Example sentences of "[adv] do [Wh det] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 're not properly trained it 's not their fault , people can only do what they can do ca n't they ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll obviously do what I can to help , ’ she began , sipping her drink . |
| 3 | I think Con was strong enough and single-minded enough to do what I should have done years ago . |
| 4 | As she gave a brief nod he continued , ‘ The Meadowses have been incredibly kind , and are obviously doing what they can to make us feel welcome . |
| 5 | Capt Forgrave , 27 , of Wrexham , said yesterday : ‘ I was only doing what anyone would have done in the circumstances . |
| 6 | Only do what you can — please do n't over-exert yourself . |
| 7 | Nothing is done to prevent the snake from eating a frog : each frog merely does what it can to reduce its chances of being the unlucky one . |
| 8 | Ask it to do more than it can and it may not do what it should . |
| 9 | He had come to his sister Elizabeth 's rescue in her time of trouble , contributing almost beyond the call of duty ; he had already done what he could to help his young nephew Robert — now what of Benjamin ? |
| 10 | Ross is probably right that his is the more common sense view , but it may still strike us as extremely odd that it could ever be one 's duty not to do what which would certainly have the best results . |
| 11 | ‘ We are not doing what we could have done , which is to go steaming in with lots of transport police officers and arrest them . |
| 12 | Because we are not doing what we should be doing , we 'll hear a little bit more about that later , another one in Matthew twenty six and verse forty one , keep on the watch and pray continually , notice our New Year 's text is all about prayer is n't it ? |
| 13 | ‘ I am not doing what I ought to do , ’ he kept saying to himself . |
| 14 | I am not doing what I ought to do . |
| 15 | ‘ No injury but that of not doing what you ought ; you will destroy the man of fidelity in you , the man of honour , the man of decent behaviour . |
| 16 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |
| 17 | The council says it 's already doing what it can to make Oxford more b ike friendly . |
| 18 | So just do what you can and when . |
| 19 | In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them . |
| 20 | ‘ I have never sought an honour in my life — I just did what I could for my home village where I was born and raised . |
| 21 | ‘ I just did what I could around the place , milking the cows and making sure everything had enough to eat . |
| 22 | If the challenge comes , though , they will usually do what they can , however inadequate and apprehensive they feel . |
| 23 | Needless to say he might have a tendency to end up doing what he would n't want them doing amongst slurry and such like but . |
| 24 | ‘ If you ca n't do what you would , do what you can . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm just a weak fool who ca n't do what he should . |
| 26 | There is n't a track on it that I feel does n't do what it should do , which is taking a song out of its time and place and whisking it into the present to make it meaningful today . ’ |
| 27 | There is n't a track on it that I feel does n't do what it should do , which is taking a song out of its time and place and whisking it into the present to make it meaningful today . ’ |
| 28 | She was so good , yet there were so many things she did n't do which I would have thought she would have . |
| 29 | In these circumstances those of us who have benefited from the excellence of Somerville and Oxford must surely do what we can to ensure that future generations may also have the opportunity to benefit from the privileged education that we enjoyed . |
| 30 | Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but |