Example sentences of "had done [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The first was that , with the passage in 1832 of the Reform Bill came the full realisation that parliamentary reform had done nothing for the emergent working class , except to isolate it .
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 That would have been absurd because the word , ‘ converts , ’ itself implied that the bailee had done something with the bailed goods which was not authorised by the terms of the bailment .
4 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 .
5 The railways had done it to the canals and now it was to happen in turn to the railways .
6 They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor .
7 The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration .
8 Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad .
9 Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist .
10 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
11 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
12 Well I , I had done it at the interval .
13 He had done it in the street in front of everyone .
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