Example sentences of "did [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then it was a creature of its time , and its time and the work it did were about the last election , not the next one . |
| 2 | Everything we did was of the very lightest weight however heavy the humour . |
| 3 | The other piece of extra-curricular casting I did was of the young boy playing the grandson — ‘ voice like an angel ’ — Oliver . |
| 4 | It was a tradition that avoided any real contemplation of the root causes of German unease ; their preference for ‘ action ’ , rested secure in the knowledge that everything they did was for the good of the nation , sanctioned by law and sanctioned by the German people . |
| 5 | ‘ For what I did was on the King 's instructions . ’ |
| 6 | The worst thing they ever did was on the leader page , the last one they got rid of the Extended Titling on . |
| 7 | And in fact I found from playing with Eric , that it was much more fun to just turn up and the first playing you did was to the audience . |
| 8 | Since the Headmaster had been in a bad mood almost everything anyone did was at the risk of being punished . |
| 9 | ‘ I am satisfied that there are no grounds on which I can say that these charges are bad , but with regard to the equity of redemption I am satisfied on the evidence that what Mrs. Wardman did was at the request of and in reliance on her daughter , and under her influence . |