Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] do a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is something I should 'ave done a very long time ago . |
| 2 | I had been employed at Jersey House for about two and a half years when I was approached to see if I might like to do a little cleaning work to earn some overtime . |
| 3 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 4 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll have to do a fall , ’ Arthur muttered . |
| 6 | I 'll have to do a pregnancy test , but until we get the result , I think it safer to keep you in bed . ’ |
| 7 | O.K. I 'll try do a version , but it does effect on Q P 5 an Q P6 you see as well coughing . |
| 8 | I knew so many rotters before him , I could have done a degree in them . |
| 9 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 10 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 11 | I could have done a little the papers let them off of the hook for years ! |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd love to do a real bimbo role , but I do n't look like one , ’ she explains . |
| 13 | I probably spent about $100,000 on trying to get documents out through the act , and I 'd hate to do a value for money survey on what I got . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd have done I 'd have done a quick , a little man carrying a bag with dollars |
| 15 | That 's why I would like to do a group assessment erm but yes long term |
| 16 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 17 | I do n't know what possessed me to do so but I started twitching the squid like I would have done a deadbait piking when suddenly the rod thumped over ! |
| 18 | I would have done a car with somebody holding it |
| 19 | I shall try to do a little of both . |