Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] do [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The logical conclusion of all this is that there can no longer be a justification for the massive nuclear arsenals held by both sides , that only the absolute minimum of nuclear defence is required and that , because President Yeltsin , too , now has his finger on the nuclear button , we should now be doing business with him on this issue as on so many others . |
| 2 | Some of them are reluctant to ask visiting relatives , who may already be doing shopping for them , to run extra errands , such as taking prescriptions to the chemist or clothes to the launderette or dry cleaners , changing their library books and collecting their pension ; so it is always as well to check to make sure that you are meeting these needs , or arranging for someone else to do so . |
| 3 | When he hangs up his gloves he says he 'll just be doing alot more gardening instead . |
| 4 | I 'll probably be doing hampers next year . |
| 5 | Erm , that is kids may express curiosity , kids may even be doing things that imply they 're getting some sort of pleasure out of their bodies y'know they may be , as we used to call it when I was a child , playing with themselves , um they may be erm doing various things that er that give them some sort of bodily pleasure . |
| 6 | The cold grey of the newly painted hull would soon be doing trials off the Isle of Arran . |
| 7 | That is eight years ago , and the Board would now be doing Chapter III work , both in Essex and Norfolk , had I not made myself damned unpleasant … |
| 8 | IBM will apparently be doing production of its own outside of Motorola . |
| 9 | they can only be doing damage to th to the election chances I mean |