Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [adv] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been so much else to do : such as leaving a brief note for Julie , and also contacting her office to explain the problem and that she 'd be in touch with them as soon as possible . |
| 2 | When they do go , spit will have one hell of a job rebuilding that side — and he s not good enough to do it . |
| 3 | There is a general feeling that publishers are more inclined nowadays to do things by committee and the rule book , and that the flair that characterised the Kaye Webbs , Margaret Clarks and Judy Taylors of days gone by is not much in evidence . |
| 4 | ‘ Also , a lot of the big names are getting less advertising work , and they are more prepared now to do editorial , which does mean more competition ’ . |
| 5 | I 'm all ready just to do a few more look Ann . |
| 6 | They may be less inclined henceforth to do so . |
| 7 | I really would like to comment further , but I 'm not able so to do er we have all heard the autumn statement er from the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week , following on from that we expect to receive the draft standard spending assessment for Suffolk on or about the twenty sixth of this month , er and it really is , will be er when we have that indication that er Policy Committee will give to er , pull together the strings for the preparation of next year 's budget . |
| 8 | The use of the voice in conjunction with the body is an important feature of training , too , for when acting you will need to be physically free enough to do several things at once . |
| 9 | I take modelling for what it is ; I made money I 'd never otherwise have made so quickly , and I 'm still young enough to do something else . |
| 10 | Those years were not long enough to do what he had hoped to do for Durham , but long enough to know what needed to be done . |
| 11 | Women who could carry a child under each arm on a day 's shopping trip were told they were not strong enough to do men 's work ; that lifting and lugging were better left to the lads after all . |
| 12 | ’ Again , it is not possible here to do these justice in the space available . |
| 13 | At nineteen one is not content simply to do things . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's surprising that Belgium has n't joined IBBY — there 's not much else to do in Belgium . ’ |
| 15 | The following day I went again , not to see her but just the way one does in a house with a garden at a given point in the day when there 's not much else to do . |
| 16 | But if your need is for anything other than that , that is to say something a little more complex , then the functionality built into Designer Labels is probably powerful enough to do the trick for you . |
| 17 | Perhaps it 's because Switzerland is the most boring country in the world , and once you 've learned to play the Alpine horn there 's precious little else to do in terms of entertainment . |
| 18 | It 's really easy just to do it with Windows . |
| 19 | You are rather forced to tell the story as there is n't much else to do ! |
| 20 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 21 | Breaking up is n't hard enough to do |
| 22 | ‘ Surely he is n't wicked enough to do that ! ’ |
| 23 | It 's quite important though to do it fairly neatly |
| 24 | The tape measure had now to go down into the hollow as well as across the circle , and it was not long enough to do this . |
| 25 | Nails stood looking at his feet for some time , as there was not much else to do . |
| 26 | There was not much else to do . |
| 27 | I became expert at daytime TV quiz shows — there was not much else to do . |
| 28 | Well , there was n't much else to do in the evening until one day Mr Dowson arrived and said to me and Mrs Dowson : ‘ Now then , I 've got something for you lassies ’ , and brought in a wireless set . |
| 29 | ‘ I had a lot of spare time to study and it was a useful diversion as there was n't much else to do , ’ said the 37-year-old , who lives in Darlington . |
| 30 | The sergeant at the other end said grimly that the bloke was quite thick enough to do just that , so due precautions would be taken . |