Example sentences of "i do [was/were] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we arrived , the first thing I did was arrange a flight to somewhere else . |
| 2 | All I did was to use a term to convey a meaning . |
| 3 | What I did was prepare a supplementary form to the one that we had at the management team meeting |
| 4 | The first major thing I did was to have a road laid from the top , rather a long way . |
| 5 | They were absolutely horrid and if I went on the beach , the first thing I did was to dig a hole in the sand to put the feet in and then just stay there all day … . |
| 6 | What I did was to make a virtue of my misery . |