Example sentences of "and [det] you [vb mod] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wait for the other side to post their part back to you on your client 's purchase , thereby leaving you with the initiative to complete the exchange procedure on your client 's sale , and this you should do immediately . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've paid all this money to come to Hawaii and all you can do is screw around . ’ |
| 3 | It is the lot of all parents of teenagers , I presume , and all you can do is say , ‘ I love you , but I hate what you are doing . ’ |
| 4 | And all you can do is — |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Unfortunately you now appear to be experiencing a rather peculiar phase in which nothing seems to go according to plan and all you can do is bide your time and wait for others to come to their senses . |
| 8 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 9 | Marlon : And all you can do is moan . |
| 10 | Here I am , yours for the asking ; talented , handsome , lovable and affectionate , and all you can do is gawk at a couple of brainless broads . " |
| 11 | I mean it 's only just to , just to do something otherwise you just sit here and you think it 's , you 're stuck here from morning till night and all you can do is keep going round , I mean I can keep working here |