Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] [modal v] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A tiny little place we could run ourselves , and have our own things with us , and where we could do what we liked . |
| 2 | You thought British art had been ‘ needlessly neglected and undervalued and that somebody ought to do something about it ’ . |
| 3 | I have noticed that even people who claim that everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross the road . |
| 4 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the Opposition hope very much that , after years of violence and despair , a political settlement will emerge , and that we will do everything in our power to achieve such an outcome , based on the three strands agreement ? |
| 5 | Knowing that she turned the peeping Toms on with her performances — and that they could do nothing about it as they sat there , transfixed by her sex and her flagrant use of it . |
| 6 | I replied to his letter to say thanks for believing in me , and that I would do my best not to let him down . |
| 7 | Mrs Davis pointed out tartly that Mrs Stych was not at present serving on any of their other subcommittees , and that she must do something to help . |
| 8 | And if they can do it , so can you . |
| 9 | And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning , |
| 10 | And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning , |
| 11 | and if they could do it time |
| 12 | Well you see we 're a bit further from home now and if we can do it for five days , great , we have n't |
| 13 | And if we can do it we need to be |
| 14 | I intend to make my home here in this town , and if I can do anything to ensure that the people here are treated fairly I shall do it . |
| 15 | And if you would do it without telling Mr Thacker . |
| 16 | Yeah but then Charlie said no you 're not doing it properly and if you can do it |
| 17 | Said John Thompson , IBM vice-president and Application Business Systems general manager , ‘ We will implement RISC [ on the AS/400 ] , but not until it catches up with the AS/400 architecture , which we think is more advanced … and until we can do it in a way that wo n't disrupt the customer 's applications . ’ |
| 18 | She had said that , in the circumstances and since he could do nothing but mumble , she would probably kill herself . |
| 19 | There 's a lot less emphasis on men to be stunning , it 's all about power and whether they can do their job . |
| 20 | It is also crucial to ask whether the media are able to cope with this growth in information and whether they can do anything to counter the efforts of governments to manipulate it for their own ends . |
| 21 | Ring them , or better still go to see them all , and ask if they are interested in carrying out the survey , how much they charge and when they can do it . |
| 22 | They very often do n't know what the something else is going to be , but we tend to put time limits on what children should do and when they should do it . |
| 23 | With me it was all too simple and evident , my behaviour — and I was a most law-abiding child — caused my parents pain , and as I could do nothing about it , certainly nothing to improve it , except to cease to exist , I grew more and more guilty . |
| 24 | Though you may not want the negative situation to arise and though you may do your best to avoid it , once you know what the worst possible outcome would be and that you could cope with it , a great deal of the anxiety is removed . |