Example sentences of "[modal v] do it [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote to Rohde in 1868 , encouraging his friend to follow suit : " we must do it simply because we can not do anything else … [ but ] … for our part let us see to it that young philologists are brought up with the necessary scepticism , free from pedantry and the over-valuation of their profession , and behave as genuine promoters of humanistic studies . |
| 2 | You must do it tonight as they 're taking you away tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 4 | Do you think I should do it here or just put it |
| 5 | Then they 'll now go into a maths lesson let's go into this , they 're gon na perhaps do that eight times , then they 're gon na get a breather , then a few days time after that the form teacher 's saying right , let's do it again and summarise it , I think it 's too much ! |
| 6 | Okay let's do it again because er we 're . |
| 7 | I thought he might go , he might do it now and we go for coffee . |
| 8 | I 've always grown up with the idea if I do a job , I 'll , I 'll do it properly or else I wo n't bother , I wo n't tackle it all . |
| 9 | So that 's why we have n't , he wanted twenty , the home secretary wanted twenty up and running before Christmas , he did n't say which Christmas , but we presumed he meant last Christmas , and we said no , we 'll do it properly and get it started up right |
| 10 | If it 's something silly , that they have n't been trained for , but most jobs you can delegate and they 'll do it just as well as you . |
| 11 | I said give us screwdriver , I 'll do it here and now . |
| 12 | " I 'll do it again and leave you there unless you tell me where the seneschal is . " |
| 13 | That 's right I 'll do it again and I 'll have another go at it . |
| 14 | ‘ And I 'll do it again if you refuse to co-operate . ’ |
| 15 | I think they 'll do it slowly but not this slowly . |
| 16 | We 'll do it together if you 're free , and get Helen in as well so that she can learn what goes on . |
| 17 | I 'll do it now but if it |
| 18 | ‘ Eh , no , my friend , but you 'll do it now if you please I 'll hold . ’ |
| 19 | Well no I did it last week and one of the references I could n't remember the name of the woman , so I just put Mrs blank and I just left it so I thought I 'd do it again cos there were a couple of bits I did wrong and a bit dodgy , so I though save me writing it I 'll just do it all over again but it looks like I 'm not gon na be able to now because we 've brought out here for a piddling stupid fire drill ! |
| 20 | Things like that do n't really bug me that much but I 'd do it again and again until it was perfect . |
| 21 | In any case , I 'd do it even if I had a job . |
| 22 | And afterwards he said if I 'd do it now and again just to keep the others on their toes , he 'd make up my wages . ’ |
| 23 | The third one could do it physically and gets out far more . |
| 24 | I think we could do it now that we know something more about space . |
| 25 | You could do it roughly but we want this accurately . |
| 26 | None could do it better than you , and … ’ |
| 27 | At the start she would rehearse arranging them with the nun so that she would do it well when she got to the Hogans , but as the weeks went by she grew in confidence . |
| 28 | But I would do it rather than |
| 29 | If a manager had indifferent or poor leadership qualities his subordinates would still do their job , but they would do it ineffectually or perhaps in a confused manner . |
| 30 | He would do it everywhere and it drove me insane . |