Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athelstan promised he would do something to help her and left quietly , the cope still round his shoulders , Crim jumping up and down in front of him all the way back to the church . |
| 2 | Athelstan promised he would do what he could and hoped to see her and her family as soon as possible . |
| 3 | He discovered in the weeks and months that passed a real passion ; a task that was not only deeply therapeutic , but one that he also found he could do rather well . |
| 4 | At the time Mick Doyle was coach to a successful Leinster side and he believed he could do a better job than McBride . |
| 5 | He was a darling of the Press — it seemed he could do little wrong . |
| 6 | One farmer claimed he would do nothing to the buildings until his son had been confirmed in the tenancy . |
| 7 | Jed had made his selection ; three toys stood out on their own in the middle of the floor , these being the ones that he reckoned he could do without . |
| 8 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
| 9 | The other was to try Europe , which Nicholson decided he would do . |
| 10 | That 's because I did n't have time to sit and colour with him so he decided he 'd do it all blue himself did n't you ? |
| 11 | The son of the family went to California , learnt what made the Californians tick , and swore he could do as well , if not better , back in France . |
| 12 | He hinted he would do more than host formal functions and represent Israel on state visits : ‘ I hope I will be able , through the efficient work of the government , to play a role in developing the Middle East peace process . ’ |
| 13 | Ewan felt he could do nothing about this situation , and there was no use worrying about it . |
| 14 | If he said he would defend the pound , you knew he would do it or bust . |
| 15 | He knew he would do as Cohen had directed . |
| 16 | He knew he would do it all again , because as he looked across the manicured lawns , the buildings shrouded now in darkness but soon to be brilliant in the blazing sunlight , the scene embodied all his dreams . |
| 17 | He hesitated ; best not to tell Jared of what Havvie Blaine had been saying of her ; he was fearful that if his brother knew he would do Havvie a mortal injury — Best perhaps to warn Mary Tunstall privately . |
| 18 | Rachel sat there in the back of the Mercedes , unable to give him the stinging retort on her lips because she knew he would do what he promised , and she had a profound fear that the minute he made love to her fully the feelings she was desperately trying to suppress would keel over and completely overwhelm her , leaving her not just vulnerable but absolutely devastated by the reality of what they were . |
| 19 | It was astonishing that he knew he could do it . |
| 20 | Yet , despite the apparent damage that Phil Barlow thought he might do to himself , he did on the day the appointments were made , challenge several aspects of the interviews . |
| 21 | He thought he would do me a service by telling me that the Ice Princess who had caught my eye was right here , in Roma . ’ |
| 22 | Erm , we are today , going to do the Black Sheep of the Family , erm , because erm , erm , does n't feel that he he 's up to doing the one that he thought he would do this week . |
| 23 | The Shah seemed very pleased attitude was changing previously they had urged him to be a purely constitutional monarch ; now perhaps they wanted him to involve himself more in Iranian politics , He thought he must do that — otherwise there would be confusion and chaos . |
| 24 | I thought he must do . |
| 25 | She must be mad if she thought he 'd do that , go anywhere near Barry . |
| 26 | So he , he thought he 'd do an experiment , er he took a small piece of radium which he 'd extracted from several tons of pitchblende and he put this bit of radium on his forearm and , and put a bandage round to hold it in place and left it there for a week and said right I 'll see what happens . |
| 27 | The general thought he could do better , and for a time considered launching his own party . |
| 28 | I thought he could do anything . |
| 29 | He thought he could do it . |
| 30 | And he thought he could do without the high-interest assistance of French or Swiss bankers . |