Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [be] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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1 | But what I say to do is buy a new chiller and get it on and then all Summer we 'll get this damn problem again . |
2 | Then I 'd be looking after you for both products and what I want to do is have a look at all the standard bearings you take to see if there is potential for a supply . |
3 | Basically what I like to do is have a conversation about the project and then get the designer to come up with an answer . |
4 | If all you aim to do is stop a problem behaviour then there is a strong chance you will be successful with that behaviour . |
5 | When you have sent off your pristine cassette , your witty biography and your complimentary tickets , the next thing you need to do is make a follow-up call : ‘ Oh hello . |
6 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
7 | " Rain occurs when cold and warm fronts meet and all you need to do is create a source of low temperature to generate precipitation " . |
8 | Whenever I have argued this point with other anglers they inevitably say that all you need to do is use a long link and a short hook-length when link-legering to obtain the same effect . |
9 | well not saying tha , I mean I and again I , I think what I need to do is get a sheet again , obviously working with yourselves and Rod to get you more information to make sure the classes are not and do n't get same situation as last year |
10 | All you need to do is drill a hole into the back of the engine to take a piece of thin wire , then fold the banner in half and glue it to the wire with PVA glue . |
11 | All they need to do is write a song about a hotel and , er , walk around with an armful of very long fish indeed , and America is theirs . |
12 | All you have to do is grow a beard and look rugged , take a bunch of gullible kids from good homes , make their parents pay through the nose to let them sleep in bunks and eat beans , and then pretend that mundane things are difficult or unusual . |
13 | All you have to do is create a delicious family dish for four using naturally tender New Zealand Lamb . |
14 | All you have to do is create a batch file PERIOD.BAT containing the lines ECHO . |
15 | ‘ What we have to do is create a culture in which appointing women to senior jobs is easier , ’ he says . |
16 | The better mousetrap All you have to do is build a better version of brand X and the world will beat a path to your door . |
17 | All you have to do is hire a plane out of here and go back south . |
18 | The revolutionary ‘ heat up ’ technology means all you have to do is press a button and fifteen minutes later you 'll have a perfectly warmed bottle . |
19 | All you have to do is make a sufficiently methodical presentation and you can get away with it . ’ |
20 | Erm , all you have to do is dial a phone number that 's . |
21 | All you have to do is send a signed statement from your pacer(s) together with a receipt from the charity , and Joss will send you a tankard . |
22 | If you want to get hold of the Mega Disk in 5.25-inch format , all you have to do is send a cheque or postal order for £1 ( made payable to PC Wise Ltd ) to : PC Wise Ltd , Dowlais Top Business Park , Dowlais , Merthyr Tydfil , Mid Glamorgan CF48 2YY . |
23 | All you have to do is send a postcard , stating your preferred date and venue , to : Baileys SummerStage/Ideal Home Offer , 1 Baldock Street , Ware , Herts SG11 1PX . |
24 | All you have to do is send a couple more things by messenger . ’ |
25 | you may say , ‘ all we have to do is buy a female . |
26 | If you do n't receive one , do n't forget — all you have to do is buy a selected Black & Decker power tool from one of the above-mentioned stores , and you can send off for one , too . |
27 | In return for this hospitality , all they have to do is write a glowing report of their experience . |
28 | But if you are currently aching to play our exciting , educational , fun-for-all-the-family boardgame , Landslide ( order an extra copy now for your friend or household pet ! ) , but are unable to do so due to an embarrassingly die-free domestic situation , all you have to do is write a letter to me , addressed to Oi ! |
29 | Over 70 minutes of fun-filled frolics from almost 30 years of Match Of The Day , and we 've three of each to give away — all you have to do is slap a caption on this wee photo ! |
30 | All I have to do is get a few facts , give them some colourful detail and write the script . |