Example sentences of "you [vb base] [verb] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Really what you want to do is make him hit the ball up . |
| 2 | If all you want to do is talk , there are plenty of other places you can go . |
| 3 | But it 's a bit grim if all you want to do is fit an upgrade board . |
| 4 | All you want to do is punish me . ’ |
| 5 | Erm , what you want to do is to create lots of directories and put different sets of files in different directories . |
| 6 | If your car breaks down or you need to get a taxi home late at night , the last thing you want to do is wander round looking for a phone box . |
| 7 | I knew what I was doing and knew that it was wrong — but when you 're 14 , everything you want to do is wrong . |
| 8 | The great thing about this holiday club is if all you want to do is laze about in the sun , they 'll let you . |
| 9 | But if all you want to do is sit in the gardens or laze by the pool , they will allow it ! |
| 10 | All you want to do is sit at home and watch TV . |
| 11 | All you want to do is sit home and drink gin . ’ |
| 12 | What you want to do is learn to play the organ . |
| 13 | That first holiday away is a magical occasion , and the last thing you want to do is share the magic with a hotel load of families and grannies . |
| 14 | What you want to do is find who killed him . ’ |
| 15 | Erm but er I think when you say about being confrontational there 's if you 've got a client in front of you the last thing that you want to do is have erm a confrontation with them |
| 16 | Having loaded your game for the very first time , the last thing you want to do is read an instruction sheet this size . |
| 17 | What you want to do is ring up the Sunday Times and get a reporter round and he 'll get a scandal story and they 'll do something |
| 18 | But it 's very difficult to say to people , ‘ Go back into your offices and rock your handset ’ , because it 's the last thing on your mind , especially after a boring afternoon like this , all you want to do is get in there , do as little as possible and go home ! |
| 19 | I think you have to know a lot [ in chemistry ] , whereas with physics , what you hope to do is get general laws and principles that are applicable widely . |
| 20 | In fact , ever since the beginning of the year you seem to have been toying with the idea of making a major career move or change of residence and what transpires sometimes between October 29 and November 3 should enable you to rebuild and reshape your life — and the past with all its traumas and dramas will be placed in their true perspective , if not forgotten altogether . |
| 21 | You seem to have been doing rather well out of those . ’ |
| 22 | GEMINI You seem to have been concentrating more on group than individual efforts lately . |
| 23 | It 's very lucky that you seem to have been chosen to marry her . |
| 24 | You seem to have been avoiding me since lunch . ’ |
| 25 | Erm which would give you some contact with erm , er you know people who 'd er er just come out of prison or , or you know had been serving some sort of sentence or other , you know , maybe not a custodial one or something . |
| 26 | You know having been labelled |
| 27 | Virgin Records is t starting up new groups who ac you know have been scorned by some of the big companies . |
| 28 | Accordingly , you can show your reader that your critical judgements are based on what you know has been achieved by other writers you have read ( effects which can therefore be compared with each other ) . |
| 29 | Er as a result of the success we 've now got to go back and revisit it , I mean Ian you know has been leading in from from this office er and that it 's the person contact which counts for so much . |
| 30 | Are there aspects of training that you find to have been missing or superficial now that you have had the chance of putting your technical skill to the test ? |