Example sentences of "[vb infin] to do [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He may need to do a bit of work on the accent , but McIntosh is beginning to sound like a natural Scottish no.8 .
2 Taylor , of course , would need to do a deal with his Williams-Renault team and a little matter of around £8million would perhaps secure his services — he would guarantee to put Taylor 's men in pole position !
3 had basically told him he lived in the Stansted catchment area and we did n't need to do a deal with him , and that 's what irritated him
4 All expenses paid , I need hardly add , and of course , this will mean that should you er , get through to the final , you will need to do an audition , live on air , in the day or two before Christmas .
5 In America , campaign leaders ask : ‘ How much money do we need to do the job properly ? ’
6 How many men would you need to do the job in six hours ?
7 If the workers fail to perform , the supervisor will guarantee to do the job himself or assist the workers to do it .
8 Now I did choose to do the cooking , I wanted to , and he does the chores , which I hate .
9 From " If you want them , there are biscuits " it does not follow that if there are none , you do n't want any , and from " I could have if I chose to " it does not follow that if I did n't choose to do the thing , I was n't able to do it .
10 ‘ You would n't like to do a bit of social work for me , would you ? ’
11 Mrs Smythe looked sympathetic and said : ‘ I was thinking , your husband 's such a kind gentle person — he might like to do a bit of voluntary work .
12 ‘ I would really like to do a comedy . ’
13 And now this time we would like to do a vehicle check with you when we before we go out .
14 That 's why I would like to do a group assessment erm but yes long term
15 Would you , would you like to do a group collaboration on this one , because erm , can you come up with a version that your group agrees on ?
16 In the future , it plans to integrate the OSF 's DCE technology ‘ once it becomes commercially viable ’ , and would also like to do a deal with Transarch Corp , which John Phillips views as ‘ the best of the Open OLTP designs ’ currently on the market .
17 Siobhan Redmond I 'd seen once in a revue by Marcella for St Andrews University and I tracked her down in Glasgow and asked her would she like to do a show for buttons for the newly opened Tron Theatre , who were interested .
18 How to set up : Ask friends , family or neighbours in the same situation as you if they 'd like to do a babysitting swap , and take it from there .
19 Working initially in pairs and then in groups , pursue the question : " What would you like to do a drama about ? " , seeking to find a dramatic starting point which stems from the interviewees ' interests .
20 I was surprised when , only three days after my seeing him , Émile telephoned Jean-Claude at the pavillon without my knowledge and proposed to him that , given his connection with la Sologne , he might like to do the music for a radio opera version of Le Grand Meaulnes .
21 There may be more work as she gets older , she says : ‘ I 'd like to do the kind of roles Anjelica Huston can do .
22 And what I was going to be getting for myself at some stage cos I 'd like to do the rest of the curtains myself .
23 ‘ I do like to do the recording straight away so that the orchestra does n't get tired , ’ Arnold told me .
24 In principle he would like to do the movie , but you know how it is with agents .
25 AND ME MAZZ I 'D REALLY LIKE TO DO THE WALK WITH YOU .
26 Now and then , Kitty would volunteer to do a couple of hours ' work on the barrow , but once she had eaten her way through the day 's profits she would soon disappear .
27 Someone had come into a study meeting and said ‘ Would anyone volunteer to do the washing ? ’
28 ( Just as , in the case of my own work , I did not anticipate that some teachers would begin every lesson with ‘ What do you want to do a play about ? ’ .
29 Now she is marvellous because whenever I do n't want to do a performance on the stage , Ruby will go on for me .
30 The non-enrollers who did not want to do a course in the future gave a variety of responses but financial factors , not needing the qualification at work , and being interested only in the ‘ target ’ course were their main reasons .
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