Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] i [modal v] do " in BNC.

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1 I do not think I can do any more .
2 ‘ But I do not feel I can do justice to that need here , in the uncomfortable cold of this cave .
3 ‘ You do n't honestly believe I 'd do anything like that , do you , Chrissy ? ’
4 Do you really think I 'd do that — take money from you for doing one thing , and at the same time take money from someone else to do the opposite ? ’
5 ‘ I do n't think I 'll do any more flying today , ’ Finlayson said .
6 give them some wellie but I do n't think I 'll do that , erm
7 Oh well you had to notif take doctor 's note in you see , oh yes er doctor 's note and erm we were allowed , but erm fortunately I did n't have to have much time off , I 've been really fortunate that way , but erm I do n't think I would do anything that 's different to what I have done because it 's hard to prepare me for how I am now that 's how I look at things , and er the trouble I had with my husband it 's helped me to prepare myself for doing the garden , I 'd done the front garden when the gardeners came this morning .
8 It was as much as Millie could do to check herself from saying , ‘ Oh , I do n't think I should do that .
9 I , I do n't think I could do it , I 'm a .
10 ‘ He would n't have asked me if he did n't think I could do it , ’ she had retorted .
11 I mean I do n't think I could do it .
12 ‘ I do n't think I could do that .
13 Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years .
14 Oh well I did n't think I could do that without
15 No , oh I do n't think I could do the travelling now that I used to do , but er
16 I do n't think I could do that .
17 I do n't think I can do it myself . ’
18 ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him .
19 But then they came back and said it was changed to ‘ Everything We Do Is Driven By You ’ and my initial thought was ‘ Yuk , I do n't think I can do anything with that either , ’ because it just sounded like motor cars and I 'm not interested in singing songs about motor cars .
20 It will not fight by raising its wings and clashing its talons and making noise ; but quietly , cleverly , making you see the Men as friends , making you fear the wide world outside , so that when opportunity comes you will not take it as you should but hide behind excuses like ‘ The time is n't right yet ’ or ‘ I do n't think I can do that ’ .
21 ‘ I do n't think I can do that , Cameron . ’
22 " I tell you what — I do n't think I can do any more by seeing him at the moment , but I think you should cut out his meat completely for a week or two .
23 ‘ About Mrs Brocklebank , I do n't think I can do much there .
24 ‘ I do n't think I can do it .
25 Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year .
26 yeah , I do n't think I can do the big mower .
27 I do n't think I can do that .
28 I do n't think I can do that to get the juice and have a at the same time .
29 you can listen if you want , only joking , no , I do n't think I can do that , I 'm allowed to listen to it , I have to record it at home you know as well
30 You do n't think I 'd do anything to a patient I would n't have done to myself ? ’
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