Example sentences of "have done a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 2 | Hatton could have done a nice little distracting job there . |
| 3 | We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’ |
| 4 | Without Shirley , he probably would n't have done a ton of marathons and collected his first medal from the Hundred Club . |
| 5 | She handed this creature to Roland , who took it as he might have done a kitten , cradling it in the crook of his elbow , and adding to it , in turn , the nightcapped one , in tiny white pleats and broderie anglaise , and the dark-headed one , severe in dark peacock . |
| 6 | I knew so many rotters before him , I could have done a degree in them . |
| 7 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |
| 8 | As one officer said to Levi : ‘ If we nicked everybody we thought might have done a long-firm , we 'd never finish our paperwork , the cases might never come to court , and if they did , they 'd never have the room to try them . ’ |
| 9 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 10 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 11 | You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood . |
| 12 | ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more . |
| 13 | Hank must have done a robbery to have so much money — he must have — there had been one or two bad ones recently — a Chinese grocer had been shot to death , in one instance . |
| 14 | ‘ He should have done a bit of minding years ago . ’ |
| 15 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 17 | Indeed , if the Canterbury claims were as well founded as Anselm believed , anything less than a general authority over the whole British Isles would have done a violence to the early history of the see as it was understood at Canterbury , and to the large geographical and historical conceptions which lay behind these claims . |
| 18 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 19 | In fact er they should have done a lot better , but a lot of Conservative voters did n't bother going out to vote cos it was a foregone conclusion . |
| 20 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 21 | Yet , the people , who might assert this , will not have done a careful costing of royal finances . |
| 22 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 23 | If the Diamond Phoenix had been supplied with proper drivers it most probably would have done a little better , overtaking the Western Systems . |
| 24 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 25 | ‘ You must have done a thing or two working in that club , ’ Hitch said , still looking at her . |
| 26 | He 'd have done a par about the lead in his pencil if you 'd asked him — a stick and a half — a column — whatever you needed ; and all of it full of wit and erudition . ’ |
| 27 | Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both . |
| 28 | To qualify for a course at the ICO officers must have done a minimum of ten years ' service . |
| 29 | And our noble lords at the palace would certainly have done a more professional job . ’ |
| 30 | He would have done a lot better with Speich , but the burly , moustached German did n't look very sentimental . |