Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] do so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a dramatic personal speech , Mr Lamont disclosed that on Black Wednesday the Prime Minister wrote to him saying he was not resigning ‘ and I should not do so either ’ . |
| 2 | It was even acceptable to chant or recite a verse or two in public if the young mirza had ‘ beauty and a good voice ’ ; but he should not do so too often or at length for fear — heaven forbid — that he be mistaken for a professional poet or singer . |
| 3 | An l.e.d. requires 2V approximately between its ends to make it work and the output from the stereo would hardly achieve this or might only do so intermittently with loud sounds . |
| 4 | I could not do so honourably . |
| 5 | It stated clearly that a flat rate charge could not cope with the scale of local authority expenditure and that it could not do so fairly . |
| 6 | He did not see how we could possibly do so under modern conditions . ' |
| 7 | If authoritarian welfare states fulfilled these atavistic needs in the Neolithic , there is every reason to believe that they could still do so today ; and certainly there is much evidence to show that modern police states , far from merely fulfilling some of the same psychological functions , even mimic their Neolithic forerunners in the details of their ritual and symbolism , and certainly seem to evolve their own thorough-going political religions . |
| 8 | ‘ I am so certain of my place here that I would have resigned anyway , and now I have good reason three times over … my nerve had already failed twice , and could n't do so again … . ’ |
| 9 | Last year costs climbed faster than revenues ; this year they may well do so again . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield raised such criticisms in Committee and may well do so again later . |
| 11 | The Conservatives would not always win under the electoral system of 1918 , but they would rarely do so badly as to allow anyone else to win . |
| 12 | He had n't put pen to paper since the day before Martin died , and he doubted if he would ever do so again . |
| 13 | She thought about the Josephs , apparently guilty of an especially heartless and greedy crime , and wondered how they had got drugs into the United States and whether they would ever do so again . |
| 14 | But they would slither out again , and they would probably do so quite quickly . |
| 15 | Said he 'd bailed me out once and he would n't do so again , I could make my own way . |
| 16 | She had n't accepted then — and she was pretty certain that she would n't do so now — his dismissive claim that it was solely due to the pressure of business . |
| 17 | You ca n't do so locally , if you 're all working separately . |
| 18 | Whichever side of the transaction you represent , as soon as you 've dispatched or received replies to requisitions ( you ca n't do so before , because you wo n't know what the other side wants or is able to give on completion ) , complete the three agendas " before completion " , " completion " and " after completion " . |
| 19 | I love dressmaking but ca n't do so much now as my hands are stiff with arthritis . |
| 20 | She would never do so again . |
| 21 | Rather , if faith does not begin , reason will not do so either . |
| 22 | Shareholders benefit from a dividend total lifted from 18.8p in 1991 to 19.1p , after a final of 12.9p , but holders of L&G investment policies will not do so well . |
| 23 | I will not do so again . |
| 24 | will not do so now , |
| 25 | ‘ We will not do so now . ’ |
| 26 | In English , the term tiger picks out instances of the category ‘ tiger ’ today and will still do so tomorrow . |
| 27 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 28 | ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch . |
| 29 | But you have n't married and I dare say you wo n't do so now . ’ |
| 30 | The Minister warned : ‘ He may be able to carry on in the job but he can not do so effectively . |