Example sentences of "it [was/were] do [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In a title search , for example , a search for an incomplete or garbled title would lead to the choice of a title index display or a search for titles containing the words of the search , and thenceforth behave rather as if it were doing a subject search . |
2 | Why we have gone so long using our branch network as though it were doing the information job . |
3 | When it was done the whole house had acquired a new pleasantness and comfort . |
4 | When it was done the reddish gold hair licked round the edge of her mob cap like a straight silken fringe , and there was no consoling her . |
5 | When it was done the old man remarked that his dog was missing from it . |
6 | Dalziel did n't mind being invested in as long as it was done the right way . |
7 | I can remember when that Upton bypass , when it was done the cry there was about that ! |
8 | Endless afternoon teas when we discussed giving mugs of hot chocolate to needy children at Christmas time or whose turn it was to do the flowers in the Maternity Hospital . |
9 | Whoever it was did a shit job . |
10 | Sources at the investment bank said it was doing no such thing , although the shares neverthe less ended the session 6 ahead at 227p . |
11 | I interrupted him to ask him exactly how he had broken his ankles — if it was doing a Bungee Jump there was no way I was going to do it . |
12 | This morning , heading into Gloucestershire on the M5 , it was doing a more sedate 35 miles an hour on the back of a low loader . |