Example sentences of "you [vb mod] do [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Eldorado was pulled forward and rushed and I think that 's the last thing you should do with a soap . |
| 2 | But if the tyre had not been expanded enough , we 'd have to have levers and gently lever and hammer it on , something in the same way as you 'd do with a bicycle tyre . |
| 3 | You 've got a peaky look , you could do wi' a bit o' substance . |
| 4 | On the other hand , you sound as if you could do with a laugh . |
| 5 | ‘ You look as if you could do with a bit of help … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You looked as if you could do with a sit-down , ’ said the boy 's mother . |
| 7 | She shut her bedroom door , knowing fate had decreed that the book she was reading should be resting in the sitting-room , leaving her with nothing to do but make her bed , sit on it , lie on it , unmake it , jump on it , push it round the floor — there were limits to what you could do with a bed , and it was the only piece of furniture in the room . |
| 8 | ’ You look as though you could do with a drink . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd say you could do with a touch more garlic in that , by the way — Pauline always used to go quite heavy on the garlic . |
| 10 | You could do with a spot of sand in it . ’ |
| 11 | You could do with a lot a lot more . |
| 12 | I bet you could do with a cup of tea ? |
| 13 | ‘ You look as if you could do with a cup . ’ |
| 14 | You could do with a cup of tea ? |
| 15 | ‘ So are yours — you could do with a trifle more meat on them , but otherwise they compare very favourably with other bone-structures I 've met . ’ |
| 16 | You actually do exactly the same thing as you would do to a joiner in a , in , in , in , in a fitting shop , to say , This task c c c can take this length of erm time . |
| 17 | As a potential First Prize Draw Winner , it would certainly make sense to consider now exactly what you would do with a £100,000 Tax-Free lump sum . |
| 18 | If you sign the document in your own home , as you would do with a doorstep salesman , er then the law does give you a chance to change your mind , although I hope for goodness sake you would all be very wary about signing any kind of legal document thrust under your nose from a doorstep salesman . |
| 19 | Short of outright brutality that is probably one of the most degrading things you can do to a person . |
| 20 | ‘ The worse thing you can do to a Muslim is insult Muhammad . ’ |
| 21 | As Sheila Kitzinger , the birth expert , wrote : ‘ The most undermining thing you can do to a woman in labour is to encourage her to feel sorry for herself . ’ |
| 22 | All the you can do as a customer can do is keep your eyes open … and if it 's suspiciously cheap , be suspicious . |
| 23 | The activities are designed to exploit the motivating and memorable appeal of music to the learner and the author proves his point that ‘ anything you can do with a text , you can do with a song ’ . |
| 24 | The activities are designed to exploit the motivating and memorable appeal of music to the learner and the author proves his point that ‘ anything you can do with a text , you can do with a song ’ . |
| 25 | Brenda Campbell says to ride a 100 miles on a horse is quite something in itself but to ride it at a fast pace and be able to get off is semothing else and it 's the best thing you can do with a horse |
| 26 | It 's amazing what you can do with a skip full of building rubble ! |
| 27 | What you can do with a two-ounce jar of smoked cod 's roe , a few spoonfuls of oil and a potato is quite a revelation to many people . |
| 28 | See what you can do in a couple of days . ’ |
| 29 | Let's see what you can do against a kwai . ’ |