Example sentences of "[modal v] do [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To avoid queues at the Theatre box office patrons wishing to pay by credit card must do so 24 hours in advance of the performance . |
| 2 | ‘ We should do well this time it will suit some of our players better . ’ |
| 3 | It should do only one thing ; otherwise it confuses people . |
| 4 | If anyone feels they 've missed out on the award and that they know someone they fell ought to have been nominated , then they should do so next year . |
| 5 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 6 | If this happens the scab may bounce about with great speed and energy within the turret and may do as much damage as if the shell had actually penetrated . |
| 7 | The Financial Times of June 28 described this review clause " ploy " as designed " to hold out the hope to countries which feel their aspirations unsatisfied in this constitutional revision that they may do better next time " . |
| 8 | It is something I might do again this week , next week or next month . |
| 9 | So what we 're doing now is , and we 'll do again this year , when we publish the telephone directory again , is to send out to divisions any numbers that they want saved on the system . |
| 10 | He says they 'll do better next time . |
| 11 | to yourself I 'll do better next time and I 'll do better next time and it 's , it 's all the time I must try harder next time ! |
| 12 | to yourself I 'll do better next time and I 'll do better next time and it 's , it 's all the time I must try harder next time ! |
| 13 | ‘ County ambulances are on their way , but we 'll do any first aid we can . ’ |
| 14 | Alright well , generally then I think from hearing what you 're saying , erm , some good points , some perhaps things that you 'd do differently next time , and then what it obviously says about you is that , you 're all managers and you all have different styles , and you possibly do things in different ways . |
| 15 | And you 've been in a scenario where there 's one manager and there 's a few people who are n't in a managing role , but you are actually managers , maybe they 'd like a little reversal , I mean , I think some good things have come out of that , and possibly things that you 'd do better next time . |
| 16 | No she 'd do too much damage to a tent as well |
| 17 | If you had SUPERFILE you could not only produce MailSorted address labels for all those people , but you could do much subtler selections as well — all in a few minutes and at the press of a few keys . |
| 18 | Do you think they could do better this time ? ’ |
| 19 | Consequently there was little they could do early that night when a mammoth sea caught them dangerously broached-to , but the buoyancy of Mae West life jackets wedged in the bow and stern kept the waterlogged canoe afloat till the storm eased around midnight — some 24 hours after it blew up . |
| 20 | ‘ But I do n't think he could do that much damage . ’ |
| 21 | The have had er a long grade of time since the complaint was put to the commission , to put a notification in if they wanted to protect their position , but still they could of done so on , on a precautionary basis , and without prejudice basis they have not done so , a longer standing commissioner had invited them to do so ten years ago , they could do so this week on without prejudice basis and that may erm lead to security in the future that they now seek |
| 22 | Some take the profoundly defeatist view that the kicking and screaming which would accompany a successful revolt would do even more damage than sticking with the lady . |
| 23 | But he did believe the working class — which he referred to as if it were a single-willed person — would do somewhat unlikely things . |
| 24 | The State President , Mr F.W. de Klerk , announced yesterday that conscripts would do only one year full-time military service , instead of two . |
| 25 | The State President , Mr F.W. de Klerk , announced yesterday that conscripts would do only one year full-time military service , instead of two . |
| 26 | ‘ He scored six points from frees and four from play and there 's nothing wrong with that — a similar helping would do nicely this Sunday , ’ smiles Carroll . |
| 27 | How distressed and worried is industry in those regions that we might mistakenly have a Labour Government , which would do so much damage to inward investment ? |
| 28 | Perhaps he would do so one day . |
| 29 | ‘ Bonar Law would do as much work in an hour as S.B. in four or five , ’ he wrote in November 1923 . |
| 30 | IBM reckons the planned 512-CPU model will do over 100 GFLOPS . |