Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] do the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controlled by a single gene , the deficiency is usually harmless , but certain drugs for malaria or a type of bean can cause those without the proper gene to suffer acute anaemia , and it is thought that some chemical might do the same . |
| 2 | No doubt her mind would do the same if she stopped chivvying it . |
| 3 | If you react angrily or aggressively , your child may do the same . |
| 4 | If you could , you 'd be rich ; no on second thoughts you would n't , because any fool could do the same . |
| 5 | You know , a dog , when it 's confronted with danger it can , it can fight it 's way out a cat will do the same , every other creature will , will do something when it 's confronted with danger a se , a sheep is so intelligent and is so strong and is , has such a er , a self- preservation er er er |
| 6 | A handyman from the informal sector will do the same job for less than $6 . |
| 7 | A marriage can do the same , provided the couple are prepared to talk things through and really want to make a go of it . |
| 8 | This is a bad mistake , as her ex- husband used to do the same thing for real often enough . |
| 9 | ‘ Any reasonable jury who returned a not guilty verdict on the manslaughter charge would do the same on the arson charge . |
| 10 | Henry VIII of England , busy destroying monasteries and confiscating their wealth , suggested in friendly fashion that his nephew should do the same in Scotland . |
| 11 | A combine would do the same job in an hour . |
| 12 | As to honest Partridge , he meant no wrong , for he is so bold a mountaineer , he can go anywhere that a sheep can ; and I dare say thinks every person can do the same . ’ |
| 13 | Helen said , ‘ You can bet Sheldrake and his assistant will do the same . ’ |
| 14 | The British Government can not order people to label inhumanely produced veal , but consumers can demand it , supermarkets can provide the labelling and the restaurant trade can do the same if it is so minded . |
| 15 | Tzani-bey would do the same , only with decorations . |
| 16 | Since perfusion of glutamate into the hippocampus in vivo induces seizures , our results suggest that an increase in endogenous extracellular fluid glutamate may do the same . |
| 17 | Superficially such a resolution might appear to have been no more than a minimum concession by the Federation in response to the seamen 's involvement in a wave of strikes by transport workers which had reverberated around the ports of Britain in the previous summer — an undertaking that it would withdraw its " ticket " if the union would do the same , so that neither side would attempt to control the supply of seamen and free labour disputes would cease . |
| 18 | You in turn will do the same to them . |
| 19 | The photocopier will do the latter job for you . |
| 20 | I have resigned myself wholly to the will of God — and trust that you and my dear sister will do the same … for He does nothing without a cause . |
| 21 | Clarke ignored his experts advice , so his Canadian opposite number may do the same . |
| 22 | In the summer at high water temperature , nitrogen may do the same . |
| 23 | Ultraviolet radiation could do the same job as the electrical discharge in their laboratory . |
| 24 | And maybe a relative or a near relative would do the same . |
| 25 | Mazda says that , where the Xedos broke new ground in the executive saloon class , the new model will do the same among the prestige cars , whatever that means exactly . |
| 26 | It is hoped that the British unit might do the same . |
| 27 | Destroying them in a brain might do the same . |
| 28 | The commonest evasions , certainly well known in the twelfth century , were the pretence that the original loan was greater than in fact it was , or the securing of a loan by a temporary grant of land ; in the former case the difference between the actual loan and the repayment in fact constituted interest ; and in the latter the rent on the land might do the same . |
| 29 | A big quake this year could do the same . |
| 30 | May we have an assurance that the Minister will do the same ? |