Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 2 | My next-door neighbour agreed to take her , but I promised I 'd do my best to get back in time so that I could take her myself . ’ |
| 3 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 4 | Anna found she could do it quite well , but Corrie had no aptitude at all , though when it came to learning Foundling hymns she excelled . |
| 5 | Fiona Ray , who has Down 's Syndrome , was sure she could win the tough Duke of Edinburgh 's Gold Award , but experts doubted she 'd do it . |
| 6 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 7 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |
| 8 | Athelstan promised he would do what he could and hoped to see her and her family as soon as possible . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I believed I could do it . |
| 11 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 12 | When the time came she would do what she could to help . |
| 13 | ‘ I assumed you 'd do something of the sort . |
| 14 | Once a retreat had been forced from one dump site , people believed they could do it again , and did . |
| 15 | He was looking at her intently , as if he expected she might do something surprising , like flying up the chimney . |
| 16 | But Eva ignored all such eyes : this was where she reckoned she could do something . |
| 17 | For what happened she can do it because , so okay , let's hope it 's going to be nice . |
| 18 | One farmer claimed he would do nothing to the buildings until his son had been confirmed in the tenancy . |
| 19 | ‘ I never had much time for him when he was young , but I never guessed he 'd do anything as rotten as this ! ’ |
| 20 | As you were quick enough to remind me , we swore we would do anything to bring the killer to justice . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | They were the only ones who realized they could do it because God was with them . |
| 23 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
| 24 | I still felt I could do it . |
| 25 | I thought I might do it like that . |
| 26 | I thought I would do it alone , but now I 've met you again I 've changed it a bit . ’ |
| 27 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
| 28 | Well I thought I 'd do something with it |
| 29 | Of course , Billy 's answer was ‘ certainly ’ , 'cos he obviously never thought I 'd do it . ’ |
| 30 | She said , ‘ I never thought I 'd do it . |