Example sentences of "he [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We was in t'workhouse together and 'e 'll do as 'e 's told , which is more than a lot of 'usbands does . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If yer miss payin' 'e 'll do the same as 'e did wiv us . |
| 3 | Still , Mr Dysart went to see what 'e could do , while I went back to phone for the police . |
| 4 | Writing to him would do no good , she knew that before that idea could land . |
| 5 | It 's only him can do it like ! |
| 6 | I took that line , so the main , the main character goes skiing for the first time , ca n't do it , and is frustrated because everybody else around him can do it including his girlfriend which er adds insult to injury and there is in there of course , a very attractive dashing Austrian ski instructor ; that 's the catalyst really for the drama . |
| 7 | He stands up with the assistance of the therapist : he may do his trousers up while the therapist makes sure he remains properly aligned and upright , or the therapist may fasten the trousers while the patient concentrates on standing and balancing . |
| 8 | He may do the movements he has practised during physiotherapy sessions standing up , but supporting his whole trunk by leaning forwards over a cabinet or cupboard of suitable height . |
| 9 | When he 's trying to impress you or your family , he may do all sorts of things he would n't dream of doing after the wedding . |
| 10 | Its good reception encouraged Boyle to set pen to paper , publishing his results in June 1663 , at which time he observed , ‘ Nor is it only by dissection of various animals that the naturalist may promote the anatomist 's knowledge , but perhaps he may do it by devising ways to make the dead bodies of man and other animals keep longer than naturally they would do . ’ |
| 11 | What it says is Man deþ swá hé byþ þonne hé mót swá hé wile , ‘ Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes ’ , or more colloquially ‘ you show what you 're like when you can do what you like ’ . |
| 12 | ADRIAN ‘ FATAL Attraction ’ Lyne is considering a James Dearden-scripted remake of Nabokov 's pre-teen-temptress tragedy Lolita , previously filmed by Stanley Kubrick , Lyne 's recent Jacob 's Ladder suggesting he may do a decent job . |
| 13 | He will then envisage the designed chain of events between input and output and look for the hiatus , he may do this by rules , by a pictorial model or by a model involving some symbolism such as expected voltage levels . |
| 14 | He may do it by actually ‘ clobbering ’ somebody , but this would imply a rather drastic escalation of the conflict situation and happens too rarely for everyone in the aggro-leader role to prove themselves . |
| 15 | Following the hearing and site visit , the inspector will prepare a report for the minister , who will then decide whether to affirm the compulsory purchase order which he may do with or without variations , or whether to decline to make the order . |
| 16 | It will be seen that section 61(1) does not require the Secretary of State to release any person serving a sentence of imprisonment for life on licence , but imposes two conditions which must be satisfied before he may do so , namely , that the release must first be recommended by the Parole Board ( a body which was itself constituted by section 59 of the Act of 1967 ) and that the Secretary of State may not release on licence except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice of England together with the trial judge if available . |
| 17 | Boswell hit back : ‘ I am diverted with you , sir , ’ and Johnson laid him low : ‘ Doing such a thing makes one lose confidence in him who has done it , as one can not tell what he may do next . ’ |
| 18 | In a number of cases the jurisdictional facts will be expressed in terms of a subjective open textured discretion : the if X element will be ‘ if the Minister thinks fit , necessary , etc. , he may do … . ’ |
| 19 | That at his will he may do danger with . |
| 20 | He may do so , but he may decide not to do so . |
| 21 | The Parish Council have asked me to find out if he is entitled to do this and , if there are any planning or highway restraints on what he may do . |
| 22 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 23 | If he wants to get or to keep his employment , he has to sign the document which the employer puts before him and he may do so without fully appreciating what it may involve . |
| 24 | That as his will he may do danger with . ’ |
| 25 | Crown him that/And then I grant we put a sting in him/That at his will he may do danger with |
| 26 | Legal precedents have established that the Secretary of State 's duty under Section 3 of the Act is qualified by an understanding that he should do so ‘ within the resources available … ’ . |
| 27 | Everyone is telling Mr Honecker what he should do , the East and West Germans openly , the Soviets more subtly : ask yourselves why people are leaving and save your country through reform . |
| 28 | Meanwhile speculation is mounting in the West that hardliners are beginning to dictate what he should do , and he is no longer in full control . |
| 29 | ‘ The truth is that Patrick was partly terrified of Peter , who came up behind him and thought he knew better what he should do . |
| 30 | There had been no suggestion from the company 's bankers or major institutional shareholders to date that he should do so . |