Example sentences of "done [indef pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As often as not , He has done nothing of the kind . |
| 2 | It was a disgraceful act which I do not condone , but I am almost certain my son had done nothing of the kind before . |
| 3 | You say you have bestowed your gift of the secret of life on mankind , but in fact you have done nothing of the sort . |
| 4 | In 1974 military engineers stood by to operate power stations in Northern Ireland during the protest strike by the Protestant Ulster Workers ' Council , though they could have done nothing without the help of at least the power station managers . |
| 5 | It 's done nothing for the box . |
| 6 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 7 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 8 | Yeah cooked , we done everything on the fire |
| 9 | For the past 25 years leading businesses have done everything by the book . |
| 10 | You have done everything by the book and your water is spot on , but green water is truly a natural part of maturation and nothing to worry about in itself . |
| 11 | There are three separate exercises , done one after the other . |
| 12 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 13 | Gregory of Tours and Bede both knew that the conversion of their peoples to Christianity had done something to the religion to which they were converted . |
| 14 | It is now common knowledge that there were consultants — were , because the Government have done something about the problem — who simply said , ’ I am a very important man . |
| 15 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 16 | So , if you have done something in the past which you now regret and would do differently were the situation to repeat itself , you should be pleased that you have learned something vital and that your spirit , having dealt with that negative aspect , will not have to encounter it again . |
| 17 | We should have done something like the RAND health insurance experiment . |
| 18 | Presumably they 'd never done anyone for the job . |
| 19 | Well I have n't done anything at the moment because I di I did n't think it was worth it actually . |
| 20 | Well I have n't done anything at the moment because I did n't I did n't think it was worth it actually . |
| 21 | So there are a few initiatives there , but I do n't think there 's been done anything on the music front though . |
| 22 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 23 | The archbishop hoped that this offer would be sufficient to restore peace , and Lancaster together with Wake and others swore a solemn oath that they had not done anything against the estate of the king or to the dishonour of his royal lordship . |