Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [modal v] do [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes .
2 By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me .
3 I believed I could do it .
4 I felt I could do it better with myself .
5 I knew you could do it .
6 I knew you could do it .
7 You 're brilliant , I knew you could do it , it 's wonderful , now then what else do we need to do in there ?
8 I knew you 'd do it , lad .
9 I knew you 'd do it ! ’
10 I thought we 'd do it in the fresh air rather than in the car , cos it just means
11 I thought she 'd do it bit by bit in detail , but she does n't .
12 I thought it might do you good to have a taste of your own medicine !
13 I thought you would do I thought there was something you 'd be doing I wo n't be sure now I 'm gon na put that tax disc in
14 I thought you 'd do it . ’
15 I thought I might do it like that .
16 I thought I would do it alone , but now I 've met you again I 've changed it a bit . ’
17 So I thought I 'd do you a favour .
18 Well no I did it last week and one of the references I could n't remember the name of the woman , so I just put Mrs blank and I just left it so I thought I 'd do it again cos there were a couple of bits I did wrong and a bit dodgy , so I though save me writing it I 'll just do it all over again but it looks like I 'm not gon na be able to now because we 've brought out here for a piddling stupid fire drill !
19 I thought I could do it as an outsider , as an Englishman coming in , ’ Schlesinger claimed .
20 Because it was no use to the farmer , there was no water to be seen there , and I thought I could do it with my own garden tools , and so once I 'd removed all the rough brambles and so on and discovered the periphery of the old pond
21 I thought I could do yours today , if you like . "
22 because we have , because it 's for the children , so I said we 'll do it , but that gives us an awful crush to get it in Friday the first week
23 He wants he 'll send us a er a rough erm sponsorship form cos I said we could do it on the computer you know , the
24 Well I said I would do it and I 'll do it , I wo n't let them down , I 'll never let them down but
25 I said I 'll do it , OK ?
26 I said I can do it .
27 I said I 'd do it . ’
28 I said I 'd do it , and I want to get some sputum samples for analysis to make sure he has n't got a chest infection .
29 Cos er San Sandra agreed in the end she said oh I said you can do it on your own , you can have the nine quid if you like yourself I said but I 'm not coming with you I said for three hours working for somebody who 's twenty five .
30 She thought it would do you good to be taught belief . ’
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