Example sentences of "done the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And as you ladies and gentlemen now are thinking of retiring as I have done the least thing you want to be bothered about is rules and regulations . |
2 | " Take a quart of green gooseberries boil them and pulp them thro " a sieve , take the whites of 3 eggs , beat them to a Froth , put it to the Gooseberries and beat it both together till it looks white , then take ½ pound refin 'd sugar , make it into a Syrrup with Spring Water , boyl it to a Candy , [ i.e. to the small thread ] let it be almost cold then put it to the Gooseberries and Eggs and beat all together till t is all froth , which put into Cups or Glasses — Codlings [ green apples ] may be done the same way . |
3 | ‘ Cos a lot of the fans have got theirs done the same way now . ’ |
4 | ‘ Cos a lot of the fans have got theirs done the same way now . ’ |
5 | ‘ did unlawfully , wilfully and ’ This point will depend on the circumstances of each case , but if the accused has done the same act on a number of occasions , if he admits he did it intentionally or if he draws attention to himself etc. then unlawful and wilful conduct may be proved . |
6 | We 've done the same numbers every week |
7 | In writing the minutes , which should be done the same evening if you wish to avoid mental stress , the general tenor of the debate , as well as its conclusions , should appear . |
8 | ‘ I AM talking about a man that has done 26 years behind bars and if he had done the same crime today he would have got 10 years and would have got out five years ago ’ — actor Mike Reid on Reggie Kray . |
9 | They have done the same thing to us as Ward did — they suspended us . |
10 | If he was in her place , he might have done the same thing . |
11 | If one of my staff had done the same thing I do believe I 'd have fired him . |
12 | ‘ Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing . ’ |
13 | Now he wished he had waited a year and a half and done the same thing here . |
14 | He 's done the same thing with the torture scene . |
15 | Many people confronted with a crash have done the same thing . |
16 | The fact that we 've both done the same thing — I was an actress although I 'm a writer now — is totally unimportant . |
17 | But I 've , what I 'm saying Rod is I 've done the same thing |
18 | No , we have done the same thing as before with the only difference that we calculated the potential instead of the electric field . |
19 | I 've had Banville thoroughly checked out , and I know he 's stayed at two other hotels on the island and done the same thing . ’ |
20 | They 've done the same thing . |
21 | And her sister who lives next door but one from her mums , she done the same thing . |
22 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
23 | As a child he had done the same thing , as a game ; something to make life more interesting , give It some purpose , then he had begun to have dreams about it , to come to realise that it was real , that he had had an insight when he started to play the game , He had to do it now ; it felt horrible and uncomfortable when he tried to stop , even just to see what it was like walking down a street breathing " normally " . |
24 | All quite in order , of course , he has done the same thing at least twice before . |
25 | He 's only thirty-four , and he 's done the same thing all over the Far East , taking over struggling and usually amateur or pirate radio stations like this one once was , and putting in people like me who pull commercial sponsorship because we draw listeners . |
26 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
27 | So they er would have done the same thing in those days , the children , and erm it fitted in to the easter holiday time to have the actual ploughing match , you see ? |
28 | Having publicly committed themselves to extending legislation to protect residents in small private residential care homes , the Government left it to a Back-Bench Member to bring in a Bill , and they have done the same thing again . |
29 | It appears we 've done the same thing with the brick and the flints . |
30 | Ven had done the same thing yesterday . |