Example sentences of "[modal v] do [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These things do n't really lose their snap and savour without smoking , but thinking that they might do can distract one from enjoying them properly . |
| 2 | And nothing I could do would stop it . ’ |
| 3 | And nothing I could do would hold them apart … |
| 4 | Nothing Mr Landor could do could touch her any longer — she could endure rages , witness violence and not flicker an eyelid . |
| 5 | On the other hand , can you see if coordination gets er deteriorates in any way you 're going to be cut off from an awful lot of things you now , you might have been marvellous at embroidery , it gave you a lot of satisfaction but if your co coordination starts to go then the quality of what you can do will satisfy you , will dissatisfy you , make you feel annoyed . |
| 6 | I mean that 's the sort of thing if the press decides that somebody 's not a good thing , then that person is not a good thing and almost nothing he or she can do can change it . |