Example sentences of "do [pron] that [vb mod] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm a pretty perceptive person , I understand people quite well , but I never dreamt that my mother could do anything that would damage my daughter so greatly . |
2 | Editor , — Allyson M Pollock and Azeem Majeed 's arguments in response to our editorial on consultant episodes could perhaps be summarised as ‘ the internal market is intrinsically flawed and we should not do anything that would delay its demise . ’ |
3 | ‘ Too busy to do something that might benefit your mother ? ’ |
4 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
5 | ‘ This will be an opportunity for them to come into their own but without having to do anything that might upset their families . ’ |
6 | Why would I want to do anything that would lessen my chances of making money ? ’ |
7 | And if you thought you had a fight last year over bi-annual congresses , you wait until you try and do anything that will affect our structure in the future . |