Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] do [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll only do pastorals , gentle love stories , boy-and-his-dog stuff . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't like football any more , I 'd rather do maths . |
| 3 | oh Rebecca , I can think of five million things I 'd rather do Rebecca says she likes ironing I certainly do n't |
| 4 | I had almost total recall when it came to gags , and innocently told the Con-Sec that as it was too late to engage a replacement comic , I 'd gladly do Dave Swan 's act for him , and went on to storm the audience . |
| 5 | ‘ In an ideal world , I would just do research , teach … and rest . ’ |
| 6 | Every time I wonder about going to join George and to use my TEFL qualification , I wonder how I would REALLY do teaching English to people , though I guess I have had quite a lot of ad hoc and ungrammatical ( ! ) experience with the various language students who have stayed here . |
| 7 | She does not expect her readers to accept her own conclusions verbatim , but urges them to make a similar creative attempt to listen for the deeper implications of the Christian message , to reach through the dogmas and intellectual propositions , which can never do justice to the ineffable mystery of the divine , and touch the heart of the faith . |
| 8 | And you should never do things just because you 're angry . |
| 9 | next thing I remember was being undressed and in bed with Debbie standing there with a boiled egg on a tray , saying mummy were so sorry you 'll never do Christmas again , you 've done it for us for forty years , we shall do it for you now . |
| 10 | You know she 'd rather do Chimneys or something tomorrow than London Zoo . |
| 11 | Even his fond parents do n't call him that when he rampages through the flat creating mayhem , and Joyce was recently heard to declare that she 'd rather do Rob 's tax returns than look after the baby . |
| 12 | ‘ But if you 'd rather do this- ’ |
| 13 | Erm it , again if you 'd only do things like jogging it will build up , if you 've got the right conditions , your heart y y your heart and lung ability , but in order to have this stamina that we 're talking about you 've got to have power . |
| 14 | You will probably do things that you have never done before in your life . |
| 15 | I see you will shortly do credit to my friend Belville as he has done you credit . |
| 16 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
| 17 | yes , so , so , that you can only do education part time . |
| 18 | You can only do claims to five thousand pound ca n't you ? |
| 19 | ‘ You can only do business in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling by being in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling , ’ says Mitchell . |
| 20 | You can certainly do group suggestive therapy and here we touch on another point that erm Joy reminds us of and Freud makes quite a bit on the book the parallel between being in a group and being hypnotized , because the , the , the role of the hypnotist is to take over completely |
| 21 | We 'll probably do things the old-fashioned way . ’ |
| 22 | The one in town 's got a big sign up in the window now saying as from the 1st April , we will only do methadone prescriptions in between two and five o'clock in the afternoon , right . |
| 23 | We can hardly do justice to the wide scope of psychological theories here , but there are some basic ideas and assumptions which underlie such theorizing . |
| 24 | As long as we 've got that and peace of mind we can perhaps do things outside of what money can bring you . |
| 25 | No one can really do business on 40 quid a week . |
| 26 | You can get , no , they must all do z |
| 27 | Vigorous thumb work produces these nearly perfect ( arithmetically speaking ) examples : A fortnight with B&B accommodation in Alanya in Turkey is offered by Intasun ( 0274 736403 ) at £251pp , though they can also do Alanya self catering at £199 . |
| 28 | ‘ Slide ’ opens the set , all big chords and yeah , slide guitar ; ‘ Smile ’ , with a dangerously narcotic and very BIG bassline that takes control over your entire body , is brain-bruisingly splendid , as is ‘ Hey Sister ’ , the song that proves that they can do fast ones , they can do slow ones and they can then do ones with car-alarm noises in the middle . |
| 29 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 30 | Clearly , if an animal is to learn to do X by operant conditioning , it must occasionally do X in the first place ; otherwise X could never be reinforced . |