Example sentences of "[that] we [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brownie Owl continued : ‘ I think Farmer Bolsover is mostly afraid that we might do damage to his crops by not keeping to the paths , or taking a fancy to the fruit in his orchard . ’ |
| 2 | So these are , these are summaries of example units that we might do which either exist already or might be made to exist quite |
| 3 | But we could n't make anybody do it , you know they 'd say , anyway that we 'll do it , there 's there 's next week they would n't catch you up some of them . |
| 4 | You can either do what we 've already done or you can base it on stuff that we 'll do in the future . |
| 5 | It would mean that British Gas would put a mileage rate on the transportation of gas so that regions such as Wales will suffer from higher gas prices , which will offset anything that we may do to achieve efficiency . |
| 6 | As so often with British policy , it is the right thing , but not enough of it — although Nigel Lawson promised in Washington that we would do more . |
| 7 | We had it organised so that when people contacted us in the first instance , we gave them a menu of mods that we would do , depending on what the customer wanted . |
| 8 | They were due to give a concert at the Odeon , Weston-super-Mare and it was planned that we would do our piece with the Stones on the roof . |
| 9 | If we had this up and running , the sort of thing that we would do is put together a package |
| 10 | But after the fire er Willy er requested you know that er the men should carry on working and , and we gave him our assurance that we would do our utmost you know , to keep the place er going . |
| 11 | I said er that we would do it this weekend . |
| 12 | That we shall do . |
| 13 | I have made it perfectly clear to the ferry owners in Rathlin that we shall do nothing without discussing it with them and the islanders ' development and community association . |
| 14 | With regard to the now unimportant four percent increase which then if you may made I 'm sure councillors deny it and if we are to believe the reason that we have to bring our rents to this level is because government policy so dictates that we shall do . |
| 15 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
| 16 | So again perhaps tied in our prices , it might be that we 've assumed that we 'd do more , perhaps than the other groups . |
| 17 | I know but he , we 've got it here early March and we said that we 'd do his paperwork for the the afternoon |
| 18 | A very last thought is that we must do everything possible to answer our own prayers . |
| 19 | This harsh reality means that we must do everything possible to limit our impact on the earth . |
| 20 | The important thing that we must do is look ahead 20 years to the time when those of us who are , I hope , still active in politics will be asked difficult questions . |
| 21 | Part of our case for the Radio News Network is that we must do better about telling our country about itself , not just in terms of law or education but also in terms of science , technology , medicine , the environment and an area where I personally have a great commitment — and that is coverage of business and our economy on which all our futures depend . |
| 22 | Erm I only want to say it is very important that we must do nothing to sort of prejudice the outcome of the consideration of the planning application environment cases sub committee , erm at a later erm stage . |
| 23 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 24 | So that I feel that one of the things that we must do is ensure that all people who are now training to be teachers , and those who already in the service , have got to be given more information about the condition so that they may be able to recognise it . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’ |
| 26 | Then we 'd again pace 100 yards , counting the paces and the time it took , so that we could do dead reckoning on our march in . |
| 27 | You know one of the things that we could do is to do another directory . |
| 28 | I then subsequently asked for an iris to be put into the Dalek so that we could do a close up of the eye irising in and out to get the effect of its eye focussing on you . |
| 29 | If this was the only causative factor , there would be little that we could do about it , but there is another side to the coin . |
| 30 | In either case there is , it seems , little that we could do except give examples . |