Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] do what [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , the twins are well past the nappy stage — or I imagine they must be — and , since I 've promised Liz that I 'll look after them , you can be sure that I 'll do what I can . ’ |
| 3 | Dragging the pad towards him he found a clean page and wrote : Dear Harsnet , I know you never answer my letters or return my calls , and I know that you handed over your notes to me on the understanding that I could do what I liked with them and not bother you , but I have to say that while there is much in them that I admire , as I will always admire much in you , no matter what , there is also much in them that seems to me to be puerile and , to put it mildly , bigoted . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew J B Priestley a bit and he once suggested to me that I should do what he did in the Thirties , which was to take a trip around Britain talking to people . |
| 5 | She 's my daughter and I 'll do what I like with her . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Pull the strings and I 'll do what you want ’ |
| 7 | And I will do what I can . |
| 8 | I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 9 | And although the sub-text of my increasing thinness ( which I chose to ignore ) read , ‘ I am doing this because I feel so helpless that not even my own body belongs to me ’ , the apparent text read to me , and increasingly to others , ‘ My body is my own and I can do what I like with it . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm nearly seventeen and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 11 | " But they are powerless to do anything ; this chapel was built for my mural paintings and I can do what I like . " |
| 12 | Sue Parker — mother of Julian , who 's only eighteen , by the way , ’ added Leonora with a wicked little grin , ‘ is keen to go into partnership with her , and I can do what I do just as easily after I 'm married as before . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't make any promises , but I 'll do what I can . |
| 14 | It 's mostly a matter of timing … but I 'll do what I can . |
| 15 | But I can do what I want , so perhaps it is possible to use one or two frames of a timpani shot to realize a particular moment in the music . |
| 16 | However , I do love him and do n't want to lose him so I feel as though I should do what he says . |