Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] do [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I was to spend race day reporting as a spectator , then the least I could do was arrive early and attempt the course myself . |
| 2 | Erm right okay well the first thing I 'd do is handle that one . |
| 3 | How can we criticize it , how well does it actually fit into what happened in the real world , they just want little bits of information but not too much depth on anything but always remember empirical evidence examples are very important what I would do is using those examples or la last year 's exam paper , practise , practise the short answers because you ca n't write very much detail in it so it 's a good idea to have some idea about how much you can write , then your expectations will be changed okay . |
| 4 | Tell you what I would do is mix some slightly different colour green |
| 5 | I am sorry I ca n't be any more help with that at this stage what I can do is to take that question away and circulate the information after I 've done some sums . |
| 6 | The best thing I can do is forget all about him , ’ she told a close friend . |
| 7 | And the least I can do is make sure he has some peace and quiet while he can , poor little scrap , she thought . |
| 8 | Right , well , all I can do is take one lot , one coupon . |
| 9 | The first thing you must do is to assign any system-wide logical names required by the process , eg. pseudo-devices used for the process or storage directories , and all the logicals for all the storage directories known to the process . |
| 10 | All she could do was to keep vigilant , and to hope against hope that Matthew would soon tire of the old man , or that the old man would soon tire of deliberately using the boy in order to antagonise her . |
| 11 | The worst she could do was to bring that Tuscan adventurer into the family , since when none of us has had a moment 's peace . |
| 12 | The first thing she will do is organise more space than the limited suite of offices traditionally allocated to the First Lady . |
| 13 | Each of us has to find our own truth and our own self in relation to the world ; all you can do is to remain true to yourself and your chosen path . |
| 14 | Anne trusted you with the parcel ; the least you can do is make sure it reaches its destination on time . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 16 | What you can do is make some exaggerated moves such as lying on the floor , climbing through each other 's arms or whatever . |
| 17 | The worst thing you can do is set these things and then cock it up because secretaries is people that pride themselves on being administratively perfect |
| 18 | and what you can do is to keep that one for best |
| 19 | What you can do is list all the people down here and then you might have a skills matrix you might also have a product knowledge matrix yeah ? |
| 20 | The Vietnamese have finally got control of their own country after forty years of war ; defeated the Japs , the French , us , and the most powerful nation in the history of the planet in succession , with bicycles , guns and guts , been bombed back into the bronze age in the process and all you can do is spout some tired nonsense about little yellow men infiltrating the steaming jungles of the Nullarbor Plain and turning the Aussies into Commies ; I think a Highland League side winning the European Cup is marginally more likely . ’ |
| 21 | I think what we 'll do is hear each of those three presentations and then I will allow a time for comment , especially discussion after each I will limit that to make sure we get time for all so that 's that 's the way we 're going to do it . |
| 22 | I think what we 'll do is try this , which is called Doxazocin there you go , that 's an instantly forgettable name for you . |
| 23 | What we 'll do is stick that up when he 's up there with . |
| 24 | the erm the displayed decoded it 's actually mounted next to the kit and all we 'll do is take twenty four volts out , volts out , they 'll take the , take the data off the kit itself and then just bring twenty four volts out |
| 25 | What I thought we might do is to explore this phenomenon a little further , just the two of us together , but making sure we take things very carefully all the time . ’ |
| 26 | You know one of the things that we could do is to do another directory . |
| 27 | Erm and what we will do is make sure you 've got enough room for fifteen foot by eight foot with with whatever space in front of it as as a as a lawn if you like . |
| 28 | The worst thing we can do is become pred-ictable . ’ |
| 29 | I think the best thing we can do is leave any talk of work until tomorrow and concentrate on the real reason why we agreed to this evening and get to know one another better . ’ |
| 30 | All we can do is make sure adequate information is available so they know the likely effects . ’ |