Example sentences of "we [modal v] do " in BNC.
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1 | We may do it badly , but the beauty is that we do it at all . |
2 | ‘ We may do the odd Christmas special , but as far as series go , this is it , ’ says Harry , who does n't believe in letting new ideas develop into a formula . |
3 | But one thing we share , wherever we may be , whatever we may do : we are all , men , women and children , patriots of this great land … ’ |
4 | The large government service organisation consulted accepted that although it had not needed to recruit a team yet , ‘ we may do ’ . |
5 | For example , we may do great things while they are in care , achieving personal growth and forming relationships , but this is vitiated as adolescents face , at the age of 18 , the constraints of joblessness , social isolation and poor accommodation . |
6 | Regardless of who we are or what we may do in life all of us have an upper limit to the stress that our bodies can take . |
7 | Other societies have adopted , or are adopting , different behaviour and values ; we may do the same . |
8 | It would mean that British Gas would put a mileage rate on the transportation of gas so that regions such as Wales will suffer from higher gas prices , which will offset anything that we may do to achieve efficiency . |
9 | As you may be aware , elements of the corporate financial services work we may do for you are regulated under the Financial Services Act ( ‘ FSA ’ ) by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( ‘ ICAEW ’ ) as investment business ( ‘ regulated work ’ ) . |
10 | ‘ I think we should do it . ’ |
11 | ‘ We should do some work , ’ said Lucy . |
12 | Perhaps we should do a little bit of matchmaking , ’ she suggested . |
13 | ‘ What do you think we should do with him , Piper ? ’ asked the Corporal . |
14 | If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built . |
15 | I believed we should do just that . |
16 | In England there has been a proposal that we should do away with all these distinctions , leaving a single offence of criminal homicide . |
17 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
18 | Such horses are hopeless at dressage , because they always decide what we should do before we ask them . |
19 | The man who organized the aircraft to get 1,000 TOWs to Israel in February 1986 ( and 500 TOWs from there to Tehran ) thought that ‘ if the government wanted to establish relations and there were modernists , we should do what we could to assist . ’ |
20 | Whatever the justice of this prejudice , it is important in the present economic climate that we should do our utmost to dispel it . |
21 | I said to Ruth that we should do the same . |
22 | Conclusion : this is what I feel we should do about it |
23 | We must move the debate about animals from how much harm we should inflict to the more fundamental issue of how much good we should do . |
24 | When we are in the material world doing work or playing , we should do them with enthusiasm and be wholly committed to them . |
25 | PROFESSOR GEORGE Teeling-Smith has provided the nation with a grim warning , and one we should do well to heed before we are all poisoned to death . |
26 | For the sake of British science , we should do the same . |
27 | It is my opinion that we should do our own small bit to avoid our planet 's destruction . |
28 | I think we should do all we can to support him . |
29 | Even young people have ideas and can make up their own minds , and he did n't want to tell us what he thought we should do because it was our lives and he realised that . ’ |
30 | I did the album at my house because , that way , they would come in and say , ‘ Oh , I think we should do this , this , this and this , ’ and I would say , ‘ Hey , great idea ! ’ |