Example sentences of "do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You should n't 've done that . ’ |
| 32 | He had never done that before in all their life together . |
| 33 | A lonely , miserable wretch , living a furtive life in a shabby room somewhere , uncared for , unmourned , and it could have happened to her husband , to herself , Omi … the War could have done that , its implacable hand wiping out all human ties . |
| 34 | ‘ I 've done that . |
| 35 | The flat was indeed in some disarray : immaculately clean , evidently she had done that first , but with most of its furnishings disposed in boxes on the floor . |
| 36 | And , further , the equitable doctrine of Conversion operates , treating as done that which ought to be done , to effect a notional conversion in equity of the land into the proceeds of sale . |
| 37 | No Chancellor of any party has ever done that in the past and no Chancellor is ever likely to do so in the future . |
| 38 | It was , after all , only if this was done that there would be any wealth to distribute to services like health . |
| 39 | Erections had always done that to him . |
| 40 | She had done that before . |
| 41 | He 'd never done that to anybody . |
| 42 | She had often done that in the early days of their marriage , and he had found it quite charming . |
| 43 | Every morning , rain or shine , school or holidays , they sat round at breakfast deciding what work had to be done that day and sharing it out . |
| 44 | As he was getting into the train , Jordi smiled and shrugged as he had done that night in Valladolid when the secret police had led him away . |
| 45 | ‘ You should n't have done that ! ’ |
| 46 | He would n't have done that if he was going to nick it , would he ? ’ |
| 47 | ‘ He could have done that easily . |
| 48 | ‘ I could never have done that . |
| 49 | People have never done that before . |
| 50 | Even the most enterprising squirrel could scarcely have done that . |
| 51 | You should n't have done that to him . |
| 52 | Others have already done that . |
| 53 | The opposite was true in his perception and so it was necessary to work with this widower helping him say out loud the things that he wanted to say to his wife — all the uncomplimentary and difficult things — and then , having done that , to begin grieving for the lost relationship . |
| 54 | Well , said Abrams , almost visibly squirming , he was not in his department , and things are not done that way . |
| 55 | To cast aspersions on the new revolutionaries was to put his own patriotism in question : ‘ if I 'd done that , Bill Casey , Jean Kirkpatrick ( the Ambassador to the United Nations ) and Cap Weinberger would have said I was some kind of a commie . ’ |
| 56 | Ferdinando , she came to see , had never done that , however much the Brownings were convinced he did . |
| 57 | Once they have done that , the undertakers guarantee to provide a funeral to that standard , whatever has happened to charges in the meantime . |
| 58 | Nobody had ever done that job at that age before . ’ |
| 59 | Mann admitted executing the demolition and Denega admitted causing work to be done that would result in demolishing a listed building . |
| 60 | Mann admitted executing the demolition and Denega admitted causing work to be done that would result in demolishing a listed building . |