Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] do it " in BNC.

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1 Yes , I wanted to do a production with Balanchine , but it never happened , and now there is no one I can think I would want to do it with .
2 It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly . ’
3 It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly
4 Oh , Jay , I 'd have thought she 'd have done it by now , if she was going to .
5 Well I think , I would have thought they could have done it a bit quicker , the bathroom , if they wanted to .
6 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor would have been marvellous and I suspect they might have done it , too .
7 you know you 'll have to do it when she 's about , oh steady darling
8 ‘ I know you 'd prefer to do it on your own , but it 's obvious you ca n't .
9 As though now I know it will get done it is already in the past .
10 Now why , now is Councillor Warby now saying I would have done it , not I will do it .
11 Suppose I 'll 'ave to do it then . ’
12 Er it it 's really a matter of whether you feel you 'd like to do it .
13 I thought I might have done it , since you had trouble getting me to drink when I was out of my senses . ’
14 For swiftly , and with such adroitness that Fabia felt he must have done it many times before , in no time , and before she could blink , Lubor had caught her in his arms .
15 Once he had thought of it he knew he would have to do it .
16 ‘ I think she might have done it as a quick way of finding out how the business worked .
17 I think she might have done it without regret . ’
18 I think you should have done it the other way .
19 If you really want to understand what anthropologists do you will have to do it yourself .
20 But the Junior also felt a little odd , the playing area being rather off to one side , so Hamer would say it 's this that they 've looked to address — but I still think they could have done it better .
21 Yeah , well I think they could have done it a bit quicker do n't you ?
22 ‘ He quit after a fairly short time — I think he may have done it for only two terms .
23 think to myself well it 's six months I wish I 'd have done it in August , now .
24 ‘ I wish I could have done it .
25 Neither Mala not I bothered to ask who could have done it .
26 It was just basically , one of those things , and Abbey paid out , because they said we would have done it , we would have accepted him on this anyway .
27 when you said they could 've done it
28 Three of you are unlocked and you come down and there are prison officers standing everywhere — to me that was stupid , because if the women wanted to riot they would have done it in the dining hall there and then .
29 Euan Duff , defending , said Blythe , of Vane Terrace , Darlington , had no memory of the theft but accepted he must have done it .
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