Example sentences of "do is [vb infin] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best thing you could do is ask at the |
| 2 | What we can more profitably do is look at the way speakers have used code switches in the past , in an effort to understand their motivations . |
| 3 | The first thing we 'll do is look at the data , alright , so if you go from the action menu into option one , right , we 're going to plot er go through to the transform edit |
| 4 | Because what we 'll have to do is negotiate at the end of the next session , whenever we 've finished , cos that 's entirely dependent on when we get fed up varies on what |
| 5 | My friends all seem to be organised but all I seem to do is scream at the children and be in a muddle . |
| 6 | And then if you want to find out the reason for the tension or how to stop it , what you have to do is look at the interests of those concerned . |
| 7 | He was in a fix — he had bought two papers and merged them together , and I was n't around , I was in New York , and I did the logo for him in a hurry , but I did n't have time to design a newspaper , nor was it the kind of thing for which he could pay a big design fee , so he described it on the phone and then he faxed me some pages of the existing papers , and I said well what you have to do is look at the old London Times and do that . |
| 8 | Now , what they try and do is finish at the end of this term , so you 've got from now on until , mid- January to , to revise erm , but you may have |
| 9 | ‘ All he does is sit at the front window looking out or just sits on the bench on a sunny day like Monday . |