Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [modal v] do [pron] " 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 | My next-door neighbour agreed to take her , but I promised I 'd do my best to get back in time so that I could take her myself . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I assumed you 'd do something of the sort . |
| 5 | I believed I could do it . |
| 6 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
| 7 | I knew you could do it . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew you could do it . |
| 9 | You 're brilliant , I knew you could do it , it 's wonderful , now then what else do we need to do in there ? |
| 10 | ‘ I knew you 'd do it , lad . |
| 11 | I knew you 'd do it ! ’ |
| 12 | I thought we 'd do it in the fresh air rather than in the car , cos it just means |
| 13 | ‘ I thought she 'd do it bit by bit in detail , but she does n't . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it might do you good to have a taste of your own medicine ! |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | I thought you 'd do it . ’ |
| 17 | I thought I might do it like that . |
| 18 | I thought I would do it alone , but now I 've met you again I 've changed it a bit . ’ |
| 19 | Well I thought I 'd do something with it |
| 20 | So I thought I 'd do you a favour . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | ‘ I thought I could do it as an outsider , as an Englishman coming in , ’ Schlesinger claimed . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | After twelve years in management , I have n't yet had a tape arrive which I thought I could do anything with . |
| 25 | I thought I could do anything . |
| 26 | I thought I could do yours today , if you like . " |
| 27 | And er I thought I can do what I did at forty , and I did it , but look what I 've got now . |
| 28 | I thought he could do anything . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | 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 |