Example sentences of "[modal v] do it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , must be used to the must do it sometime |
| 2 | He wrote to Rohde in 1868 , encouraging his friend to follow suit : " we must do it simply because we can not do anything else … [ but ] … for our part let us see to it that young philologists are brought up with the necessary scepticism , free from pedantry and the over-valuation of their profession , and behave as genuine promoters of humanistic studies . |
| 3 | You must do it tonight as they 're taking you away tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We must do it again some time . ’ |
| 5 | We must do it again some time ’ . |
| 6 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 7 | I must do it now . |
| 8 | She must do it now , though she was rushing to get ready for another appointment — this time with one of the estate agents in town who had rung to tell her he had an attic to let for what sounded like a very reasonable rent . |
| 9 | ‘ Sir John , we must do it now ! ’ |
| 10 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 11 | When our children grow up , we no longer make the decisions for them , but accept the decisions they make for themselves and their own families , and we must do it as constructively and cheerfully as we can . |
| 12 | But it 's a duster you take to it , not one of the latest hydraulic drills , and even as you dust , you must do it lovingly . |
| 13 | Last time he did well and with the odd jog that he does for training , he should do it again . |
| 14 | Do you think I should do it here or just put it |
| 15 | You should do it more often. ! ’ |
| 16 | You should do it more often . ’ |
| 17 | A suitable satellite in high orbit should do it nicely . |
| 18 | Bishop Brewer expressed the feelings of all present with a ‘ one-liner ’ worthy of Bill Clinton : ‘ Marvellous , let's do it again ! ’ |
| 19 | Then they 'll now go into a maths lesson let's go into this , they 're gon na perhaps do that eight times , then they 're gon na get a breather , then a few days time after that the form teacher 's saying right , let's do it again and summarise it , I think it 's too much ! |
| 20 | Barkeep , let's do it again . |
| 21 | out rechecking with Malcolm in cahoots to say , well show me where you counted these and let's do it again . |
| 22 | ‘ Let's do it again , ’ she said . |
| 23 | Er , let's , let's , let's do it again |
| 24 | Okay let's do it again because er we 're . |
| 25 | kitchen cupboard let's do it properly . |
| 26 | Always been the same , so if we 're gon na do this , let's do it right , let's have it through the week . |
| 27 | Do n't let's do it here in this house with your mother and father watching and perhaps listening … . ’ |
| 28 | I know what , let's do it now . |
| 29 | Let's do it now . ’ |
| 30 | Darling , sweet Constanza , let's do it , let's do it now , we are going to have a jolly life you and I , let's cock a snook at the world and the mess it 's in . ’ |