Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] have done " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonadab had made it clear that he had done his son-in-law a favour in allowing him to jump the queue and buy four of his grey shirehorses and now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess that one was dead . |
| 2 | ‘ There was some press comment , but still none of us were remotely afraid that we had done anything wrong . ’ |
| 3 | Interesting that they 've done it so quickly is n't it ? |
| 4 | Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage . |
| 5 | Any scars , tattoos , birth marks … anything odd that he 'd done , anything weird that he 'd wanted or said . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't say I was sorry that you 'd done it . ’ |
| 7 | But that 's awful that you 've done |
| 8 | Thus it rejected Owen 's bid , revolutionary in concept but illusory in fact , to appropriate all industry into a nationwide industrial democracy : and , by that rejection , but quite unaware that it had done so , left unimpeded the second stage of the Industrial Revolution , the stage that guaranteed that it too would be irreversible , that the continuance of a phenomenal increase in the production of wealth could occur . |
| 9 | I am delighted that they have done so well that it is now proposed , even in these difficult times , to increase their establishment . |
| 10 | His hon. Friend the Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Banks ) is one of those Members of Parliament who have contributed regularly to college courses , and I am delighted that he has done so . |
| 11 | When Liz 's twin baby girls were born Laura was convinced that she had done the right thing in keeping the full extent of her father 's illness and the subsequent disastrous financial mess from her cousin . |
| 12 | Was n't it possible that in years to come she and Susan , doomed to loneliness themselves , might feel very glad that they had done their best to make someone else less lonely ? |
| 13 | I leafed through the newspapers , glad that I had done those interviews . |
| 14 | An important contribution to staying calm is arriving at the interview conscious that you have done everything you can to be thoroughly well prepared . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's good that we 've done well — I 've really enjoyed it , ’ says Charlton , seven years in charge now . |
| 16 | Just to make sure that everything 's done |
| 17 | We shall have to ask , for example , in what conditions classes recognise their interests and how observers can be sure that they have done so . |
| 18 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
| 19 | The protection that she is offered is so grossly inadequate that the Minister should be ashamed that he has done nothing about it . |
| 20 | The cachous vanished in a flash and there were sullen looks and mutterings as the last children went back to their places , though one or two , even if they had n't won a sweet , felt strangely pleased that they had done something good , though not all were quite sure what it was . |
| 21 | Karen was all at once extremely pleased that she 'd done nothing terrible with Mallachy . |
| 22 | She washed the floor thorough and was pleased that she 'd done so . |
| 23 | On reflection , I thought it less and less probable that he had done any such thing : he would have to have bypassed the dragon-lady , Leslie Brown , for a start . |
| 24 | Erm on the question of whether or not we 're satisfied that we 've done enough examination to reach our conclusion , we 've examined our greenbelt boundaries on two occasions , firstly as part of the Greater York study , and secondly as part of the work on the Southern Ryedale local plan . |
| 25 | As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job . |
| 26 | Satisfied that he had done what he had been instructed , the young American walked back down to Bayswater Road and soon hailed a cab for Heathrow . |
| 27 | She had not done this deliberately ; she was not even aware that she had done it . |
| 28 | So far as the attitude to his obstruction is concerned , the essence is that it must be shown that the defendant has deliberately brought about the state of affairs that makes it more difficult for the police to do their duties , and is aware that he has done so . |
| 29 | Is the Minister aware that he has done a useful service to the House in spelling out the inadequacies of so many of our public services after 12 years under Tory management ? |
| 30 | Is the Secretary of State aware that he has done painfully little to create ladders of opportunity for disabled people because only one in three have jobs ? |