Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] do [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sapt , ’ I said , ‘ I promise I 'll do one thing for Ruritania before I leave it . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , I 'll do some work at home . |
| 3 | What I 'll erm , what I 'll do next week on this is a rather problematic topic this one erm it 's in the general section . |
| 4 | If I could do that sort of thing I would be writing books and making a fortune from them . |
| 5 | I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) . |
| 6 | You see , I could do any sum in my head that Rebecca Salmon had to write out in longhand ; it used to drive her potty . |
| 7 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 8 | But I never ever had a running line , although they did have an order for so many like that and I 'd keep the patterns and the gages and if they wanted any more later on , you know , I used to do that sort of thing for the sake of me customers and all that . |
| 9 | I used to do this thing about being tucked up by my mother at night . |
| 10 | In the meantime Margery has exposed her ability to think and indeed picture herself in the vulgar , crude terms of the fabliau world : ( " That shall never be that I shall do such falsity in bed or on the floor . " ) |
| 11 | Well I shall do some stuff down this garden . |
| 12 | Well , he 's doing it , last wee I would n't mind doing the Wednesday actually cos I can do that sort of you know , student discos , you know , so |
| 13 | I can do one thing in the light , and that 's send and treat for him in open negotiation . |
| 14 | I ca n't give you a figure now , on how many American firms there are in the county , erm , but I can do some work on it and come back to you . |
| 15 | So you 're quite happy with that , one hundred , two hundred , three hundred , four hundred , five hundred , six hundred oh I can do this standing on my head , right and you s you stop concentrating so much , and you 've gone up to , so that should be a seven hundred |
| 16 | I would imagine that nobody can do that gig without the inevitable EC comparison … |
| 17 | ‘ Believe me , ’ she told him , ‘ you may do more good to the firm if you stay here . |
| 18 | Which is why you must do that sort of That that 's probably all you need for that bit . |
| 19 | Both types of stretching increase flexibility , and as a basic rule you should do static stretching before exercise and both ballistic and static after exercise . |
| 20 | The worst moment of all , he thought , had been at a quarter to nine that morning , when he had been roused from the bottom depths of heavy , dream-tangled sleep by the door bell , and when , having stumbled across the room , still not knowing where he was or what was happening , he had found Mrs. Mounce at the door , asking if she could do any shopping for them . |
| 21 | When offered a post in the Labour government of 1964 she refused , saying that she could do more fighting for the government in Liverpool . |
| 22 | I do n't think you 'd do any harm to us . |
| 23 | You could do that sort of thing then . |
| 24 | He 's the sort of creep who 'd do that kind of thing . ’ |
| 25 | Hurt that he could think she would do that pest of an interview through Lubor , she was certain then that she did n't even like Ven Gajdusek — much less was she attracted to him ! |
| 26 | Neighbours who will do this service for you should use the back door , where there 's less chance of them being seen going in and out . |
| 27 | It is entirely possible that you will do extraordinary well in 1993 , especially by following an unorthodox route — intuitive hunches could also pay off . |
| 28 | Even on the ground you can do expensive damage by moving the undercarriage lever in mistake for the flaps or airbrakes . |
| 29 | Now that one , you 're doing , sort of doing this bit , erm , you can do that bit on the calculator and then do times six hundred . |
| 30 | And then if you can do that you can do any problem of this sort ca n't you ? |