Example sentences of "[conj] this [be] done [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It may be that this was done only where there was a public interest , but we have already seen that in the two areas in which trusts involved purely private interests , restitution of property and manumission , the remedies of cognitio were in any case adequate to secure specific performance .
2 Thumb Sucking — If this is done frequently and perniciously it must be taken in hand and treated as a bad habit .
3 Everyday , people interact with one another and whether this is done informally or formally it involves a topic or string of topics .
4 Whether this was done knowingly or not these nicknames saved some confusion .
5 When this was done briefly and gently , people laughed , shook the speaker and each other by the hand ( with a slap of palm against palm ) then continued conversation on the new course .
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