Example sentences of "to do something that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Too busy to do something that might benefit your mother ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You ought to do something that 'll bring some proper money in , ’ she told him , ‘ and take that stuff out the back where I 'm not forever tripping over it . ’ |
| 3 | By reversing his previous stand and meeting the Dalai Lama , Mr Bush was perhaps taking the steam out of a growing congressional effort to do something that would injure a lot more than China 's pride : the cancelling of China 's most-favoured-nation ( MFN ) trading status . |
| 4 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 5 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
| 6 | Plan to do something that will take you out of the house and , perhaps , go for a long walk . |