Example sentences of "do and had " in BNC.
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| 1 | When privatised , the new plc was required to improve the river and the water supply as it had been hoping to do and had been prevented from doing . |
| 2 | The Gnomes broke into wide grins at this and said was n't impressing the thing and Floy in the right of it , and impress was what they 'd set out to do and had n't Floy the way with words ? |
| 3 | ‘ After a month she said she could n't cope with it — she had so much to do and had to make all the decisions . ’ |
| 4 | As for Mrs Dunstaple , she was so distraught that she no longer knew what she was doing and had been taken away , given a composing draught surreptitiously obtained from Dr McNab , and put to bed on her shelf in the pantry . |
| 5 | Probably she had been kept late by whatever it was she was doing and had decided to leave it until the morning . |
| 6 | Three businessmen were then prosecuted for selling Iraq machine tools for making weapons — but confidential documents showed that they had told ministers what they were doing and had been encouraged to carry on . |