Example sentences of "it [was/were] do [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was done on a manual Adler typewriter , a machine about ten years old . |
| 2 | you perhaps have n't got the same degree of landlord exploitation , you might , I think one might argue from , from what we said earlier that in the north you 've got a s a slightly more paternalistic landlord , it 's , it , there 's less , less absentee landlordism landlords were more likely to have been behaving within the confines of moral economy would n't , would n't have been tt erm reducing rents , it was done on a much more , more personal sort of scale . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ How did Lord Wittisham happen to have atropine with him , if it was done on the spur of the moment ? ’ |
| 5 | It was done on the receivers orders to stop disgruntled workers taking demonstration vehicles from the site . |
| 6 | The reason for that is it was done on the old viewing system . |
| 7 | It was done with a scornful glance at Keith and then a grin of agreement at Mrs Hollins . |
| 8 | And there was the like for the corn and that we used to what we called hammling it was done with a flail . |
| 9 | And it was done with an extraordinary vault of achievement . |
| 10 | 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, relieved of financial pressure by the desertion of some allies and by the bankruptcy of his Italian bankers , Edward repealed the offending statutes , though it is significant that it was done with the advice and assent of the earls , barons and other wise men . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ It was done with the best of motives . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As for naval campaigning , much of it was done at a great distance . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 17 | Albeit I think it was done for the parish council so . |
| 18 | And it was done through a trust then , and it was done so quietly that they had n't time to object . |
| 19 | It was done by a fan as well . |
| 20 | ‘ It was done by a friend , ’ said Charlotte . |
| 21 | Chair , I 'd like to challenge standing orders on motion three O one , an example being in the part-time workers ' qualification into it was done by a recommendation of and we therefore request that it stays on the agenda . |
| 22 | Some say I play down the ‘ grinding toil ’ that is an unavoidable part of it all , so I will not deny that this year it was done by a very small corps of loyal people , several from without the congregation . |
| 23 | ‘ It was done by a child who saw no end to his nightmare other than this … ’ |
| 24 | I think it was done by the head or somebody else . |
| 25 | It was done by the Play Bus man , that 's what you 're thinking |
| 26 | Knowing the speed that floppy disks take to format , I allowed half a day for the job , but it was done in a couple of minutes — it 's the absolutely essential task of backing up files that takes the time . |
| 27 | it was done in a very un-run way , because the notice , the notice was , was er it 'd be up about a couple of days and then it 'd come down , you see , so it did n't give anybody a lot of chance , but anyway now it 's been passed you see it goes ahead and that 's all there is to it , he , he has n't start doing it yet but |
| 28 | And as I say , if it was done in a very civilized way by people who 'd perhaps learnt to smile or somehow turn this , what must be a minor offence , into a minor occasion , erm I think it , it might actually ease relationships . |
| 29 | If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way . |
| 30 | It was done in an instant : the coal shovel , like a boomerang , sped at the young fellow 's head , but unlike a boomerang , it did not return . |