Example sentences of "do so [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manufacturing in America contracted in April , the first time it has done so since last September . |
| 2 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |
| 3 | They did so on 3rd January 1973 and emphasised the public consternation at the government 's apparent inability to take effective action against the assassins . |
| 4 | He arranged by telephone to visit Florey at the Oxford laboratory and did so on 2nd September . |
| 5 | It does so by first pulling in its tongue and closing its jaws . |