Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to be done " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Early in 1975 , when the condition of her health — she had had a recurrence of cancer — was obviously very serious , Elizabeth wrote to me about the letters , requesting the destruction of her own after her death , and asking what I wished to be done with mine . |
| 2 | One of the worst features of research in the drug industry is the work which needs to be done to make and test products which are only marginally different from existing ones . |
| 3 | Another factor may be the time taken in coping with a particular old person which is seen as disproportionate in relation to other work which has to be done . |
| 4 | This involves a special test ( amniocentesis ] which has to be done between sixteen and eighteen weeks . |
| 5 | We 've missed out a shot of Bernard which has to be done over Miriam 's shoulder — which is now 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean with the rest of her . |
| 6 | Hayman slammed the receiver back into its cradle and relaxed , knowing that he had done all which needed to be done . |
| 7 | Already two-thirds of children with tumours can be cured ; there is still a great deal of research which remains to be done . |
| 8 | As we were to take care of our own mounts during the trek , we were shown how to groom them , which had to be done morning and evening , and how to tack up . |
| 9 | Growing sugar and preparing it for shipping to London was harder work than growing and curing tobacco , and a much larger labour force was needed for the process of harvesting the cane and crushing it which had to be done in a very short period of time . |
| 10 | Really , the worst thing about being a kitchenmaid-cum-parlourmaid-cum-everything else , Sally-Anne ruefully considered , was all the scrubbing and the grate-cleaning which had to be done every day . |
| 11 | ‘ There were a number of things which had to be done when I arrived , ’ says Oag . |
| 12 | For some people the morning is a time of energetically tackling things which have to be done . |
| 13 | For manipulations on 9th day or older embryos , which have to be done in a Petri dish it is necessary to introduce two bends over a microburner , similar to those described for solid needles ( Table 13 ) , although the exact angle of the bends will depend on how the micromanipulator is set up ( Figure 8 ) . |
| 14 | Erm , I came down and explained what the nature was , what you wanted to be done , you did n't really explain why and how important that our was , which I felt , that he said what he needing doing , he said what resources he had , and he said that , he did n't really set tasks erm , but he did ask them what they thought they should do you know . |
| 15 | ‘ But when Tonia 's coming over , everything has to be done . ’ |
| 16 | " Everything has to be done as quickly as possible ; the only time we spend extra hours in the garden is over the few weeks we are entering competitions , just to make sure it looks at its best , " says Barbara . |
| 17 | Mr Ward said : ‘ Something has to be done here as we have taken a step backwards . |
| 18 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 19 | Few would deny that something has to be done to alleviate the problems there , caused by up to 9,000 vehicles per day negotiating a narrow , winding road . |
| 20 | Something has to be done . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The time will come quite shortly when something has to be done , ’ said Thorstvedt . |
| 22 | Something has to be done … |
| 23 | Something has to be done to bring this mess to an end . |
| 24 | ‘ Something has to be done . |
| 25 | ‘ Try telling the government that ‘ something has to be done ’ . |
| 26 | Something has to be done about the imbalances in the city 's health services in order to provide better value for Londoners as quickly as possible and to lay the foundations for future development . |
| 27 | And something has to be done about the over-breeding of pedigree dogs : I 've met Home Office Minister Angela Rumbold to discuss important changes I would like to see made to The Dog Breeding Act . ’ |
| 28 | However , the title development is useful because it highlights the fact that something has to be done with evaluations : something to improve the process next time around . |
| 29 | ‘ But something has to be done about his influence over Matthew . |
| 30 | Something has to be done . " |