Example sentences of "[adj] thing you [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday I did another radio mix , just the kind of dodgy old thing you 'd do in your bedroom , and they were videoing it . |
| 2 | Er , Erm , another thing you might do , you might take up a hobby that you 've got to think about . |
| 3 | Another , another thing you can do for Easter , another thing is , er you can go back to the old tradition of the pay sex |
| 4 | This is er a quick thing you can do . |
| 5 | And the worst thing you can do is to screw it all up by putting a lot of technique all over it ! ' |
| 6 | Elaine England , senior training analyst at Lloyds Bank says : ‘ The worst thing you can do is fall in love with the gadgets and technology . ’ |
| 7 | I think the worst thing you can do is to ask parents for measurements — as this can lead to problems . |
| 8 | Furthermore , liking the bulbs for dividing is bound to disturb the roots of the roses , which is just about the worst thing you can do to them . |
| 9 | The worst thing you can do is buy things you will rarely , if ever , need . |
| 10 | And the worst thing you can do is give your skin a short period of intensive exposure to sun — exactly what we go in for when we jet off on our summer holidays . |
| 11 | They will form all sorts of categories too and the worst thing you can do in sa in er negotiating advertising er Richard is to prejudge anybody |
| 12 | The worst thing you can do is set these things and then cock it up because secretaries is people that pride themselves on being administratively perfect |
| 13 | They just think it 's wrong , it 's the worst thing you could do . |
| 14 | No that 's the worst thing you could do . |
| 15 | No that 's the worst thing you could do . |
| 16 | The smallest thing you could do would be to help a poor injured man towards the comfort of an inn ! ’ |
| 17 | This will have a significant impact on your fuel bills and help to reduce environmental pollution , but the most important thing you can do is to insulate your home properly . |
| 18 | And there 's not a blind thing you can do to stop them taking |
| 19 | ‘ The worse thing you can do to a Muslim is insult Muhammad . ’ |
| 20 | Well the thi one thing you could do is go and talk to one or two admissions tutors of the social work courses . |
| 21 | But the one thing you can do is to think like us . |
| 22 | As for the muggers who injure first and rob later , there is only one thing you can do : keep your eyes open , be aware of people around you , know what they are doing and look for likely ambush spots . |
| 23 | So erm you can actually get round that by erm either reducing the estate , which is the simplest way of doing it , so one thing you can do is spend your money , which is n't a problem is it ? |
| 24 | Erm , one thing you can do is er , if you know that there 's a certain range in the spreadsheet that 's of any use . |
| 25 | One thing you can do , is do file admin link and that goes and gets the data from the file on the disk . |
| 26 | Well there 's only one thing you can do any way . |
| 27 | If it has n't , the only thing you can do — apart from continuing your garage-less existence , or renting one from a car-less neighbour — is to convert part of the ground floor of your house to construct a built-in garage , with all the upheaval and loss of living space which that entails . |
| 28 | So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ? |
| 29 | Many times the chub take slugs so viciously they rip them clean off the hook , and the only thing you can do to improve matters is to thread the line through the full length of the slug with a baiting needle , attach the hook and pull it back so that one end of the slug is lying in the bend of the hook . |
| 30 | It 's the only thing you can do with an organisation of this size . |