Example sentences of "[noun sg] you [modal v] [verb] is [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the thi one thing you could do is go and talk to one or two admissions tutors of the social work courses . |
| 2 | The only thing you could do is get the , you know that kind of plastic edging you can get for wall tiles |
| 3 | The best thing you could do is ask at the |
| 4 | The only thing you can do is scribble ; and what is the result of your scribblings ? |
| 5 | The only thing you can do is carry on with your water changes and syphon off the algae at every opportunity . |
| 6 | ‘ The best thing you can do is stay quietly here with Dora for the rest of the evening . |
| 7 | He said the only , the other thing you can do is loosen it off take the calliper b and turn the calliper round . |
| 8 | And the worst thing you can do is give your skin a short period of intensive exposure to sun — exactly what we go in for when we jet off on our summer holidays . |
| 9 | ‘ The best thing you can do is go home and tuck yourself up with a hot-water bottle , ’ she advised , pulling on her coat . |
| 10 | The worst thing you can do is buy things you will rarely , if ever , need . |
| 11 | ‘ So I 'm afraid the only thing you can do is grin and bear it , ’ Leif said , in what was obviously a finale . |
| 12 | The only thing you can do is funk it ! |
| 13 | The best thing you can do is keep out of his way until I get rid of him . |
| 14 | Elaine England , senior training analyst at Lloyds Bank says : ‘ The worst thing you can do is fall in love with the gadgets and technology . ’ |
| 15 | So erm you can actually get round that by erm either reducing the estate , which is the simplest way of doing it , so one thing you can do is spend your money , which is n't a problem is it ? |
| 16 | So the first thing you must do is get a different message across . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The first thing you should do is write down clearly everything you want . |
| 20 | The oak will certainly be removing many nutrients from the soil so the first thing you should do is dig the area over well and incorporate plenty of organic matter such as well-rotted manure , garden compost , leaf mould or peat . |