Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb mod] [be] done [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly this would mean that nothing should be done with respect to the EEC which was legally irrevocable . |
| 2 | Nothing should be done to further trade with the Iranian Government until that fatwa is lifted from the shoulders of Salman Rushdie . |
| 3 | Oh , somethin' should be done with her . |
| 4 | Kathleen evidently ran things around here and nothing could be done without her say-so . |
| 5 | Nothing could be done without noble acquiescence . |
| 6 | So for the moment nothing could be done beyond issuing a warning . |
| 7 | It was her age she supposed , and nothing could be done about it . |
| 8 | The Interim Committee reached the decision on 26 February 1948 that UNTCOK should adhere to the original intention in so far as this could be accomplished ; elections would be supervised in the south but nothing could be done about the north . |
| 9 | Ladjang 's brow wrinkled as if focusing on some minor anxiety that nothing could be done about anyway . |
| 10 | Oh yes yes we were told that nothing could be done about it . |
| 11 | She had sensed her sister 's disappointment but realised that nothing could be done about it . |
| 12 | Fire sub-officer Paul , 33 , knew nothing could be done for the car couple , but he realised the lorryman had not got out . |
| 13 | Spain refused to recognize that nothing could be done in America without Britain , the greatest naval power ; but Castlereagh considered Spain ‘ proud and vindictive ’ , while British diplomacy showed little consideration for the susceptibilities of a declining imperialism , recommending an imitation of George III 's ‘ generosity ’ to America and the British commercial system in India . |
| 14 | Swift was soon appointed dean of St Patrick 's in Dublin , though he assured Diaper : ‘ I will move Heaven and Earth that something may be done for you . ’ |
| 15 | When Telford Development Corporation began to coppice the woodland for conservation purposes , a group of countryside wardens , foresters and a lecturer in 3D-design got together and decided that something should be done with the waste timber . |
| 16 | It 's been going on for long enough and I think something should be done about it , ’ he added . |
| 17 | FINANCIER George Soros 's £35 million donation to Bosnian aid agencies was generous but surely something should be done about the crazy money markets that allowed him to make so much money so quickly . |
| 18 | Something should be done about it . |
| 19 | Will the Minister confirm that it is now five years since the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized , with tremendous loss of life , and two years since the committee for the research programme into the safety of roll on/roll off ferries said that something should be done about the safety of existing ferries — those built before 1990 ? |
| 20 | erm yes , erm it 's very sad that there are people , and something should be done about it , but if you were to have a society , a perfect society , where there was no need for people to sleep out rough , or to sleep rough , you would still find some people who would sleep rough . |
| 21 | Something should be done in that quarter . |
| 22 | TODAY does not believe in merely telling the Government that something must be done without being able to suggest positive moves . |
| 23 | It 's all right to build bridges with South Africa , but if bridges are falling down in Wales something must be done about it . ’ |
| 24 | Something must be done about William , and soon . |
| 25 | Before peace can come about , something must be done about the Emperor . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Something must be done about the Emperor . |
| 27 | Ministers should take on board this message from those of us who speak for people with whom we come into contact in our day-to-day work : something must be done about victimisation , and it must be done quickly . |
| 28 | ‘ And , Herr Busacher , I think something must be done about her costumes for the other productions . |
| 29 | The council says that ultimately something must be done about Herefords traffic . |
| 30 | The world summit for children which took place at the weekend caught the headlines around the world and the world 's leaders put their heads together and agreed that children all round the world are suffering and something must be done about it . |