Example sentences of "done [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the third series , sclerotherapy was not done as the initial treatment .
2 ‘ Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her ’
3 Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her .
4 Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party .
5 Since the Minister is so concerned about the gold belonging to the Baltic states , will he see justice done for the poorest country in Europe , Albania , whose gold is in the Bank of England and was stolen from that country four decades ago ?
6 ’ It might have revived her career , as it certainly would have done for the 42-year-old Doris Day .
7 Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision .
8 As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’
9 That I 've done for the first time in my life something original .
10 Probably by saying that he only supplied what custom dictated as appropriate to the social status of the deceased , and that everything was done for the complete satisfaction of his client .
11 In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person .
12 I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well …
13 One of their spokesmen warned in January 1933 : Unless something is done for the American farmer , we will have revolution in the countryside within less than twelve months .
14 Diana warmed to her theme as the letter , written on Kensington Palace notepaper , continued with her favourite lament — the work she had done for the Royal Family .
15 She consulted her own solicitor , and wrote back to Prince Philip in the same angry terms , stressing the work she had done for the Royal Family .
16 It shook me up the way the split was done for the 1990 US Open .
17 But because he was n't , I worked as hard as I could until dark , about night time , to get them done for the next day .
18 Got the shopping done for the next fortnight .
19 Salsburg says this was never done for the NCI test , which throws doubt on the high percentage of compounds found to cause cancer .
20 Gabriel went back and told God what he had done for the three brothers .
21 Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years .
22 Yeah she had it , she was just going into theatre at the end of the programme , she was having it done for the fourth time
23 Erm but that 's if you just progr project forward where we are cos we used up in , in three months what we should have done for the whole year so you 've only got ta do that , so we 've done a hundred thousand pounds this first quarter and if you 've four more , three more quarters there 's another three hundred thousand pounds over budget .
24 The ANDF installer for Sparc produced by Praxis Systems Plc ( UX No 389 ) , was not done for the Open Software Foundation but for the DRA , which owns it .
25 And then , perhaps far back in the dim Permian Age , sufficient harm might be done for the further development of life forms to cease .
26 A 1987 book on the four major championships , done for the British market , had as its winners Larry Mize , Scott Simpson , Nick Faldo and Larry Nelson — three bores out of four .
27 WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise .
28 I should like to take this opportunity to emphasise that the work on the Iraqi material is being done for the United Nations and the IAEA .
29 As he had so often done during the Civil War , he sat behind the battle lines , watching through his binoculars as the two sides fought it out .
30 In a wartime bulletin of 1942 , staff were advised to urge customers to bring their own receptacles for food shopping , as they had done during the Great War .
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