Example sentences of "[noun sg] you [modal v] do " in BNC.
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1 | But you 'll you 'll if you 're only doing the card you 'll do that much quicker . |
2 | It is clear , though , that if you decide to help your elderly parent or parents to apply for local authority grants , you are probably going to need to have great determination and infinite patience , and in the meantime there is a great deal you could do yourself to improve their comfort and living conditions in small but important ways . |
3 | When you all have to wear the same uniform , there is n't a great deal you can do to make yourself stand out from the crowd , but we did our best , washing and setting each other 's hair and sharing out what precious bits of makeup we owned . |
4 | That 's the problem , if it 's a one-off party there 's not a great deal you can do . |
5 | But there is a great deal you can do to ease your misery , alleviate the worst of the symptoms and let you join in most of the fine weather fun without spending your days in a darkened room with a crate of Kleenex . |
6 | that 's the maximum speed you can do |
7 | If you want to phone Cobalt you can do it easily enough from London . ’ |
8 | With practice you will do it instinctively . |
9 | Both types of stretching increase flexibility , and as a basic rule you should do static stretching before exercise and both ballistic and static after exercise . |
10 | For long-range fishing you can do without the elasticity , for picking up a long length of line and planting a hook is difficult enough without any ‘ give ’ . |
11 | … I think the better you are at public relations the better you can do your job . |
12 | Can you imagine the harm you might do ? |
13 | If this is the case , then your first objective is to raise the level of work you can do before sliding too far into fatigue-producing anaerobic respiration . |
14 | ‘ Just in the work you can do for me . ’ |
15 | If horses are offered at very short odds , odds-on , then the statistics demonstrate that overall you could do quite well by betting on them . |
16 | Elizabeth , do you think on behalf of the forms committee you could do a tour around accounts and dig out the forms . |
17 | Here is a simple exercise you can do which will help you to become aware of how your breathing should feel . |
18 | An exercise you can do to get a picture of the difference between newspapers is to go to the library and read each daily in turn . |
19 | If you 're pregnant and sporty , you may be wondering what exercise you can do safely . |
20 | We all want to see the dance you can do . |
21 | Perhaps it 's the moaning you can do at the top , or the relief of getting down and into the warmth . |
22 | The truth is there is only so much preparation you can do . |
23 | ‘ The more preparation you can do , the cheaper the operation becomes . |
24 | I think he 's got a good idea here but if he takes that slant to his story you could do rather well . |
25 | I suppose if you 're a writer you can do it anywhere . |
26 | If you sell farm butter and cheese instead of whole milk you can do well if you have the right market . |
27 | You will have realized , for example , that if you crunch your car into your neighbour 's gatepost at 20 miles an hour you will do much more damage than if you nudge it at 10 . |
28 | ‘ Of course you must do things your own way , I was silly expecting you to take a big risk with me when you can get along quite nicely alone . ’ |
29 | Of course you can do something . |
30 | Of course you can do this with other digital processors , but to remove the EQ from the system completely , at the touch of a button , is a real advantage , especially as the latest trend seems to be away from overprocessing and back to more natural , warmer tones . |