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Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] [adv] do [pron] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm .
2	‘ From our very first meeting he has always told me that he would never do anything to put the Soviet Union 's security in danger — and he knows that I would never endanger our security .
3	When George saw that Curley was attacking Lennie , George allowed Lennie to fight back because he knew that he could not do everything for Lennie .
4	Locke replied that he could not do it ; it would take someone of the intellectual stature of Newton .
5	He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’
6	Except on the vital matter of Europe , where the outcome is not yet clear , but where , at least , he is better than his opponents , I am quite confident that he will not do anything damaging to Britain .
7	‘ No , but all the other proof was in West Germany so he could not do anything more .
8	safest , reputation , so he could n't do it , he could n't change so , I 've been there .
9	I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time .
10	I do n't know if 'e 'll ever do it but yer never can tell wiv Billy . ’
11	and he ca n't do it because my dad .
12	And he ca n't do it now .
13	He 's very good and he 'll probably do it for nothing if he can get a couple of hours off . ’
14	His friend vows steadfastness in friendship , but repeats his warning : his illness came from too much study , and he should n't do it again .
15	I remember ghastly evenings when we sat round willing him to write half a line or finish a stanza and he could n't do it , it would n't come out .
16	But David 's erm hips went , you know , and he could n't do it any
17	And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them .
18	and he could n't do it and the worse thing was everybody in the pool had gone go on
19	and he could n't do it , he was so totally embarrassed and all the rest of it , he had to get down and everybody was boo boo , chicken , chicken
20	People kept saying to him , ‘ Stop picking your nose , ’ and he could n't do anything about it .
21	parked behind , but then somebody else came and parked in front of him , and he was there and sort , you could see him looking you know , he looked at the driveway and he looked , he was looking in his rear view mirror and then he turned round and looked like this , then he looked at the front , and he was thinking my god I ca n't get out of here , and all of a sudden a little car comes up the road stops , goes beep , beep on the horn , wan na get in the drive , this bloke went ha , ha , ha , ha and he could n't do anything
22	Well I 'll get Peter to look at it , if he ca n't do anything , get someone in .
23	‘ If he ca n't do his job he should consider his position , ’ said Mr Gould .
24	‘ Nothing 's lost , if he ca n't do it . ’
25	Why am I here if he ca n't do it ?
26	But if he ca n't do it on the pitch I 'm sure the skipper will be helping to inspire the lads off it .
27	Looks bad on him , does n't it tramp if he wo n't do it ?
28	It is widely believed , for example , that farmers contaminate watercourses every day in the normal course of their jobs ; but , as an officer from a rural district put it , ‘ I would n't take action if he could n't do anything about it . ’
29	If he , if he could n't do anything then he would accept it and not do it and then try a bit and if he had to go back to bed .
30	Erm it 's interesting , Mr Saunders er when he said it it was the best the Secretary of State could do last time round , erm , I wonder why er if he could n't do it then , it would be really possible er in any way to do it now .