Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] do [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 In the early 1960s Dr Beeching , the chairman of the railways , had cut out some of the most unprofitable rail lines and the fear was that I would do the same .
2 I thought that I could do the same in sprinting .
3 I day-dreamed that I could do the same and we would sit together unashamed in the afternoon sun .
4 ‘ She told me she always put the most beautiful girls next to Bernard when setting the table for a party , and that I should do the same , because you want to give the best to the man you love . ’
5 Being able to tile or overlap windows within applications is a nice convenience but have you ever wished that you could do the same thing with separate applications on the desktop ?
6 Explain the problem if you must as a difference in approach to the job ; if you denigrate a previous boss the interviewer will assume that you will do the same thing next time around .
7 I said to Ruth that we should do the same .
8 I say that we should do the same , if need be . ’
9 So I think we may have to take this as part of the council meeting when we get a report back , cos obviously , there 's a degree of urgency in whatever we do about this , but I can suggest that we can do no more than report back to the next council meeting that we 've discussed this , and that it is in solicitor 's hands .
10 It is surprising how often we forget that we can do the same with video .
11 It may not have occurred to them that they could do the same when viewing video by themselves .
12 This meant that country could keep on running during the war , and , proving that they could do the same jobs as men , women gave themselves an enormous boost in the push for votes .
13 I do hope Mr Chairman that those members who oppose fox hunting will feel that they should do the same .
14 These voters often determine the outcome of statewide elections , and Texas politicos predict that they will do the same this time ; if not in the primary ( where the winner must get more than 50% of the vote , which is unlikely ) , then in the run-off in June .
15 He did not hide and he said that he would do the same again .
16 First , through the City with a policeman holding up the traffic with an impassive countenance which implied that he would do the same for the Seventh Day Adventists , the Anti-Vivisection Society or the Paddington Communist Party .
17 I have tried to persuade our excitable friend that he should do the same . ’
18 They say here that he will do no more of these questionless immobile heads as his designs begin to set the immobile against the mobile .
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