Example sentences of "[vb base] i [modal v] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I would do you er have ? |
| 2 | That 's the point , I mean I could do it . |
| 3 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 4 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 5 | Yeah say I can do it Wednesday nights , apart from that , you know it 's too bad sort of thing ! |
| 6 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I just hope I can do her justice . |
| 8 | Then I panic and think ‘ Eeh , I hope I can do it . ’ |
| 9 | Look I can do it . |
| 10 | N no , well see what happened to me , I mean this person came and she said er , Er if you like I 'll do it for you . |
| 11 | you never know I 'd do it any way |
| 12 | This time I know I can do it ! |
| 13 | It will be a bitter struggle against myself but I know I can do it . |
| 14 | ‘ You know I can do it , Franklin . |
| 15 | I know I can do it again . |
| 16 | Now I know I could do it by getting a little deeper into things but can anyone think of a pure MS-DOS way of doing it ? |
| 17 | I know I could do it |
| 18 | ‘ I might do the tennis stuff for three or four years and decide I can do it sleepwalking and turn to something I really care about and like to pursue , which is politics . ’ |
| 19 | But that if he wo n't sit there very often Marg , then I suppose I 'd do anything . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose I could do it , ’ says Mr Neasom . |
| 21 | But then again , I suppose I could do it without the though . |
| 22 | And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But I still believe I can do it here . |
| 24 | ‘ If that ole watchman gives us any bovver I 'll do 'im meself . |
| 25 | I find I can do it much easier if I 've got one eye on the television . |
| 26 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 27 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
| 28 | Erm I I reckon I reckon I could do it in an hour . |
| 29 | I guess I 'll do it . |
| 30 | ‘ Because here I feel I can do anything at all . |