Example sentences of "this had be do [prep] " in BNC.

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1 None of this had been done for the prawn .
2 ‘ We 'll leave arrangements of stones , ’ suggested Floy , and Snodgrass had said that he believed this had been done on Earth .
3 The acquisition contractor was Geoteam Exploration , using the vessel Nordic Explorer to deploy four 3000 metre streamers — the first time this had been done in the North Sea .
4 In Rutland the jurors swore on 25 July that a great part of the county had been afforested by Henry II , though there is evidence that this had been done by Henry I. Subsequent returns for Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire and Somerset also demanded extensive disafforestments .
5 Judge Sirica 's doubts were confirmed when McCord admitted in March that the defendants had lied at the trial , that they had received payments of over $200 000 to keep quiet and that this had been done from a high level in the White House .
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