Example sentences of "[modal v] say or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your colleagues are there for the same reason as you , no matter what they might say or do . |
| 2 | She glanced at Luke apprehensively , knowing that he was mature enough to control his dislike of Florian — but probably only as long as Florian refrained from being provocative ; if he did n't , and one never knew with Florian , Luke might say or do anything . |
| 3 | You might say or do something you 'll regret or feel foolish about in times to come . |
| 4 | What other men might say or think was nothing to him ; his detachment would carry him far above earthly matters . |
| 5 | There was nothing Wilson could say or do . |
| 6 | There was nothing Penny could say or do to convince the angry farmer that she was n't an apple-thief . |
| 7 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |
| 8 | A foolish girl , in spite of all I could say or do , would come after me , or rather |
| 9 | The Pentagon would have been furious at losing an agent as well as a major mission , but there was little or nothing it could say or do to put things right without acknowledging that Coleman was an agent and thereby admitting that , for the better part of two years , the DIA had been spying , not on the country 's official enemies , but on other agencies of the United States government . |
| 10 | There was nothing more she could say or do to prove that what she had told him was the truth . |
| 11 | He was seducing her already , pulling her close , and there was nothing she could say or do to still the instant leaping hunger he incited . |
| 12 | Leith knew he was bleeding a little inside , but she also knew there was n't a thing she could say or do to help . |
| 13 | She 'd inwardly fumed when he told her drug users were habitual liars , that they 'd say or do anything to get what they wanted . |
| 14 | Heaven only knew what her cousin would say or do . |
| 15 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 16 | I do n't know what the landlord will say or do when 'e finds out , ’ she wailed . |
| 17 | ‘ They will say or do anything to hold onto it . ’ |
| 18 | For example , an elder may say or write ‘ I was upset when my wife died , and could n't get on with doing for myself . |
| 19 | There 's nothing that we can say or do here to add the distinction , to add distinction er to what was done here forty years ago . |