Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] do [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was really very little I could do actively to refute the charge of selfishness . |
| 2 | I 'd do better to jog home than drive . ’ |
| 3 | That was plainly my bent and that I would do well to follow up this line of art rather than branch out into some other road of work . |
| 4 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 5 | I should like to learn what , if anything , I can do here to enrol for any suitable course to get me into the business world or administration as I do not want to wait till I return to the UK , on leave , in mid-June till I begin finding out more about your courses . |
| 6 | There is something you and I can do now to change this . |
| 7 | And there is nothing I can do only to remember you in my prayers , which I do every Sunday , and wish you all the very best . |
| 8 | If he is arming , you must do likewise to avoid your worst outcome ( to get 2 rather than 1 ) . |
| 9 | Before considering making an application to the local council for a rent or rate rebate , an elderly person who is hard pressed financially should consider first whether her income is so low that she might do better to make an application for a supplementary pension , which brings with it other benefits ( previously described ) . |
| 10 | It is , therefore , worth bearing in mind that if you want a new tank , and have a friend who has just set up a new fish-house , you might do well to order through him/her … |
| 11 | I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 12 | ‘ Doctor , while I can appreciate your academic enjoyment at finding an intellectual equal , I really think you might do better to devote at least some of your attention to the lesser mortals who have been caught up in — ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll do well to keep your numbers within bounds . |
| 14 | For all her university degrees Kate was in the kindergarten class when it came to managing and understanding men , and she 'd do well to remember it . |
| 15 | Because I mind our Dad saying : ‘ She 'd do better to take on a class o' twelve-years-olds than take on Walter Machin ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I think she 'd do better to understand herself , ’ Ellen said tartly . |
| 17 | She 'd do better to throw the letter away unread , would n't she ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 're a mere salesman , Maurin , nothing better than that and you 'd do well to remember it . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'd do well to think better of it , and come home . |
| 20 | I 'll make you a generous proposition , which I think you 'd do well to consider . |
| 21 | ‘ You 'd do well to rid yourself of those kind of notions , Deveraugh , or you could find yourself greatly disappointed . ’ |
| 22 | You 'd you 'd do better to use your own colours if you 've got . |
| 23 | You 'd do better to go and find someone beautiful and lively to marry who can cook and keep house and look after this little paradise of yours . ’ |
| 24 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 25 | You 'd do better to wait . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd do better to ask your gamekeeper , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I still think you 'd do better to come and join us . |
| 28 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 29 | A man of ever-changing whims , and now I see you 're freed from your fearful collar , Midnight , you 'd do better to sign on . |
| 30 | You 'd do better to buy in from outside . |