Example sentences of "[vb past] do be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | between a lot of parked cars and there was a , I was coming down the road and all I needed to do was to actually stop where I was cos there was enough room on his side of the road for him to come past the parked car and round me |
| 2 | This , according to the Nationalist , was nonsense : all the paper had done was to ‘ extol Kambona 's ego ’ ; the article ‘ excelled in lies and innuendo ’ . |
| 3 | Everything he had done was for this final purpose , " that I might dwell among them " ( Exodus 29:43–46 ) . |
| 4 | The MPs said the only firing they had done was on two US teenagers — children of Panama Canal Commission employees . |
| 5 | How could they say , as they all did , frequently and sanctimoniously , that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children ? |
| 6 | Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett continued to insist that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children . |
| 7 | So far so good ; now all I had to do was to muck up my second throw and ‘ Jaz ’ would be the winner . |
| 8 | What he had to do was to " live apart from men , as far as the needs of the body allow … continually upheld by him whom I love " ( 31.142 ) . |
| 9 | Well the Solicitors turned round and said to him that there 's a twenty five per cent chance he 'll lose his licence , but then he 'll get there erm , but most he 'll probably get is about a month , and then he said , well surely your job could find you something to do in that time , has said , no licence , no job , so what he had to do was to . |
| 10 | All she had to do was cross a couple of wires and George would become just another victim of a tragic domestic ‘ accident ’ . |
| 11 | But really , what , all they wanted to do was save face from the hospital because it was n't our fault but she used a bit of you know , we wo n't embarrass the hospital we 'll say |
| 12 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |