Example sentences of "[det] they have done be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | All they had done was to try to live an ordinary private life in South Africa with the dignity that we all take for granted , ’ says Gerrard . |
| 2 | All they had done was to pick ears of corn as they walked along , rub them in their hands and eat the grain . |
| 3 | All they had done was look at each other and exchange a few very prosaic words , yet something magical was happening . |
| 4 | Anyway , thus far all they 've done is sampled the boom boom . |
| 5 | I , I said all they 've done is literally scaled it up to like instead of a door being that size its now like that right and the front porch instead of being that low now that high up double it , its a bigger home |
| 6 | The thing is that , really , that they all they 've done is show themselves up . |
| 7 | Following his indication , Sabine realised with a hollow feeling that all they 'd done was skirt the hill where the château stood ; that Les Hiboux in fact stood beneath La Tour Monchauzet , but on its other side — and still in its shadow . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid Michael , the ‘ yobs ’ are still with us — all they have done is move into the seats . |