Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , much of what the new Scottish Festival Singers did was disappointing . |
| 2 | She adds : ‘ You would n't castigate the British servicemen who appeared on the television during the Gulf war and said that whatever Saddam Hussein did was good and whatever the Allies did was bad . |
| 3 | As soon as Waite vanished , the trail went cold , because the first thing his kidnappers did was separate him from his briefcase . |
| 4 | And in a nut shell , it is our case , we say the police , what the police did was reasonable in the circumstances and indeed to go any further and say what they did was necessary in the circumstances . |
| 5 | My master said they had a splendid library , as well they might , but the only work I saw the nuns do was clever and intricate embroidery of curtains , cloths and napkins . |