Example sentences of "[modal v] do [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Leonard is not of that cloth ; his nature is obsessive ; what he does , he must do with abandon ; he has to work in total conviction , and dedication . |
| 2 | So England must do without Gazza in the vital World Cup qualifying match at Wembley on October 14 , and also against Turkey on November 18 . |
| 3 | It is not enough for one party or the other to tell us what his mind is , that he must do in person . |
| 4 | A good illustration of this principle is provided by the rules concerning ‘ statutory default powers ’ , that is , powers of ministers of central government to give directions to an authority which fails to perform some statutory duty ( or , sometimes , a statutory power ) as to what it must do in pursuance of its duty ( or in exercise of its power ) . |
| 5 | We agree or disagree before we form any concrete opinions about which institutions or officials must act and what they must do in consequence of whatever rights we declare people have . |
| 6 | Yeah , she phoned me up to ask me what she should do about Beryl . |
| 7 | What do you mean what she should do about Beryl ? |
| 8 | I am wondering actually what I should do about Helen . |
| 9 | Once she said : ‘ I do n't know what I should do without Kensington Gardens . ’ |
| 10 | She paused , then added thoughtfully , ‘ What we should do without antibiotics I ca n't imagine . |
| 11 | What an anniversary should do for Mozart |
| 12 | It was very well presented and that whilst Billy Connolly freely admitted he was not in fact a culture vulture , it was his enthusiasm that in a sense having his own that make the programme apparently a complete and utter joy and in a sense that 's what sponsorship should do , it should do for art , music , ballet and opera what Cousteau and Bellamy have done for the environment and Attenborough |
| 13 | SIR — In your leading article ‘ What Brussels should do for research ’ ( see Nature 362 , 93 ; 1993 ) you emphasized the need to increase the quality , quantity and participation in science research in countries such as Ireland . |
| 14 | On Thursday , a correct point of order was raised with Mr. Deputy Speaker about what one should do with matters arising from the first report of the Select Committee on Health . |
| 15 | This is a figure included to ensure that all three methods yield identical results which , of course , they should do in principle , but which they invariably fail to do in practice because of errors and omissions which arise through imperfect data collection . |
| 16 | Paul means that workers should do in practice what the employer requires . |
| 17 | I 've been doing more thinking about what we should do in future . |
| 18 | Within democratic societies like our own there is much more that librarians can do and should do against censorship . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If so , have they costed them , or is it something else that they say that they may do in future if economic growth comes their way ? |
| 22 | ‘ Neither of the pair of them looks a likely case , ’ said the earl consideringly , ‘ to crush another man 's head with a stone , though there 's no saying what any man may do in extremes . |
| 23 | What does not fall into established categories from one angle may do from others ; anomalies are always situational and relative , never , or very rarely , absolute . |
| 24 | No attempt will be made to separate out what accounting methods might do for pre-investment as distinct from post-investment . |
| 25 | He was saying that the gods had so far been unkind , that they might turn kind , but that what the gods did for him was secondary to what they might do for Niki , a remark that turned out to be prophetic . |
| 26 | It also explains why Mr Morita hastily withdrew his chapters of the book , for fear of the damage it might do to Sony 's sales . |
| 27 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 28 | And I am more worried about what he thinks of me than of what he might do to Havvie . ’ |
| 29 | There would be an orgy of spending with no restraint , regardless of the damage that it might do to ratepayers , community charge payers or whatever they may be called . |
| 30 | ‘ And what exactly do you think I might do to Kirsty if you were rash enough to leave her alone with me ? ’ |