Example sentences of "and [verb] i [vb mod] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 2 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 3 | ‘ But this gives me confidence and shows I can do well on grass . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I might do the tennis stuff for three or four years and decide I can do it sleepwalking and turn to something I really care about and like to pursue , which is politics . ’ |
| 5 | However , the head persisted and so I quickly racked my brains and said I would do the sort of thing I do in my classroom at home . |
| 6 | I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out . |
| 7 | ‘ I went all that way on me day off , and hoped I 'd do some good between them . |