Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [be] done " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think about the task naïvely , and it ca n't be done . |
| 2 | We need to bring it about , and it can only be done through teamwork . |
| 3 | But the er but it ca n't be done on modern alarms now because the bell boxes they use are anti-foam and they probably have two or three alarm |
| 4 | Said Mr Costain : ‘ We would have liked to build a replacement with a wooden verandah and steps , but it ca n't be done in this day and age , so we had to build a concrete one like Fort Knox . ’ |
| 5 | For a moment Louisa wondered whether this platitudinous sentiment might be turned to advantage , but it could not be done without contrivance ; and when she looked up she saw how the Rector 's face aspired to bravery . |
| 6 | But it could n't be done . |
| 7 | But it could only be done if there was this general agreement about the direction in which democracy in Britain should develop and about the role which Parliament should play . |
| 8 | ‘ This is n't as lot of work if many people are involved , but it can not be done by just a handful . ’ |
| 9 | Ireland may one day be a united nation , but it can not be done and should not be done from London . |
| 10 | But what will actually be done about traffic |