Example sentences of "[be] do [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Lee , Orkney 's Social Work Director , consistently said that what had been done was in the best interests of the children . |
| 2 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 3 | The defendants claimed that what they were doing was in furtherance of their dispute with the provincial newspapers . |
| 4 | He knew that it 's a sin against himself , his own soul , he knew that what he was doing was against justice , it was against the advice of his wife , it was against everything within him and yet he still pursues this , this cause of having Jesus put to death . |
| 5 | It was , in fact , just a peculiarly rich and extended example , and the kind of thing I was doing was in principle applicable to great numbers of texts . |
| 6 | And the kind of thing I was doing was in principle applicable to great numbers of texts . |