Example sentences of "[adv] have done [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Cobbett , the nineteenth-century essayist , perhaps has done more than anyone to influence our feelings about the rural . |
| 2 | I had had no intention of seeking to intervene in the strike and would not have done so but for the ubiquitous activity of George Wigg . |
| 3 | I knew Mum would not have done so because they did n't get on , although I never found out why . |
| 4 | They would not have done so if they had been loose on their mountings . |
| 5 | One of you dies , the remaining one still owns all the property cos he or she always has done so and therefore it belongs to that person . |
| 6 | As is well known , he wrote in the ‘ Foreword ’ to the second edition : ‘ I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations , and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence . ’ |
| 7 | QPR are not good enough to finish in the top six , according to Trevor Francis , their player-manager , but they should have won and would surely have done so but for a mind-boggling miss by Andy Sinton when it was 2-2 . |
| 8 | Certainly to explain the Incarnation in a quarter of an hour over the air is a tall order , but Lewis could surely have done better than to say , ‘ If you want to get the hang of it , think how you would like to become a slug or a crab . ’ |
| 9 | Oh gosh , you would n't have done better than that , that 's for sure . |
| 10 | Later he denied having ever attended committee meetings of the Officers ' Union , or indeed having done more than establish four branches for them at Glasgow , Leith , Liverpool and Hull before resigning in September 189I . |