Example sentences of "i [modal v] do the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no issue for which simply to deduce from socially prescribed principles combined with factual propositions would be anything but a mechanical conformity ; I know why I should do the prescribed thing only if , at least at my moments of fullest awareness from other viewpoints , I feel moved to do so . |
| 2 | It had been running through my thoughts so often that I knew it by heart , yet now I was suddenly afraid that I might do the wrong thing ! |
| 3 | People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says , ‘ if you keep a lot of rules I 'll reward you , and if you do n't I 'll do the other thing . ’ |
| 4 | And now I 'll do the other half of my reef knot , right , and tuck the ends in immediately , they do n't like seeing ends because they 're considered dangerous in first aid so do n't forget to do it , do the knot , tuck it in all in one movement and then it 's done , okay , how does that feel ? |
| 5 | Okay I 'll do the other one |
| 6 | And I did , I 've done one test and I 'll do the other one tomorrow . |
| 7 | Look , I 'll do the usual . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll do the stupid letters tomorrow . |
| 9 | No he said do n't give them in yet , but do the informal first , so I 'll do the informal , we 've got to do an informal |
| 10 | Right , some people take the attitude of , well I 'll do the difficult questions first because I know the easy ones . |
| 11 | So , we 're going there , then to have a little bit of fun , we 're going to have a talk and a guided tour and I 'll do the guided tour |
| 12 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |
| 13 | I would , I would have to be absolutely honest and that and er I would n't exclude myself from that particular er way of thinking because when they moved in , when you got a time for a job , erm for example there was one particular job that I was on erm and I thought that I was doing it reasonable accurately and rapidly , erm and they wanted to introduce a new fixture so that you know , I could do the whole series of faces on it . |
| 14 | With a grunt Toby agreed to arrange things and hoped that I would do the driving and that Jefferson intended to provide some decent champagne . |
| 15 | I can do the easy one , you can do the hard one . |
| 16 | I went into the water industry at seventeen years , and I 've still not figured out how to do these new ones and make them go backwards I can do the other ones . |
| 17 | yeah , I do n't think I can do the big mower . |