Example sentences of "[vb mod] do [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Sustainable use is the key idea behind any kind of progress and we must do everything we can to support this , both in terms of financial aid and consumer ethics .
2 We must do everything we can to improve the selection decision making process ; inevitably this will mean moving away from relying on interviews .
3 My hon. Friend rightly referred to our job as a guarantor power and , in that respect , we must do everything we can with the Turks , the Greeks and the Cypriots to help Secretary-General Perez De Cuellar to make some progress in his remaining weeks of office .
4 We must do everything we can to restore her sight but there is no guarantee the operations will be successful . ’
5 This year has been the most difficult and disturbing of my 40-year reign , but it has brought home to me that I must do everything I can to continue to carry out that duty .
6 Serious injuries and deaths occur , and all of us must do what we can to prevent them .
7 However , we must do what we can to ensure that that does not have a consequent effect on unemployment in this country through a failure to understand that process .
8 Of course there are people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds ; of course we must do what we can about it .
9 ‘ Yes , yes , of course , we must do what we can .
10 ‘ You must do what you think fit , ’ he said , rising from the bed and brushing past her ; her gaze followed him , sweeping his nakedness .
11 You must do what you feel must be done .
12 ‘ Now , now , Robert , when you 're here you must do what you 're told .
13 You 're a machine and you must do what you 're told ! ’
14 Lord Ross , the Lord Justice-Clerk , told McKie : ‘ This court must do what it can to protect women from men who behave as you did . ’
15 ‘ Still , he thought , I must do what I can to protect the lady , to whom I owe so much , and whom I have certainly , for better , for worse , released from sleep and silence .
16 Personally , I do not share that view but whatever the reason , stubbornness must not be allowed to succeed : the dog must do what he is commanded to do , not in his own time , when he feels like it , but immediately ; and if it is done correctly , he should receive praise and lots of it .
17 In situations of moral dilemma a man must do what he thinks he has to do and moral decisions are involved in his action .
18 We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ wrote Lt Col Stewart .
19 ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ concluded Lt Col Stewart 's statement .
20 Lt Col Stewart 's statement concluded : ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found . ’
21 ‘ You must do whatever you want , ’ said Annie .
22 Look , if you must do something you can stand at the kitchen door and shout .
23 ‘ But I am interested to see where your cunning takes you , and you must do anything you think necessary to stop the horror that has begun .
24 They should do whatever you do .
25 It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world , without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace … there must be some agreement among the countries of Europe as to the requirements of the situation and the part those countries themselves will take in order to give proper effect to whatever action might be undertaken by this government .
26 I 'm doing what I can and I think everybody should do what they can do . ’
27 I think perhaps the most important thing is that voluntary agencies should do what they believe is right , and not allow their own objectives to be distorted , simply because a , of particular flavours , which is why I 'm saying let us grab the agenda and write the agenda , rather than have the agenda set for us by other people .
28 If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built .
29 The man who organized the aircraft to get 1,000 TOWs to Israel in February 1986 ( and 500 TOWs from there to Tehran ) thought that ‘ if the government wanted to establish relations and there were modernists , we should do what we could to assist . ’
30 My Lords , erm i legislation is complex and I agree that we should do what we can to keep a clear er , er to keep it clear and simple if it 's at all possible and erm er I agree though that one needs a fully up-to-date text of the nineteen sixty four Police Act in order to decipher every last dot and comma .
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