Example sentences of "[modal v] do " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We must do something about this exhibition , ’ Jay said , with the very English concentration of one commenting on the vagaries of the weather . |
2 | We must do two things together ( Cameron found his thoughts concentrating to a point at last ) . |
3 | ‘ It is very clear what we must do . |
4 | But Leonard is not of that cloth ; his nature is obsessive ; what he does , he must do with abandon ; he has to work in total conviction , and dedication . |
5 | It is the gesture she uses later to make the Prince think what he must do to wake Aurora . |
6 | Bridgend raised their game against Wales ; now Wales must do precisely the same against New Zealand . |
7 | Archbishop Tutu said in a statement that he had asked to see the President in an effort to spell out what the white minority government must do to resolve South Africa 's political crisis . |
8 | Thus , his view on the Government 's education record is : good effort , but must do better . |
9 | Sadly events have turned full circle and those who defended the university then must do so again . |
10 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
11 | He must do his homage to the Queen — her first bishop to do homage . |
12 | Therefore church law must do it — that is , canon law . |
13 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
14 | ‘ We must do this more often , Rose , ’ he said as he backed the Ford out from the ornamental cannon . |
15 | In later years , offered the objection that celibacy is not always possible , Lewis the radio evangelist was to be quite unambiguous : ‘ faced with an optional question in an examination paper , one considers whether one can do it or not ; faced with a compulsory question , one must do the best one can … |
16 | He has now received this answer : If you wish to disclose your party , you must do so without using council facilities . |
17 | To get talks with the ANC started , Mr de Klerk must do everything possible to free political prisoners and bring home refugees . |
18 | Though the company has already muted Cisco 's marketing ( dropping the slogan : ‘ It takes you by surprise ’ ) , Mrs Novello says it must do more — perhaps change the bottle 's shape and colour . |
19 | To work , any Soviet economic plan must do two things . |
20 | Some creditors will demand extra protection , such as restrictive covenants attached to their loans laying down what the firm must do if things go wrong . |
21 | The first thing the three must do is disentangle themselves from the past . |
22 | Even the biggest stars rarely sell 6m copies ( as Janet must do if Virgin is to make a profit ) for more than a couple of records . |
23 | And they must do it without letting off any light , or the sky would be aglow with the death throes of neutrinos to this day . |
24 | Yet somehow we must do it … |
25 | ’ And two days later : ‘ Along — my thoughts of us clarify , and my feelings distil themselves , and I realize that you 're doing what you must do and it was probably best for me . |
26 | The moral decline of the West cries out for a return to the morals of protestant Christianity which will tell the nation what they must do to be strong once more . |
27 | They must do things when she was awake . |
28 | I must do the watering carefully , I told myself each day — not make a mess . |
29 | But , as justly observed by you , we must do all we can and leave the rest to God . ’ |
30 | ‘ If there 's any chance of being selected I must do it . |