Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [modal v] do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
2 | In the meantime Margery has exposed her ability to think and indeed picture herself in the vulgar , crude terms of the fabliau world : ( " That shall never be that I shall do such falsity in bed or on the floor . " ) |
3 | She can try them on then , so that I can do any alterations that are necessary . |
4 | ‘ The men think that I can do disappearing tricks , too ! ’ thinks Carl . |
5 | I would imagine that nobody can do that gig without the inevitable EC comparison … |
6 | That she will do odd jobs which lead to nothing . |
7 | When offered a post in the Labour government of 1964 she refused , saying that she could do more fighting for the government in Liverpool . |
8 | The majority of the feedback you 're going to get to help you find your advocacy skills will be after the supervised litigation that you 'll do next week . |
9 | That you could do those things with boys and then write about them … . |
10 | Folly felt suddenly and painfully aware of the fact that the only qualification she had to run a shop was an unfinished college course and a healthy belief that you could do most things if you tried . |
11 | ‘ What he actually says is a very proper reminder that you can do more good with wealth in the nation , in the community and in the family , but wealth for its own sake is not a good thing . ’ |
12 | It is entirely possible that you will do extraordinary well in 1993 , especially by following an unorthodox route — intuitive hunches could also pay off . |
13 | Then we 'd again pace 100 yards , counting the paces and the time it took , so that we could do dead reckoning on our march in . |
14 | There 's no question that the high heels and blusher go on if there 's the slightest chance that they 'll do any good . |
15 | That somehow their seconds should be made longer , so that they could do more work in a day . |
16 | ‘ But to go out on a limb and take any bunch of morons , just those that happened to be around when he met Plumpton , and propose that they should do this thing — that 's really sticking your neck out . |
17 | ‘ Slide ’ opens the set , all big chords and yeah , slide guitar ; ‘ Smile ’ , with a dangerously narcotic and very BIG bassline that takes control over your entire body , is brain-bruisingly splendid , as is ‘ Hey Sister ’ , the song that proves that they can do fast ones , they can do slow ones and they can then do ones with car-alarm noises in the middle . |
18 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
19 | ‘ I do n't see that it would do any harm , ’ said the Direktor glumly . |
20 | Not that it 'll do any good . ’ |
21 | If multimedia has a future , it has nothing to do with the fact that it can do clever things . |
22 | ‘ He could start back after Christmas but that would be too late for Cheltenham and there is always the risk that he could do more damage which would set him back for next season . ’ |