Example sentences of "they do on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An even more important feature was that many Europeans came not to administer but to settle permanently , which they did on a large scale in Kenya and Zimbabwe , smaller numbers also being found in Zambia and Tanzania . |
| 2 | And it may be that the Gardener Centre has a broader community function than previously realized , in that it might be a marvellous place for families and kids and mums and dads , as they did on the recent Gardener Open Day , to come up and spend some time in casual appreciation of the arts instead of what , traditionally , a university campus is supposed to do , which is a serious and intensive look at experimental and avant garde work . |
| 3 | There is less time to think as hazards loom quicker than they did on the old boats , and accurate navigation becomes ever more critical . |
| 4 | How early Pound came by this perception is not clear , but certainly he had no illusions from the first that his Cantos , building as they did on the rhythmical and thematic procedures of Homage to Sextus Propertius , would be found readily acceptable . |
| 5 | Animate or inanimate , indifferent or not , there was something luminous and terrible about these clouds , raining as they did on the just and the unjust alike . |
| 6 | People will spend more on cooking oil during the lifetime of the machine that they did on the initial capital cost of the machine . |
| 7 | The Pentland Hills are viewed increasingly as an area with high recreational potential , lying as they do on the very doorstep of Edinburgh . |