Example sentences of "that he [vb mod] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could no longer feel her feet , but , glancing down at them , not too obviously for fear Richard should feel that he ought to do something about them , she saw that both of them were now bleeding . |
| 2 | Theyadd that he 'll do anything to evade capture . |
| 3 | And he said that I had perceived correctly , that he might do nothing without my goodwill which he would strive to gain , if I would allow it . |
| 4 | The suggestion that he might do something positive , however , came completely from the blue . |
| 5 | He thought that he might do you harm if he allowed it to show . ’ |
| 6 | Generally he seems to have dealt with those who came to him with requests by saying that he would do something for them , and then repeating this promise whenever he had to , postponing action for as long as possible . |
| 7 | ‘ Afraid that he would do something … well , something like he did do last week . ’ |
| 8 | How the House will have valued yet another statement from the hon. Member for Dagenham , this one to the effect that he would do something only in extremis . |
| 9 | My objection to his high heels was that he would do himself a mischief if he had to bale out ! |
| 10 | Apparently Alfonso came to visit Richard and agreed to stand surety for his friend 's behaviour , guaranteeing that he would do nothing against the will of the Duke of Aquitaine or his father . |
| 11 | Asquith then made it clear that he would do nothing to assist the Conservatives . |
| 12 | Mr O'Neill , 40 , dealt carefully with each inquiry , gently assuring his interrogators that he would do his best . |
| 13 | When Rodrigo heard this it pleased him well , and he said to the King that he would do his bidding in this , and in all other things which he might command ; and the King thanked him much . |
| 14 | But a spokesman for Fabius last week said that he would do his best to make sure that Mitterrand 's target of 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product to be spent on research by 1985 will be met . |
| 15 | Duncan had taken Leeming 's hand , promised him that he would do his utmost to find the family and deliver them safe from harm . |
| 16 | Candy refused and the Italian had wandered off muttering that he would do it alone . |
| 17 | Actually he simply likes to live a normal life and keeps himself to himself , but in the end he decided that he would do it . |
| 18 | She 'd long dreamed of being desired by a man whose need was so overwhelming that he would do anything to be with her . |
| 19 | I mean no disrespect to the hon. Member for South Shields ( Dr. Clark ) , but , apart from his whinge against my right hon. Friend 's personal qualities , I did not detect that he would do anything fundamentally different were he in my right hon. Friend 's shoes . |
| 20 | Trent knew that he should do something . |
| 21 | Sean 's dad did not even leave his seat because he was unprepared to do anything about this problem , but he knew that he should do something about it . |
| 22 | Louis-Napoleon was now convinced that he must do something to remind Frenchmen of the existence of the Bonapartes . |
| 23 | He feels that he must do something about it . |
| 24 | Will my hon. Friend agree to tell the chairman of British Rail that he must do everything that he possibly can to improve the standard of service on that line for my constituents before 1995 ? |
| 25 | I 'm quite sure that it was a sort of catalyst for him , to prove that he could do something like that . ’ |
| 26 | So vehement sometimes was this resentment that he could do nothing but believe it . |
| 27 | The fact that he could do nothing about it made Burun 's enjoyment of the situation all the sweeter . |
| 28 | Now that he could do nothing , he felt afraid . |
| 29 | Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence . |
| 30 | I had said , in revulsion at the intimacy his words implied , that he could do what he liked , I did n't care ; and he had taken this as evidence of a previously unsuspected sophistication in me . |