Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we look at the lists of saints ' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England , when we see how saints ' remains were moved from the outer fringes to the heart of the West Saxon and Mercian kingdoms where they could do more good ( for example , St Oswald from Tynemouth to Gloucester , St Judoc from Cornwall to Winchester ) , when we watch Otto I move the body of St Maurice ( the soldier saint ) in state from Burgundy to Magdeburg to fight on his eastern frontier , we witness the deployment of heavenly troops on earth as if there were not the slightest difference between the two spheres . |
| 2 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 3 | For example , there are two sum icons — a 2D sum that sums the cells to the left or above the cursor and can even fill in the row and column totals for a block ; and a 3D sum that consolidates data in the pages behind it — so you can do cookie-cutter sums on a whole range in one go . |
| 4 | James had asked him to come early so they could do some work on the autobiography before dinner . |
| 5 | He asked if I would do this play , and I agreed . ’ |
| 6 | Knitters now ask me if I can do these ballet cardigans with my eyes shut . |
| 7 | If I could do that sort of thing I would be writing books and making a fortune from them . |
| 8 | I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) . |
| 9 | I would n't mind doing that , if there was , if I could do secondary teaching . |
| 10 | Yeah well come on then cos I want to get to mum 's cos I 'll do that washing up when I come back sha n't I ? |
| 11 | Well , he 's doing it , last wee I would n't mind doing the Wednesday actually cos I can do that sort of you know , student discos , you know , so |
| 12 | The worst moment of all , he thought , had been at a quarter to nine that morning , when he had been roused from the bottom depths of heavy , dream-tangled sleep by the door bell , and when , having stumbled across the room , still not knowing where he was or what was happening , he had found Mrs. Mounce at the door , asking if she could do any shopping for them . |
| 13 | But if you can do that try and do that . |
| 14 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
| 15 | I wonder if they would do 6 Hunter . |
| 16 | For instance , I recall David Davis being asked by his class of adolescents if they could do some drama about prostitution . |
| 17 | One of the disability lobby 's persistent fears is that people will be pushed off the invalidity benefit into disability working allowance if they can do some work . |
| 18 | Briefly he wondered if it would do any good to tell the ship 's administrator that the presence of the newly appointed Admiral of the White on an ordinary survey mission was not an occurrence of special significance . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know if it will do any good , ’ she said as she looked at the medicine , ‘ but it might . |
| 20 | but a lot of those were tiddlers , that that that maybe it maybe it 's better to use experienced investigators , and and because they can do that work so much more quickly anyway , I I do n't know , I feel a bit uncomfortable with this one year contract . |
| 21 | Lord Salisbury , who had a poor opinion of Clarke 's abilities ( as had Halsbury ) , wrote in much perplexity to the Lord Chancellor but saying that the Rolls should be offered to Clarke ‘ on party grounds ’ because he would do less harm as a judge than as Attorney-General . |
| 22 | The man who told me about them is not afraid because he can do more harm to them than they can inflict on him . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps I 'll die from natural causes before I can do any mischief . |
| 24 | I need to know as soon as possible now whether we can do these surveys or not so I can fill the policies in . |
| 25 | ‘ We had to put metal grids down , with sand over the top before we could do any filming . |
| 26 | However , very often the frame looks rather tatty and in definite need of some loving care before it can do proper justice to your work . |
| 27 | Sponsored by Lucas Industries , he plans to become a practising electrical engineer , though he might do casual teaching , perhaps at evening classes . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't look as though he could do much running to me , ’ Billy butted in . |