the heavy work . |
| 3 | Only after they were built did the Manager of Shawcraft ask me why I had n't made the base more cone-shaped . |
| 4 | the rise of the Country Dancing Clubs was maybe be to kind of try and compensate in a way for the dances themselves going down , ordinary dances , folk were wanting to do the Scottish dancing and things ? |
| 5 | The local authority were empowered to do the work themselves by section 10(1) of the Act of 1957 which provided that if the person in control of the house did not comply with a notice to execute work then after specified periods of time ‘ the local authority may themselves do the work required to be done by the notice … |
| 6 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |
| 7 | Damon and Lee lit up cigarettes of their own at St John 's Wood , which they placed between the doors , and Chris and Kevin were going to do the same at Baker Street . |
| 8 | Now we were going to do The Holly and The Ivy , but that 's why the carol crept in . |
| 9 | It was n't my intention originally to go to the flat , it was my intention to reconnoitre the area in order that I could supply the officers who were going to do the actual operation with up to date information as to erm the methods of getting in to the block of flats because they had a coded key door erm and to acquaint myself of the actual physical erm presence of lifts , stairways and that sort of thing . |
| 10 | ‘ Some friends who were with me on holiday in Romania talked about the idea and when they contacted me this year saying they were going to do the ride I told them I was more than willing to join them , ’ said Karen , who teaches at Applegarth Primary School , Northallerton . |
| 11 | They were going to do the freight costs , to get any idea out of freight . |
| 12 | They are much prized as servants , for their ability to turn onion skins into gold leaf and many other magical spells , and were imprisoned in brass bottles or finger-ring compartments from whence they were summoned to do the bidding of their captor . |
| 13 | Two companies at Long Beach were hired to do the actual airframe modifications . |
| 14 | JPs were for the most part recruited from the greatest landowners in a county , although commissions of the peace often included a few of the humbler type , possibly men with a legal background who were appointed to do the chores . |
| 15 | Betty Irving , deputy head of Musselburgh Burgh Primary School , said : ‘ When we were there , it was a wonderful week and we were determined to do the same for them . |
| 16 | " Intelligent , respectable workmen " were engaged to do the tasks the women could not : which according to Miss Faithfull meant " lifting of the iron chases … the carrying of cases of weighty type … and the whole of the presswork " , By October there were nineteen women compositors in the office , several of them the daughters of master printers . |
| 17 | Most of the time we were loaded to do the complete journey which was why we needed well-run-in trucks . |
| 18 | The guides were planning to do the whole stretch and include us novices on the easier sections . |
| 19 | The weekend of 13/14 March was used to do the cut over and to ensure that everything was in full working order . |
| 20 | If she was going to do the job at all , professional pride demanded she do it properly and , for hair as thick and luxuriant as his , ‘ just chopping a bit off ’ would n't do at all . |
| 21 | He had looked at one , years ago , but it had taken him three days to read it , carefully , from cover to cover , by which time he realized that , if he was going to do the thing at all conscientiously , he would never be abreast of current developments . |
| 22 | Now the last thing says labels code four , you 'll remember from the monthly card , I have these eight days where I was going to do the labels . |
| 23 | I was going to do the tabloiding then they fired Peter Cole . |
| 24 | He was asked to do the music for Frontenac 's libretto … . ’ |
| 25 | The new head of Soviet state television and radio , Leonid Kravchenko , says he was appointed to do the president 's bidding and thinks his job is to ensure that state television does not criticise the state . |
| 26 | The main reason that I was allowed to do the research was , I learned later , because their press was so bad the Moonies could not believe that someone who would listen to what they said could possibly come up with worse stories than those already in the media . |
| 27 | To the contrary , by bringing the Bank officially to the centre of policy-making while leaving the nature of the membership of its Court and the pattern of its recruitment largely unchanged , the Bank was allowed to do the capturing . |
| 28 | She 's since sung Pamina , Zerlina and Despina under Barenboim in Paris and , before the axe fell on the conductor 's brief reign at the Bastille , was to have done the three Da Ponte pieces with him and Patrice Chereau . |
| 29 | Last night , Sam had tried to manipulate Clare , and now her grandmother was trying to do the same thing on his behalf . |
| 30 | he was trying to do the splits , show Martin how you do the look , look , look , yeah , he come up to me and said hold my hand , right , now do try to do the splits |