Example sentences of "it [was/were] do [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this engineering work was wasted at the time , for it was done on the eve of the railway age and never put to good use — not until the twentieth century . |
| 2 | ‘ How did Lord Wittisham happen to have atropine with him , if it was done on the spur of the moment ? ’ |
| 3 | It was done on the receivers orders to stop disgruntled workers taking demonstration vehicles from the site . |
| 4 | The reason for that is it was done on the old viewing system . |
| 5 | But in October 1341 , relieved of financial pressure by the desertion of some allies and by the bankruptcy of his Italian bankers , Edward repealed the offending statutes , though it is significant that it was done with the advice and assent of the earls , barons and other wise men . |
| 6 | It was done with the co-operation and permission of the Nature Conservancy Council so as to avoid ecological damage , and I would like to point out politely that it is a private road . |
| 7 | ‘ It was done with the best of motives . |
| 8 | When it was done before in the republic , you wan na quote history , you wan na quote it accurately , it was done with the agreement of a sovereign people . |
| 9 | And it was done at the convent hospital , where the anaesthetist there , not only gave this gentlemen a general anaesthetic but also a spinal anaesthetic as well . |
| 10 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 11 | Albeit I think it was done for the parish council so . |
| 12 | I think it was done by the head or somebody else . |
| 13 | It was done by the Play Bus man , that 's what you 're thinking |
| 14 | And you said it was done in the forest . ’ |
| 15 | And er this of course er we th the office was being run I would think in the early twenties very much like it was done in the late nineties . |
| 16 | Most of it was done in the seventies , some was done in the sixties . |
| 17 | Erm , she actually traced back calls on the station log and it was done from the first of October nineteen ninety two to the thirtieth of September nineteen ninety three and during that time we had over five thousand three hundred and thirty calls , of which one thousand one hundred and sixty six originated from , so that is erm twenty point three percent of the calls received at police station and were held on came from , which is quite a lot . |
| 18 | Well I thought it was done like the army , army volunteer line so let's get on |
| 19 | Probably it was to do with the animals after all . |
| 20 | Much of it was to do with the personality of the editor , Richard Neville . |
| 21 | I think a lot of it was to do with the fact that I 'd never driven in the dark before . |
| 22 | Managing director , Chris Dawes , says the company decided that it should be concentrating on what it was doing with the box , rather than the box itself . |