Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb mod] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 3 | ‘ And what exactly do you think I might do to Kirsty if you were rash enough to leave her alone with me ? ’ |
| 4 | I , I have occasionally th just of sort of had a feeling I think I 'll do a hard boot this time . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think I 'll do any more flying today , ’ Finlayson said . |
| 6 | give them some wellie but I do n't think I 'll do that , erm |
| 7 | ‘ How could you think I would do that ? |
| 8 | Oh well you had to notif take doctor 's note in you see , oh yes er doctor 's note and erm we were allowed , but erm fortunately I did n't have to have much time off , I 've been really fortunate that way , but erm I do n't think I would do anything that 's different to what I have done because it 's hard to prepare me for how I am now that 's how I look at things , and er the trouble I had with my husband it 's helped me to prepare myself for doing the garden , I 'd done the front garden when the gardeners came this morning . |
| 9 | ‘ Course I will — what d' you think I 'd do with them , flush them down the loo ? ’ |
| 10 | You do n't think I 'd do anything to a patient I would n't have done to myself ? ’ |
| 11 | What did you think I 'd do , lie down and die ? |
| 12 | Do you really think I 'd do that — take money from you for doing one thing , and at the same time take money from someone else to do the opposite ? ’ |
| 13 | Oh I was n't a very convincing Prince Charming though , do n't think I 'd do it again . |
| 14 | What do you think I can do for you ? ’ |
| 15 | I do n't think I can do it myself . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him . |
| 17 | Why do I think I can do the job better than the other applicants ? |
| 18 | But then they came back and said it was changed to ‘ Everything We Do Is Driven By You ’ and my initial thought was ‘ Yuk , I do n't think I can do anything with that either , ’ because it just sounded like motor cars and I 'm not interested in singing songs about motor cars . |
| 19 | The woman said , more to herself than to him , ‘ How many things do you think I can do at once . |
| 20 | If they have n't dug anything out , what do you think I can do by myself in these few hours ? ’ |
| 21 | It will not fight by raising its wings and clashing its talons and making noise ; but quietly , cleverly , making you see the Men as friends , making you fear the wide world outside , so that when opportunity comes you will not take it as you should but hide behind excuses like ‘ The time is n't right yet ’ or ‘ I do n't think I can do that ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think I can do that , Cameron . ’ |
| 23 | What do you think I can do ? |
| 24 | I do not think I can do any more . |
| 25 | " I tell you what — I do n't think I can do any more by seeing him at the moment , but I think you should cut out his meat completely for a week or two . |
| 26 | ‘ About Mrs Brocklebank , I do n't think I can do much there . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it . |
| 28 | ‘ But do you think I can do that ? ’ |
| 29 | A lot of the operations now I do I think I can do better that I 'm now seeing detail that I never saw before with the naked eye . |
| 30 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |