Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the state can and should do is make sure that tax does not distort the choices involved . |
| 2 | the erm the displayed decoded it 's actually mounted next to the kit and all we 'll do is take twenty four volts out , volts out , they 'll take the , take the data off the kit itself and then just bring twenty four volts out |
| 3 | I think what we 'll do is try this , which is called Doxazocin there you go , that 's an instantly forgettable name for you . |
| 4 | So I think what 'll do is contact one or two of British companies with probably way out stuff and just see if there set up in Japan . |
| 5 | I think what we 'll do is hear each of those three presentations and then I will allow a time for comment , especially discussion after each I will limit that to make sure we get time for all so that 's that 's the way we 're going to do it . |
| 6 | What we 'll do is stick that up when he 's up there with . |
| 7 | Erm right okay well the first thing I 'd do is handle that one . |
| 8 | If I was to spend race day reporting as a spectator , then the least I could do was arrive early and attempt the course myself . |
| 9 | It is difficult to appreciate it now in the liberated 80's , but at the time the worst thing an unmarried girl could do was get pregnant , and the worst news a mother could hear from her daughter was , ‘ I 'm going to have a baby ! ’ |
| 10 | and er I bloody , I said , I said in the end I 've , what we ought to do is lop some part of their anatomy off , like a little digit or something then we can prove they 've been in |
| 11 | ‘ What you ought to do is teach these girls some manners , ’ the American muttered crossly . |
| 12 | And I think what we ought to do is have another look at you now . |
| 13 | Tell you what I would do is mix some slightly different colour green |
| 14 | Erm and what we will do is make sure you 've got enough room for fifteen foot by eight foot with with whatever space in front of it as as a as a lawn if you like . |
| 15 | The last thing he will do is reveal these " price " objectives , never declaring his mandated 4 per cent maximum to the other side . |
| 16 | The first thing she will do is organise more space than the limited suite of offices traditionally allocated to the First Lady . |
| 17 | A spokeswoman for the Tyne and Wear Anti-Fascist Association said : ‘ The best thing people can do is consign this sort of rubbish to the rubbish bin which is where it belongs . ’ |
| 18 | I think the best thing we can do is leave any talk of work until tomorrow and concentrate on the real reason why we agreed to this evening and get to know one another better . ’ |
| 19 | And the least I can do is make sure he has some peace and quiet while he can , poor little scrap , she thought . |
| 20 | Anne trusted you with the parcel ; the least you can do is make sure it reaches its destination on time . |
| 21 | All we can do is make sure adequate information is available so they know the likely effects . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 23 | What you can do is make some exaggerated moves such as lying on the floor , climbing through each other 's arms or whatever . |
| 24 | Now what we can do is do that mathematically which is the exciting bit for some of you . |
| 25 | All they can do is exchange one form of wage slavery' for another . |
| 26 | The best thing I can do is forget all about him , ’ she told a close friend . |
| 27 | What we can do is understand some of the general principles of how living things work , and why they exist at all . |
| 28 | Right , well , all I can do is take one lot , one coupon . |
| 29 | The Vietnamese have finally got control of their own country after forty years of war ; defeated the Japs , the French , us , and the most powerful nation in the history of the planet in succession , with bicycles , guns and guts , been bombed back into the bronze age in the process and all you can do is spout some tired nonsense about little yellow men infiltrating the steaming jungles of the Nullarbor Plain and turning the Aussies into Commies ; I think a Highland League side winning the European Cup is marginally more likely . ’ |
| 30 | What you can do is list all the people down here and then you might have a skills matrix you might also have a product knowledge matrix yeah ? |