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 .
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