Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have something very important that I ought to do . ’ |
| 2 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought that I might do an article to celebrate it ; describe the problems they face , and their success in tackling them . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 5 | It had been running through my thoughts so often that I knew it by heart , yet now I was suddenly afraid that I might do the wrong thing ! |
| 6 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
| 7 | Verona was far away and I had never lived away from home ; besides , I was not sure that my parents had ever contemplated the possibility that I might do so . |
| 8 | Explaining why he now supports the Grand Slam Cup , after refusing to compete a year ago , he said ‘ I have my word to the ATP that I would do everything I signed to do in my contract with them . |
| 9 | In the early 1960s Dr Beeching , the chairman of the railways , had cut out some of the most unprofitable rail lines and the fear was that I would do the same . |
| 10 | Any other thing that I would do now , I think , would be a violation of God 's will for my life . |
| 11 | I replied to his letter to say thanks for believing in me , and that I would do my best not to let him down . |
| 12 | I had , however , already decided that I would do hypothetically as I would in practice for an Uaru tank — collect my own gravel and rocks fro the wild state . |
| 13 | With a grunt Toby agreed to arrange things and hoped that I would do the driving and that Jefferson intended to provide some decent champagne . |
| 14 | That was plainly my bent and that I would do well to follow up this line of art rather than branch out into some other road of work . |
| 15 | As my French was better than Brian 's , we agreed that I would do the talking and that I 'd choose a moment when Mazzin was in one of his camarade moods so that neither of us would be starting from a point of anger . |
| 16 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 17 | ‘ The agent even agreed that I would do no kissing or nude scenes . |
| 18 | I meant it when I said that I would do anything . |
| 19 | That I would do anything — anything to keep him . ’ |
| 20 | The immediate rebuff is in conventional and predictable terms : ( " That I would do in no circumstances by our Lord , king of heaven , who is above us . " ) |
| 21 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 22 | I told her that I would do her large-animal work for her … ’ |
| 23 | What I have said that I would do is to consider what your Lordships have said to see if there is any way in which we can meet the problem . |
| 24 | But she knew that in the last resort that if he did win that I would do it but he 's he 's paid off now . |
| 25 | You know that I would do it properly for if I had to . |
| 26 | So that I would n't get involved with careers officers I 'd actually make a jump and that I would do the three wise monkeys and Hilary . |
| 27 | And in the in fact in the early days o o f o one of the things that had happened f early on was that I would do jobs on my own , and you it 's amazing how many number of one-man jobs there are . |
| 28 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 29 | A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this . |
| 30 | So I think that I 'll do a little more work on camera in a couple of years ’ time , and then see if I can become a proper writer . ’ |