Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pers pn] do [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes fixed widely on his , despair and unhappiness in their depths , she asked miserably , ‘ You said you wanted me ; how could you do that if you thought I was selfish and self-centred ? ’ |
| 2 | How can you , could you do that if you 've got I mean he 's about twelve or thirteen comes home from school |
| 3 | But how could she do that when she needed the money ? |
| 4 | It would have been so good to just sit there and let Luke hold her , to draw comfort from his strength , but how could she do that when he was supposedly in league with the man who had done that to her house ? |
| 5 | Still less could they do this while trying to disperse the economically powerful German population of the east among the various neighbour states without aggravating the problem still further . |
| 6 | How could he do that when she was carrying his child ? |
| 7 | No one farmer could possibly be qualified to advise on all the options , nor could he do more than skate over them in one volume . |
| 8 | ‘ And why would I do that when I find your terms unacceptable ? ’ |
| 9 | Now would I do that if I were guilty ? |
| 10 | Shall we do that when we come back ? |
| 11 | So h would he do that as well or would He 'd do that . |
| 12 | Would he do that if my kitchen was filthy ? |
| 13 | Will he do all that he can to ensure that within the EC , there is some agreement about how we shall tackle the enormous problems , which will not be tackled by charity , however welcome that is ? |
| 14 | How can I do that when I 've already lost ? |
| 15 | and that 's what , you know , I try and help you on if you like but how can you do that when |
| 16 | you know of , of maybe you know a three or four page thing with maybe different , you know different sheets and , and you know sort of say well now we need to do this , can you do that or shall we bring ours you know |
| 17 | Nor can we do more than guess at the consequences of the Greek ignorance of Latin . |
| 18 | In what ways can he do this and what should we give him to do ? |