Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] do [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I had said , in revulsion at the intimacy his words implied , that he could do what he liked , I did n't care ; and he had taken this as evidence of a previously unsuspected sophistication in me . |
2 | A riot of other emotions raged through Fabia then , eventually ousted by shock that he could do what he 'd done , say what he 'd said and then — calmly leave ! |
3 | At a park near the hotel , Anderson promises Mrs Hollar , by means of her son , Sacha , translating , that he will do what he can to help her husband ( scene nine ) and returns to the hotel where he finds McKendrick drunkenly baiting some of the England team in Grayson 's room . |
4 | Little wonder that the doctor now feels that he can do what he likes with us . |
5 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
6 | And yet , the same science and the same technology that contends of the inviability of the natural laws , the same time is able to set it , one law against it , another itself , and he can do what he wants . |
7 | If your child is not breathing , you need to breathe into the lungs for him until he can do it himself ( artificial respiration ) . |
8 | I watched it done before , once , as a student , and it turned my stomach , and it was very distressing to me , and in the end Carrington was going to die , and he did die , but I asked him if he would do it my way . |
9 | If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ? |