Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] do [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can get , no , they must all do z |
| 2 | He should neither do damage to Mr. Jones , nor be slow in warning him of any impending danger ; fornication , marriage , gambling and the haunting of taverns or playhouses was strictly proscribed , and generally a monastic restraint was to be observed in all things . |
| 3 | And you should never do things just because you 're angry . |
| 4 | Clearly , if an animal is to learn to do X by operant conditioning , it must occasionally do X in the first place ; otherwise X could never be reinforced . |
| 5 | I 'll only do pastorals , gentle love stories , boy-and-his-dog stuff . ’ |
| 6 | because then well that 'll just do service from there , but the only trouble about that is that . |
| 7 | We 'll probably do things the old-fashioned way . ’ |
| 8 | So he 'll probably do locums for a while . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , you 're doing paper three and you do paper three , you do matrices , might even do determinants , it 's not that clear about somewhere before , of course you know that . |
| 10 | next thing I remember was being undressed and in bed with Debbie standing there with a boiled egg on a tray , saying mummy were so sorry you 'll never do Christmas again , you 've done it for us for forty years , we shall do it for you now . |
| 11 | You know she 'd rather do Chimneys or something tomorrow than London Zoo . |
| 12 | I do n't like football any more , I 'd rather do maths . |
| 13 | Even his fond parents do n't call him that when he rampages through the flat creating mayhem , and Joyce was recently heard to declare that she 'd rather do Rob 's tax returns than look after the baby . |
| 14 | ‘ But if you 'd rather do this- ’ |
| 15 | oh Rebecca , I can think of five million things I 'd rather do Rebecca says she likes ironing I certainly do n't |
| 16 | I had almost total recall when it came to gags , and innocently told the Con-Sec that as it was too late to engage a replacement comic , I 'd gladly do Dave Swan 's act for him , and went on to storm the audience . |
| 17 | But the fate of the American economy , and hence the world economy , was sealed by activism where activism could only do harm — in trade policy . |
| 18 | Erm it , again if you 'd only do things like jogging it will build up , if you 've got the right conditions , your heart y y your heart and lung ability , but in order to have this stamina that we 're talking about you 've got to have power . |
| 19 | he could still do work , I mean he could still |
| 20 | It may have been a stopping-place for drovers — but he could still do Dr Johnson the honour of making lemonade from fresh lemons . |
| 21 | United could also do England a favour by accepting another offer , this time from Egypt , for a match at Tannadice later in the season . |
| 22 | Professor Anthony Kay describes a case in which the council avoided investigating what many would have expected to be the central issue — was the accused doctor offering a treatment that could undoubtedly do harm but for which there was no scientific evidence of benefit ? |
| 23 | He 'd never do Mike 's job . |
| 24 | Well he 'd never do Mike 's job anyway but |
| 25 | He had a clean , bare style ; when writing he seemed to be able to slip the burden of his personality as he could never do face to face . |
| 26 | Tony Underwood also suggests that the crown of thorn starfish may even do good . |
| 27 | ‘ In an ideal world , I would just do research , teach … and rest . ’ |
| 28 | Which was the way he would always do things , she realised . |
| 29 | He would willingly do homage to whoever was selected . |
| 30 | Every time I wonder about going to join George and to use my TEFL qualification , I wonder how I would REALLY do teaching English to people , though I guess I have had quite a lot of ad hoc and ungrammatical ( ! ) experience with the various language students who have stayed here . |