Example sentences of "do [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We both are experienced pilots , and initially , we thought it would be done as a visual flight , with a bit of adventure .
2 I am proud of what I have done as a practising solicitor and I expect all other solicitors feel the same .
3 On being introduced he made an effort not to avert his eyes , as one felt he would have done as a young man .
4 But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term .
5 I have used some of the things that he has done as a good example to myself .
6 Nine patients ( 12.5% ) underwent a second endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for duct clearance which was successful in five , seven were done as an elective procedure and two as an emergency , at a median of two months ( range 0.25–7 ) .
7 In the third series , sclerotherapy was not done as the initial treatment .
8 This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person .
9 At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time .
10 They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time .
11 Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time .
12 Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one
13 Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them .
14 Have n't done for a long time .
15 They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack .
16 A decision to leave what is to be done for a particular child … to the school is not itself , in my judgment , a determination of the special educational provision for the child … which would necessitate the making of a statement .
17 These were done for a particular customer that wanted them buffed .
18 Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time .
19 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 .
20 ’ It might have revived her career , as it certainly would have done for the 42-year-old Doris Day .
21 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 .
22 In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person .
23 I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well …
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 Salsburg says this was never done for the NCI test , which throws doubt on the high percentage of compounds found to cause cancer .
28 Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years .
29 But concentrating all attention on the pus cells , as researchers have done for the past 20 years , is perhaps to miss the most important elements of process .
30 People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past .
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