Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] to do the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Ward , the Price Waterhouse partner on the Prudential audit and vice-chairman of the Institute 's Auditing Committee , says : ‘ The more efficient a company 's accounting function might be , the less time it should take to do the audit . ’ |
| 2 | I was surprised when , only three days after my seeing him , Émile telephoned Jean-Claude at the pavillon without my knowledge and proposed to him that , given his connection with la Sologne , he might like to do the music for a radio opera version of Le Grand Meaulnes . |
| 3 | You 'll have to do the talking to find out what he wants and lead him to make a purchase . |
| 4 | I want her back at Mass next Sunday , and if you ca n't persuade her , then this belt of mine 'll have to do the talking ! ’ |
| 5 | The child , now turning a smiling face towards Aggie , said , ‘ I 'll stand on the chair and that 'll take me half-way up , but you 'll have to do the rest , as I ca n't reach . |
| 6 | She 'll have to do the manual but if anyone could do the general |
| 7 | There may be more work as she gets older , she says : ‘ I 'd like to do the kind of roles Anjelica Huston can do . |
| 8 | And what I was going to be getting for myself at some stage cos I 'd like to do the rest of the curtains myself . |
| 9 | In principle he would like to do the movie , but you know how it is with agents . |
| 10 | I am often upset when people approach British Rail on the safety issue and ask how much it would cost to do the job properly . |
| 11 | We would hope to do the construction during the spring or early summer this year . |
| 12 | We would hope to do the construction during the summer this year , possibly using volunteers from an international work-camp as well as Spokes members . |
| 13 | If they travelled alone or in couples , it was of course dear William who met them , carried their luggage , bought their tickets , but once at the docks , they would have to do the rest of the trip alone . |
| 14 | In the meantime , since no amount of nagging would persuade Maxie to rake up the leaves or to allow her to employ a man to do it , she would have to do the job herself . |
| 15 | He realised then that he would have to do the job himself . |
| 16 | Though someone would have to do the job . |
| 17 | If he was to get anywhere , he told himself reluctantly , he would have to do the comforting . |
| 18 | And of course there was a thing we w a lot of the work in the mills was in or Selkirk and of course you went to the early train in the morning , there was a train from Galashiels to and it was full of workers going to the mills in and of course if you going er to work in a mill there , your , your foreman would come , you would draw the tools , at the , the night before you went to the job , you would take them there to the train in the morning , and meet the foreman and you would go to do the job and the same to Selkirk . |
| 19 | If the workers fail to perform , the supervisor will guarantee to do the job himself or assist the workers to do it . |
| 20 | If the children are very young , the adult — mother , grandpa , or whoever — will have to do the writing , too . |
| 21 | If the plant lifts , you have not firmed enough and will have to do the job again . |
| 22 | Always read the small print , and ask how long the company will take to do the work . |
| 23 | Meantime anyone wishing to help can offer to do the shopping , cleaning , washing and ironing — all the things that a bereaved person just can not be bothered with . |
| 24 | Somewhere where you , where you can go , where you can offer to do the washing up for that afternoon if you get bored |