Example sentences of "[subord] they [modal v] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Samuel Montagu had said the purpose of the Crown Suppliers was to provide for departments more efficiently than they could do it for themselves or from any other source . |
| 2 | First time in a year she has n't waited for Jo so they can do their shopping together . |
| 3 | If they 'll do it , then we 're in business . ’ |
| 4 | Nicholas said , ‘ I did n't know if they would do it . ’ |
| 5 | If they would do it or something ? |
| 6 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 7 | If they could do it — why should n't she ? |
| 8 | ( We 'd learned in science about Galvin and his electrically operated frogs ' legs ; if they could do it , why not relics ? ) |
| 9 | and if they could do it time |
| 10 | The excitement of a side from the Second Division being next in line to see if they can do what the likes of Leeds United and Marseille could not , and defeat Rangers in cup competition this season , was put to the back of the manager 's mind last night . |
| 11 | And see , you know , if they can do something about that , maybe it 'd be right time . |
| 12 | If they can do it — so too can Northern Ireland ! |
| 13 | If they can do it , surely we can . |
| 14 | And if they can do it , so can you . |
| 15 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? ’ |
| 16 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? |
| 17 | You know that if they can do it for you , they will , and you know that when they 're on screen , they 'll do their damnedest to make it all work . |
| 18 | Well it is quite true that if you come to eat before you see a film you have to ask if they can do it in time . |
| 19 | And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning , |
| 20 | Yeah you wan na see if they can do it or not you can tell if somebody , if you give somebody something to do body language you can normally |
| 21 | No , I was just going to say that if , if you try it once , you know , you know if they can do it , they 'll be . |
| 22 | And if they can do it this afternoon or tomorrow morning , |
| 23 | After this Boston tea party it will be a wonder if they can do anything else . |
| 24 | Dammit , woman , if they 'd do something like this then there 's no knowing what they 'll do next ! ’ |
| 25 | Is he aware that among women serving life sentences in Bullwood Hall women 's prison for murdering their husbands there are several whose lack of command of English meant that they were not aware that there was anywhere that they could run to , that some women who had tried to run away from extreme brutality were dragged back by their families , and that some were terrified of leaving their children with a brutal partner , and that therefore they had to wait until they could do something about it and were driven to commit murder ? |
| 26 | no because they 'll do what they , they 've always done there send their military in and they 'll they 'll say you are n't having this , you are n't doing that , I mean obviously Gorbachev 's I mean this stage , he 'd just send the tanks in by now , he plagued Yugoslavia crushed |
| 27 | on my left said earlier , and wo wo women have a tendency to say yes to everything that they can do , just because they can do it , and they know they can but they tend to heap up far too many obligations , and that causes many carers |
| 28 | Drivers themselves can not take the initiative since they can do nothing to relieve towns and cities of the extraordinarily wasteful and environmentally distasteful conditions which both they and the general public have to tolerate every day . |
| 29 | So just work out with your building society whether they 'll do it cheaply . |
| 30 | If it 's a works van tipping rubbish , they 'll charge them more , but you 'll have to pay , I do n't know whether they 'll do it by the load or by the bin bag or , what , you 'll have to pay to dump your rubbish . |