Example sentences of "[verb] do so [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he grows hellebores Christmas Roses to the uninitiated — and has done so professionally since retiring from his job as a mathematics lecturer at Manchester University at the age of 50 , 18 months ago . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's such a shame because the team has done so well on the pitch and manager Barry Fry is trying to do his best . |
| 3 | One of the reasons why Montgomerie has done so well as a professional is that he has stayed basically with the swing which brought him Walker Cup honours in his student days in Texas . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect England to revert to the front row that has done so well for so long , which means I must play out of my skin against Moore for the chance to face the guy again next week . |
| 5 | He has done so well at scum primarily because Hughes is the ideal partner/workhorse for him . |
| 6 | And it 's Tommy who 's scored , the young Irishman has done so well at the heart of the defence for Shrewsbury , has got into the opposition penalty area and what about this for a score line ? |
| 7 | The Pitman yard , which has done so well in this race — one winner , a second and two thirds since 1983 — believe he will adapt to the unique Aintree fences , and as long as he copes with the first few , they feel he must go close . |
| 8 | It has done so now in response to what it feels is a growing impatience from its members with the continuing reluctance of landowners to permit access to their property . |
| 9 | If either the acquirer or seller is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is obliged to announce the transaction , it probably has to do so immediately on signing . |
| 10 | He has to do so furthermore by destroying the Ring , which is merely-secular power and ambition , and with no certain faith in rescue from outside the géara hwyrftum , ‘ the circles of the world ’ . |
| 11 | Some like Seronatus and Victorius moved to do so even before 476 . |
| 12 | It had been years since she had cried like that , and that she should have done so now in front of Luke surprised her even more . |
| 13 | When Awlad Amira took control of the popular committees a few months later , ousting Mannaia from office , Umar al-Abairsh and his supporters alleged that they could have done so only with Tibbu support ; they said only Awlad Amira , poor and unenterprising , would stoop so low to get their hands on the administration : Awlad Amira denied establish the truth of such allegations : Awlad Amira denied them , as they would ; Tibbu pointed to their political inactivity , their poverty and lack of numbers , and their peacefulness ( except under provocation ) , suggesting that Mannaia were scarcely dispassionate when they talked about the results of elections . |
| 14 | And having done so beautifully in the buildup how did he get it so wrong with the shot ? |
| 15 | Pierce , having bowed the knee once , decided to do so again after the game when he proposed to girlfriend Jane Harris under the posts . |
| 16 | When a pair of zebra finches are courting , they try to do so away from other colony members , and with good reason . |
| 17 | Again local inspectors do not seem to do so well in engendering trust . |
| 18 | Then , when King John took over the French lands which he had inherited in 1200 , he was allowed to do so only on condition that he should recognise them as being fiefs held of the king of France . |
| 19 | ‘ We ca n't have you fading away to nothing , after you 've done so well for yourself these last few years . ’ |
| 20 | Prop Paul Szabo , who had done so well against New Zealand in Lille when Jackart was injured , was on hand for the opening match with Alberta along with flanker Bruce Breen , who had the misfortune to break a bone in his wrist . |
| 21 | Both scored highly in the first round but the French had done so well in the next round with three landing on the line , that only the RAF stood a chance of catching them . |
| 22 | When William Bradford stepped off the Mayflower he described the North American landscape as a ‘ hideous and desolate wilderness , ’ and promptly set about bringing it to heel just his ancestors had done so successfully throughout Europe . |
| 23 | But perhaps the most punishing — and undeserved — losses had been suffered by von Zwehl 's VII Reserve Corps , which had done so brilliantly in the first days of the battle . |
| 24 | The blow was enormous , not least because Knox had been once again reluctant to leave Geneva for Scotland , and had done so only after consultation with his English congregation there , and with John Calvin . |
| 25 | Up at five and sleeping badly of late , Luke kept his mind off Perdita and himself awake on the long straight roads , as he had done so often in the past , by concentrating on a particular horse . |
| 26 | The ministers who continued with their duties had to do so surreptitiously in private homes , in barns or in the open air . |
| 27 | 1981 ) have done so largely on the basis of comparing the known terrible effects of nuclear weapons with the key underlying principles of the laws of war . |
| 28 | Several members of the present touring party have made their reputations in the teams which have done so well in the Fira Championship . |
| 29 | It 's the reason why England have done so well in recent years , and , of course , it 's something that 's very close to my heart ’ . |
| 30 | One of the reasons why the polytechnics have done so well in the past 21 years is that a clear decision was taken by Governments of both parties to separate funding and quality control . |