Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 'll not do any good . |
| 2 | Because it 's , it , it ca n't be very easy to , to make contact with a , a regime like the Vietnam regime , I mean are you hopeful that it 'll actually do any good ? |
| 3 | It could n't do any harm to put it off until tomorrow . |
| 4 | When the radio is switched on , this voltage , stored on C1 , is temporarily let loose on the circuitry , where it could conceivably do some damage . |
| 5 | It had to be Travis , and that spurred her on to reckless speed , putting too much weight on her much tried ankle , until it could only do one thing — collapse under her . |
| 6 | So it ca n't do much harm , can it ? ’ |
| 7 | It ca n't do any harm . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , it ca n't do any harm , Preston , ’ said his mum . |
| 9 | ‘ Anyway , it ca n't do any harm to pray , can it ? ’ |
| 10 | well it ca n't do any harm , why does n't he go up when he 's in on Wednesday , well he 's coming to the market |
| 11 | Oh thought it came straight out of an olive it ca n't do any harm can it ? |
| 12 | short walk , it ca n't do any harm that |
| 13 | we can do she put an ice cube on the splodge let it melt and when it drys out the carpet comes up again but I do n't know if it 'll work but it ca n't do any harm , can it ? |
| 14 | If whoever bought it had an unsavoury reputation it would n't do much harm to the seagulls or Brent geese . |
| 15 | It would n't do any harm , either physically or financially , to have the two of them come up to London , possibly put them up for the night . |
| 16 | ‘ I can remember when that did n't seem so unlikely , and I thought , well , if anything like that does ever happen , and they 're right and the establishment is wrong , then it would n't do any harm for there to be people like me in the Army who were basically in sympathy with the … movement , whatever . ’ |
| 17 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 18 | also the people on the ground I mean er surely it would n't do any harm to actually sit down and put some veiws forward from the whole department |
| 19 | Well , my fingers get swelling as well , so I thought it would n't do any harm . |
| 20 | It would n't do any good to tell her the truth — if it was the truth . |
| 21 | ROBBIE It would n't do any good . |
| 22 | The organisers of the annual EAA Convention , held at Wittman Regional Airport , Oshkosh , Wisconsin , have got things down to a fine art , the event runs like clockwork , in fact it would probably do some airshow organisers in Europe a power of good to pay a visit to Oshkosh and see for themselves how fly-ins , airshows and ground exhibitions can , and should , be run . |
| 23 | Delisting would do Jardine Matheson no good in Hong Kong ( though it would certainly do less harm if it were attributed to a row with the regulators than , say , to lack of faith in the future of the place ) . |
| 24 | It was a priceless gem : ’ But it will also do local government a power of good . ’ |
| 25 | This feature is not as gimmicky as it sounds , as putting down a very hot air gun where it will not do any damage can often be a problem . |
| 26 | It wo n't do any damage cos Chris is in the middle ! |
| 27 | It wo n't do any good . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , it wo n't do any good . |
| 29 | But I ca n't make that point cos it just gets enemies and it just wo n't do , it wo n't do any good . |
| 30 | Seeing Alec 's dour expression , I added , ‘ And it wo n't do any harm to let me try . ‘ |