Example sentences of "[modal v] do at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The rest of the sack matched up to the quality of manufacture and finish of the back system — as it should do at the price .
2 It 's analysis of the egos as , as we 've been seeing , in analysis was really all , all it could do at the beginning , after the First World War , shall we say .
3 It was a move from a concern with the intrinsic character of the student 's experience to an interest in what the student knew and could do at the end of the course .
4 We could do at the end of the lesson .
5 ‘ There was n't a thing he could do at the time , but he 's got his eye on them . ’
6 That was the best , at least I understand that was the best the Secretary of State could do at the time .
7 Mm No that 's er making me jolly cross , not like myself I do n't do anything like , not as much as I used to do at the hall , I mean I used to do a lot as you know , but I , I know how much you have done , but nobody else knows
8 what we used to do at the gym ?
9 of music and what they would do at the weekend
10 So I usually leave a er sheet of paper on the table and if you 're , if you 're interested in getting a free brochure what I shall do at the end of the course is to send this off er together with one of the cards that they let me have and er in due time you 'll get a free Saga magazine .
11 Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment .
12 Perhaps it 's the moaning you can do at the top , or the relief of getting down and into the warmth .
13 The best we can do at the moment , until the ‘ organic revolution ’ hits the high street , is to eat foods as near as possible to their natural state — not out of tins and packets .
14 I do n't claim any great originality or depth , but it is the best I can do at the moment .
15 ‘ It 's the best you can do at the moment .
16 A preview will tell you what the software can do at the moment — we do n't go too heavily on any minor bugs or inconsistencies at the preview stage , but we do criticise bad design and form an opinion about whether the software will be up to scratch when it gets released .
17 All Leeds can do at the moment is keep winning the games we should win and clock the away victories , so that when the Uniteds of this world come along we wo n't be psyched out of beating them .
18 I think that 's , that 's all we can do at the moment and I take your point Mr , thank you .
19 Well you , that 's what you can do at the moment .
20 Erm , living there because all can do at the moment , is work in a shop or a restaurant or something like that and she does n't get paid as much as she 'll get on Social Security so it 's not worth it ,
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