Example sentences of "the last thing you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is proposing , which is the last thing you would find the United States , statutory works councils , statutory minimum wage , compulsory working week , it 's about time he dropped those proposals which would cost millions of jobs . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's the last thing you 'll need . |
| 3 | Do be good , for goodness sake , and the last thing you 'll hear before the cosmic Hoover sucks you heavenward and then spews you into the fiery pit forever is Vae Solis — the terrible trumpet tootling of the Seventh Angel — and it 'll sound something like this … |
| 4 | When you 've ploughed your way through all that mail , glanced at each report and discarded the promotional bumph , the last thing you might want to do is read a book or journal on management . |
| 5 | The last thing you 'd want to do would be enjoy yourself , but everyone says it was a happy release for Grandma . ’ |
| 6 | Of course , marriage is impossible , and , anyway , it 's the last thing you 'd want . |
| 7 | ‘ In those days seeing a comedian was the last thing you 'd do unless it was in some working men 's club . ’ |
| 8 | With summer on its way , the last thing you 'd expect to find anywhere in Britain is an igloo . |
| 9 | This is the last thing you will want following major surgery or illness or the last thing your family will want following your death . |
| 10 | Coronary risk factors are multiplicative , not additive , so if you already have one or two unavoidable risk factors , the last thing you should do is assume that the sword of Damocles is irrevocably poised above you and reach for another cigarette . |
| 11 | The last thing you should do is go on a spending spree at the end of the year to justify this year 's budget and enhance next year 's . |
| 12 | And I think that perhaps we 've all learned a lesson from it , plus the fact that you 've er , had to climb out of an horrendous accident , but the fact that if you are still drinking at half past four in the morning , the last thing you should do at nine o'clock in the morning is get in the car and drive the damn thing . |
| 13 | ‘ Eldorado was pulled forward and rushed and I think that 's the last thing you should do with a soap . |
| 14 | ‘ But that 's the last thing you must do ! ’ she blazed , with a sudden change of mood . |