Example sentences of "to do [subord] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often , I think , the referee is tempted to shift the goal-posts in reliance upon his own speculation about what it would have been sensible for Parliament to do if Parliament had thought of doing it . |
| 2 | She was very frightened and had no idea what to do until Daisy managed to shout above the laughter in the audience to let go . |
| 3 | Life did seem rather full of nothing to do since Sam had said the competition was off . |
| 4 | He looked to see that I was asleep , as he used to do before Elizabeth came , and he sang as he used to do before Elizabeth came . |
| 5 | He looked to see that I was asleep , as he used to do before Elizabeth came , and he sang as he used to do before Elizabeth came . |
| 6 | It was that sort of genial incompetent who plagued the management of Ceauşescu 's industry , but what else were ill-trained bureaucrats to do when orders rained down on them which could not be obeyed even with the best will in the world . |
| 7 | After a while she says , ‘ What was I to do when Tom died — stop Tamsin singing ? |
| 8 | Although Kraal tried his hardest to do as Minch had told him and talk to Creggan , the fact was that he was not very good at it . |
| 9 | Intoxication is plainly outside the test : if the provocation was not enough to lead an ordinary sober person to do as D did , then the essence of D's defence is intoxication rather than provocation . |
| 10 | She resisted the temptation to do as Paul suggested and instead made him pot after pot of black coffee and then drove him to his shop in Bridgetown . |