Example sentences of "i [vb mod] do [indef pn] " 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She thought , I must do something , I must see to myself . |
| 10 | ‘ I know , but I must do something more creative . |
| 11 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 12 | I 'm killing all these plants by taking my students to Land 's End , I must do something about it . |
| 13 | I 'm not keen but I must do something . " |
| 14 | I must do something . |
| 15 | ‘ I must do something , or I 'll go mad ! ’ |
| 16 | I think I must do something . |
| 17 | Besides , I did n't see why I should do everything myself , and said as much to Mala , tersely . |
| 18 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 19 | I think I should do something , take some kind of male initiative in what 's happening . |
| 20 | Q Please cold you tell if I should do anything else other than wash earthworms before feeding them to my fish ? |
| 21 | But he urged on me that it was the Prime Minister 's particular wish that I should do anything I could to prevent its publication . |
| 22 | But my grandmother had told me that if ever I was trapped , no matter what , I should do anything to stay alive . |
| 23 | Wales has the first claim on me , and there 's grave enough danger threatening Wales now ; God forbid I should do anything to add to it . |
| 24 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 25 | Well I 'll do one and mummy does the other one . |
| 26 | I 'll do everything in my power to get you out . |
| 27 | I promise I 'll do everything I can to help the rest of you — ‘ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll do everything I can , ’ she said , freeing herself . |
| 29 | ‘ Old friend , ’ he said , ‘ I 'll do everything possible . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll do everything you say . ’ |