Example sentences of "i [vb mod] do [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
2 | ‘ I thought I ought to do something , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ but I could n't think what . |
3 | I ought to do something about it . ’ |
4 | ‘ But I have this feeling I ought to do something . |
5 | I ought to do something more . |
6 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
7 | Even though I 've got the option of not doing it , I do n't really feel I could not do it , because I feel I ought to do it . |
8 | JEWKES : He is my master and if he bids me do anything I can do I think I ought to do it and let him who has power to command me look to the lawfulness of it . |
9 | I must do them now and then it 's out of the way cos you and I want to see Emmerdale at seven . |
10 | This year has been the most difficult and disturbing of my 40-year reign , but it has brought home to me that I must do everything I can to continue to carry out that duty . |
11 | ‘ Still , he thought , I must do what I can to protect the lady , to whom I owe so much , and whom I have certainly , for better , for worse , released from sleep and silence . |
12 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
13 | I am not concerned in what the next man thinks and does , that is his business but I must do what my own conscience dictates . |
14 | I must do what your father wants . ’ |
15 | ‘ Great queen , ’ I answered , ‘ I must do what my master wants , but if I were free , I would want to spend my whole life obeying your orders . ’ |
16 | I must do what my heart tells me . ’ |
17 | And I began to feel it heavy upon me , that I must do her will . ’ |
18 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
19 | She thought , I must do something , I must see to myself . |
20 | ‘ I know , but I must do something more creative . |
21 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
22 | I 'm killing all these plants by taking my students to Land 's End , I must do something about it . |
23 | I 'm not keen but I must do something . " |
24 | I must do something . |
25 | ‘ I must do something , or I 'll go mad ! ’ |
26 | I think I must do something . |
27 | And I must do my best to keep my word while I still have the strength . |
28 | " Well , " said Death , with a mouth full of cookie , " I must do my job by noon . " |
29 | And I must do my cubs this weekend , both of them . |
30 | He said I must do his bidding , or he would reveal the falsehood and have me imprisoned for fraud . |