Example sentences of "[modal v] only do [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll only do pastorals , gentle love stories , boy-and-his-dog stuff . ’ |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | The one in town 's got a big sign up in the window now saying as from the 1st April , we will only do methadone prescriptions in between two and five o'clock in the afternoon , right . |
5 | The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ? |
6 | Local people interviewed on the film spoke of the emptiness of atheism and even those who remain atheists acknowledged that the spreading of the gospel , now allowed in the country , will only do good . |
7 | yes , so , so , that you can only do education part time . |
8 | These amount , as we saw , to the belief that many social phenomena are to be explained as the outcome of actions performed by individuals or groups , and the view that groups can only do things if individuals do . |
9 | You can only do claims to five thousand pound ca n't you ? |
10 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
11 | The idea that Christianity can only do justice to its beliefs by means of apparent contradictions ( the notion of ‘ paradox ’ ) owes more to Pascal than to any other religious thinker . |
12 | In any case it costs nothing to hear it on FM radio these days , and it can only do orchestras good . |
13 | ‘ You can only do business in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling by being in Aberdeen , Inverness and Stirling , ’ says Mitchell . |