Example sentences of "do [Wh det] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , erm i legislation is complex and I agree that we should do what we can to keep a clear er , er to keep it clear and simple if it 's at all possible and erm er I agree though that one needs a fully up-to-date text of the nineteen sixty four Police Act in order to decipher every last dot and comma . |
| 2 | But first , you will do what you can to please a tired old woman . |
| 3 | Therefore , will he do what he can to encourage a response from small authorities to adopt the new powers ? |
| 4 | Roger Poole , and other leaders of the overtime ban , have vowed to do whatever they can to force a face-to-face confrontation with Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , who has refused to countenance a meeting . |
| 5 | In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad |
| 6 | But , she resolved , I 'm going to do what I can to put a stop to it . |
| 7 | At night George did what you 'd expect a husband to but I did n't mind . |