Example sentences of "[was/were] do something [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I think I think there was som some sent to Chester for example , I think they were doing something in the cathedral in Chester . |
2 | His first thought was to do something to the Volkswagen Passat . |
3 | An editorial recently went so far as to say that more important than establishing a framework for research and development was doing something about the failure to disseminate and apply existing knowledge . |
4 | He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière . |
5 | ‘ Ma must have taken to cooking up bits of food in her bedroom , ’ Algy said when Lady Grubb was doing something to the plants and she and Guy were alone with father in his study . |
6 | However , one afternoon perhaps two weeks after our conversation in my pantry , I was doing something in the library when Miss Kenton came in and said : |