Example sentences of "[noun sg] you should do " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If you are working in a very technical field you should do your homework before the interview so that you are prepared for detailed questions about equipment and techniques you may have to deal with . |
| 3 | When listening to cases in court you should do so not passively , like the spectator of a play , but with active thought , as though you were yourself taking part ; framing in your mind during the examination-in-chief the questions you would put to the witness if the cross-examination fell to you . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The first thing you should do is write down clearly everything you want . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The first thing you should do , however , is send yourself . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The first thing you should do is to prepare a breakdown . |
| 10 | And I think that perhaps we 've all learned a lesson from it , plus the fact that you 've er , had to climb out of an horrendous accident , but the fact that if you are still drinking at half past four in the morning , the last thing you should do at nine o'clock in the morning is get in the car and drive the damn thing . |
| 11 | That is the first thing you should do with any burn , put people in a cold bath , anything to keep the burns cold because otherwise they can keep burning in for something like five hours . |
| 12 | ‘ Eldorado was pulled forward and rushed and I think that 's the last thing you should do with a soap . |
| 13 | And show him this is the way you should do it . |
| 14 | I do n't know that 's the way you should do . |
| 15 | When you put a quotation in your essay you should do several things with it : — Identify where the quotation comes from , e.g. the author and work : as Woolf suggests in The Common Reader , " [ QUOTE ] " . |