Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] do [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But the others could well do a lot of blaming when they realise what you 've been doing . ’ |
| 32 | If we said , like , if we , every second month say or every third month , then we , we knew we were going to have a speaker , we could the time before we could then do the business more thoroughly and carefully so that the month of the speaker we could just go through it very quickly . |
| 33 | He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal . |
| 34 | I 'd never do a thing like that ! ’ |
| 35 | You 've got to knock some sense into them or they 'd never do a stroke . |
| 36 | Amid a crescendo of passion I forced open your legs and you joyously proclaimed , ‘ Thank you , thank you , I could never do the splits before . ’ |
| 37 | But the seminar could never do the whole of what a novel does , since theory falsifies where stories teach wisdom . |
| 38 | Whereas if we 're very careful about how we put the message across , it could actually do the opposite in that , people see that they 're entitled to a certain basic level if you like , to enable them |
| 39 | The leader may also do a lot of listening but have the qualities , lacking in the others , of putting what he hears into an initiative . |
| 40 | Preventing a young and disruptive child from playing , but allowing him/her to watch the others at play , may also do the trick . |
| 41 | Such a performance ensures she need never do the dishes . |
| 42 | A few well-aimed , well-considered words above the hubbub may well do the trick . |
| 43 | I would rather do a cross-word puzzle than try a revenue appeal . ’ |
| 44 | If you balance , tape recordering , but , but you notice one particular piece that you would rather do an essay on rather than that bit there . |
| 45 | Better stop and walk to the Post Office Sorting Office — the light is closing in and I would rather do the mile there and mile back in daylight . |
| 46 | Greeks do not like big organisations ; they would rather do the job personally . |
| 47 | He would merely do the job and get a pittance . |
| 48 | I would normally do the PM first thing tomorrow but they are n't expecting me back at the hospital until Monday and the PM room is tied up until the afternoon . |
| 49 | Slim Boswell would soon do a bit of trade there . ’ |
| 50 | The killer faces a future existence in solitary confinement , since his fellow inmates would undoubtedly do the court 's job for them if they were given the chance . |
| 51 | So they would actually do the shopping for the material , and then they would go away and look at pattern books and decide what sort of patterns they wanted , what sort of dress it was that they wanted to make . |
| 52 | So he would actually do the work himself ? |
| 53 | But Agnew 's , who exhibited for the first time this year and made at least one sale of ‘ around $50,000 ’ said they were ‘ pleased with the quality of the crowd and would definitely do the show next year ’ . |
| 54 | My son would never do a thing like that . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ My son would never do a thing like that . ’ |
| 56 | My son would never do a thing like that . ’ |
| 57 | Should you have any difficulty , a word with your Club rep will normally do the trick . |
| 58 | A simple DIR command , applied three or four times , will normally do the trick . |
| 59 | ‘ I will probably do a film in America next year , ’ she confirmed late in 1989 . |
| 60 | Bill Gates will supposedly do the honours himself at his Windows World keynote . |