Example sentences of "[vb past] i [modal v] do [pers pn] " 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 | 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 . |
3 | I believed I could do it . |
4 | ‘ I felt I could do it better with myself . |
5 | I still felt I could do it . |
6 | I thought I might do it like that . |
7 | I thought I would do it alone , but now I 've met you again I 've changed it a bit . ’ |
8 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
9 | Of course , Billy 's answer was ‘ certainly ’ , 'cos he obviously never thought I 'd do it . ’ |
10 | She said , ‘ I never thought I 'd do it . |
11 | 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 ! |
12 | So I thought I 'd do you a favour . |
13 | I thought I could do yours today , if you like . " |
14 | ‘ I thought I could do it as an outsider , as an Englishman coming in , ’ Schlesinger claimed . |
15 | Because it was no use to the farmer , there was no water to be seen there , and I thought I could do it with my own garden tools , and so once I 'd removed all the rough brambles and so on and discovered the periphery of the old pond |
16 | But she knew that in the last resort if he did I would do it , but he 's , he 's paid off now as soon as he 'd paid off he went on the dole again |
17 | But it proved I could do it . |
18 | Well I said I would do it and I 'll do it , I wo n't let them down , I 'll never let them down but |
19 | I said I 'll do it , OK ? |
20 | So she said I 'll do it on the computer and and I 'll let you know so we 're eighty pound behind well course we never sent one month at all ! |
21 | So she said I 'll do I 'll sort it out straight away for you well I had a phone call at |
22 | I said I can do it . |
23 | I said I 'd do it . ’ |
24 | I said I 'd do it , and I want to get some sputum samples for analysis to make sure he has n't got a chest infection . |