Example sentences of "[pron] you [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm someone you could do wonderful world-changing things with . |
| 2 | You could either go and try and control the people to get more work out of them , which you would do , but the other option is to say , well , I recognise that my plan was optimistic , let's change the assumptions in the plan and you 're going to improve , therefore , your planning . |
| 3 | I think you might find a situation quite clearly where you would find a child behaving in such a way in the classroom that it was being disruptive to himself , disruptive to teachers , disruptive to , to his classmates , and therefore the , the first move must be in a direction of rearranging that behaviour so that there could develop a situation in which you might do something about the learning difficulty . |
| 4 | If you were away last week can you please leave space to catch up with the writing which you will do in your own time . |
| 5 | This will be ok the exam or paper will consist of six questions which you will do in two hours , er not all six of course . |
| 6 | I think the most important thing is to try and find that gap in the market that is not well trodden by a lot of other people — to find something which you can do which is different from all the rest of them . |
| 7 | Once revved up to the standard , frenetic pitch of activity , one day becomes a limitless bank account with which you can do everything … and anything . |
| 8 | A space in which you can do some simple exercises may also be useful if you have difficulty getting exercise out-of-doors . |
| 9 | And I think that instead of sitting round and bitching about them , which you can do , it 's better to try to take more of an interest and make interesting videos , because if you 're a creative person I think you can make creative videos . ’ |
| 10 | There are several ways in which you can do this — I use a professional glazier 's staple gun which is both quick and efficient , but if you find this too expensive an investment when you first begin pressed flower work you can use a hammer and nails instead . |
| 11 | Although you will not be able to take your puppy out at once , there are many things which you can do to form a close bond between you and your new pet . |
| 12 | All you need to do is find out when they 're open , which you can do by phoning us . |
| 13 | Once you have explored the first match — which you can do using the left and right arrow keys , press the Down arrow to find the next record ( pressing the up arrow goes to the previous record ) . |
| 14 | Which you can do tonight , we can go over it tomorrow . |
| 15 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 16 | No they 're not gon na exploit their own workers but surely the , the , the whole idea of the build up towards land reform is that you are making , I mean in a Marxist sense it 's the only way in which you can do it is , is you make progress through conflict . |
| 17 | He 's got a pair of shearing scissors and he 's been doing like , this boy 's African , so he 's got , you know , Afro hair , which you can do curly-wurly signs on the back of him , it looks pretty neat . |
| 18 | And one looks at the two most likely existing settlements on which you could do that to are , of course , Easingwold , to the Nor to the Northwest , and Tadcaster to the South . |
| 19 | ‘ Thanks , pet , but there 's nothing you can do . |
| 20 | There 's nothing you can do about it , ’ I can hear some of you thinking . |
| 21 | These crags are already equipped , and there 's nothing you can do about it except enjoy the security . |
| 22 | It 's no good standing there , there 's nothing you can do to help . ’ |
| 23 | There 's nothing you can do except stand up for your own and try and get Liam out before two o'clock . |
| 24 | There 's nothing you can do about it . |
| 25 | You know , you 're standing there and you get , ‘ What 're you doin' on the tube , I thought you ‘ ad loadsamoney , hur , hur. ’ and there 's nothing you can do . ’ |
| 26 | I suppose because one is so helpless , there 's nothing you can do if anything goes wrong and it 's an awful long way down . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , sir , I fear there is nothing you can do except what is done already , which is to keep Mrs Browning calm and quiet and endeavour to feed her nourishing food to give her back some strength . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I know you 're sick , but there 's nothing you can do . |
| 29 | This was a critical group , among whom the most commonly heard comment was ‘ There 's nothing you can do to stop it ’ . |
| 30 | There is nothing you can do to change what has gone before and you will only cause yourself misery in the present if you concentrate on the gloomier aspects of the past . |