Example sentences of "[was/were] do [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Biochemical analysis and titration studies were done withoutknowledge of the diagnosis . |
| 2 | If we were to do things in the French style , in a rational and centralised way and there 's a lot to be said both for and against that we would join the Victoria and Albert Museum 's holdings of British art to the Tate . |
| 3 | They were doing battle on the pitch rather than swapping banter in the columns of their alternative programmes . |
| 4 | Father Anstruther , the former vicar who lived rather too near , was to do duty for the time of Mark 's absence — not an entirely satisfactory arrangement but the best that could be made . |
| 5 | I know I got it when I was doing things with the structure I 'd never be able to do again . ’ |
| 6 | In a report of an International conference on Frontiers in Education , it was announced that Mr Michael Macdonald-Ross of the Open University was doing research into the efficacy of the printed word : " a field where very little research had been done . " |
| 7 | erm no , I was doing research in the States . |
| 8 | ‘ Edward made this tray when he was doing handcrafts in the bin , ’ she said . |
| 9 | But Shelley was concentrating on the mystery of the drug cupboard , and wondering what old Abuelo Freitas was doing sitting in the village street all night . |
| 10 | He was given no chance to escape , would say nothing at all as to what he was doing living in the graveyard and was locked in a cell at the police-station . |
| 11 | his wife was supporting him and he was doing jobs on the side , |
| 12 | The Still Waters project began two years ago , while Denyer was doing shoots for the Broads Authority , a body set up in the late 1970s to manage and protect the area . |