Example sentences of "do [adj] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I shall reach him and when I have done that I shall break him . ’ |
2 | And then , just as if in answer to her private thought , the pilot went on : ‘ I 'd like to kiss each one of you before I go , but as I ca n't very well do that I 'll give your Brown Owl a big thank-you kiss for you all ! ’ |
3 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
4 | I did not intend to embarrass you deliberately , and I will do all I can to insure it does n't happen again . |
5 | I used to do that I 'll have you know . |
6 | I am , but in doing that I must retain my own effort , my own irony . |
7 | she 's had her chance and I 'm doing all I can to help her but at the end of the day it 's on her shoulders . |
8 | ‘ If you do that I shall leave you . ’ |
9 | ‘ If he does that I 'll clobber him — I 'll wring his neck — ’ |