Example sentences of "[modal v] do [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the gesture she uses later to make the Prince think what he must do to wake Aurora . |
| 2 | Archbishop Tutu said in a statement that he had asked to see the President in an effort to spell out what the white minority government must do to resolve South Africa 's political crisis . |
| 3 | According to technical director Peter O'Connell , ‘ Momentum is not an option , but something we must do to maintain growth ’ . |
| 4 | I came away from the Oxford seminar with a clear idea in my mind about what I should do to stimulate discussion on this subject in Wales . |
| 5 | However , the approach in both methods is the same : first find what the group should do to maximise profits , then set a transfer price that encourages each divisional manager to decide to operate at that level . |
| 6 | If you were to ask twenty men or women in the street what they should do to avoid heart disease the majority would say , ‘ take more exercise and eat margarine instead of butter . ’ |
| 7 | It would mean that British Gas would put a mileage rate on the transportation of gas so that regions such as Wales will suffer from higher gas prices , which will offset anything that we may do to achieve efficiency . |
| 8 | Until then they had treated him with a mixture of sympathy as a man caught up , by line of duty , in a political imbroglio , and suspicion at what he might do to make things worse . |
| 9 | The commercial men resented thus having to create a negative image of their product , but this was the least the industry could do to allay government criticism that they were expanding more rapidly than resources allowed . |
| 10 | Bombers could be made invisible to radar , maintained an American author in New Scientist , the issue also carrying a discussion of what scientists could do to halt development of more appalling weapons even than those in existence . |
| 11 | The truth , she mused , as others had done before her , was an elusive element , and — short of shooting them in the kneecaps , or intermittently holding their heads under water there was little one could do to persuade people to reveal it . |
| 12 | It was all Isa could do to persuade Wilson to let some light in and dry her tears and tell her what ailed her ; and when she did so , it made little sense . |
| 13 | There was much that the United States could do to counter communism in the Cold War . |
| 14 | There was nothing the English or the French could do to save Poland . |
| 15 | There was nothing he could do to save George Vicente Brown . |
| 16 | The Stavka , Russia 's supreme war council , asked Brusilov what he could do to take pressure off the Italians by preventing even more Austrian troops being taken from the Eastern Front to the Trentino . |
| 17 | If this was not forthcoming , then there was little the headteacher could do to encourage training . |
| 18 | Over the first four days it was all I could do to get Dawn to step off the perch I 'd set up in the field , with my glove just a few inches away from her . |
| 19 | But although there may be little that another Tory government could do to lower interest rates , Labour would undoubtedly make matters worse . |
| 20 | When the hue and cry died down , there was nothing Charlton could do to prevent Lawrence taking on a new challenge . |
| 21 | In the meantime there was little he could do to prevent Leathart 's inspection . |
| 22 | ‘ I also had to give up my part-time Communications course which the Jo'burg job was paying for , because the salary in Durban was much lower and my parents could n't help me when it was all they could do to meet Dad 's medical expenses , since he never made any sort of provision for the future . |
| 23 | It was the least I could do to help Karen out now . |
| 24 | After all , there was nothing he could do to help Maidstone now . |
| 25 | Is there anything we could do to keep Sombro enjoying the nightlife here instead of downtown , without having to tie him up ? |
| 26 | As the talk developed , it became apparent that there were things which ‘ we ’ could do to alter matters in Lesotho . |
| 27 | London Underground 's Charter will set out tougher new standards and what it will do to compensate passengers should it fail to meet those standards . |
| 28 | ‘ What some people will do to get attention . ’ |
| 29 | Apart from in scene nine , where Anderson displays occasional discomfort through his hesitations ( 4 instances , most notably when explaining to Sacha why he came to the Hollars ' apartment ( p. 81 ) , and when giving assurances of what he will do to help Pavel ( p. 83 ) ) , we find very few instances of hesitations or unfinished turns ( no more than one instance of each in scenes seven , eight , ten and sixteen ) . |
| 30 | ‘ If the references are OK then there is not a lot you can do to stop things like this happening , ’ he says . |