Example sentences of "it be the [adj] thing [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a few obvious English tourists , but even more elderly Italians , and even a few young couples , as if it were the fashionable thing to do . |
| 2 | It 's the logical thing to do , now ; it 's what I ought to do . |
| 3 | I want them to go on because they can see it 's the only thing to do . |
| 4 | It 's the only thing to do . |
| 5 | It 's er I mean it 's the only thing to do is n't it ? |
| 6 | I 'm not even sure if I 'm doing it right , or if it 's the right thing to do . ’ |
| 7 | I 've seen the partners ; they agree it 's the right thing to do . ’ |
| 8 | The problem is , as you access customer transactions and might want to raise an invoice , it 's intuitive to click on the INVOICE button in that section , thinking , not un-naturally , that it 's the right thing to do . |
| 9 | We are not saying , that necessarily it 's the right thing to do , but it seems to me people are going to do it anyway , are n't they . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's the modern thing to do , is n't it ? |
| 11 | It 's the cruellest thing to do . |
| 12 | Although it does have lower , lower power than his first test , right , but if you ca n't calculate his first test then it 's the best thing to use . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the best thing to drink before you go to bed , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Looking at it from a businessman 's point of view , it 's the obvious thing to do . |
| 15 | It 's the Christian thing to do . |
| 16 | It 's the sensible thing to do . ’ |
| 17 | It drives men mad , but it 's the sensible thing to do . |
| 18 | ‘ But it 's the sensible thing to do , Mo , ’ he said gently . |
| 19 | Do you always give way , perhaps because it 's the easiest thing to do ? |
| 20 | It 's the easiest thing to do . |
| 21 | It 's the easiest thing to do with them . |
| 22 | People work , people in the media , work on a range of contacts , it 's the easiest thing to do . |
| 23 | it 's the wrong thing to do really . |
| 24 | Just what this wondrous new jargon phrase means is a considerable mystery to many yet to others it is the best thing to happen on a micro . |
| 25 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 26 | Erika has been away plenty of times , and if Fräulein Silber thinks that it is the right thing to do then it is the right thing . |
| 27 | ‘ We do n't intend to pull out until we are certain it is the right thing to do . |
| 28 | Have we any answer to the jibe , ‘ If it is the right thing to do , you would be doing it now instead of waiting for everyone else' ? ’ |
| 29 | Ron says : ‘ It 's wonderful that people will do so much to try and help someone in trouble , just because it is the right thing to do . ’ |
| 30 | But whether it is the right thing to do is another thing . |