Example sentences of "do [be] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the worst things you can do is to invite a few friends round who then chat in the background so that there is a continuous hubbub . |
| 2 | The least we can do is plant a few trees in return . |
| 3 | The ‘ only means of modifying what they have done is to perform the same action when next invited to do so ’ . |
| 4 | Brewing up was easy — all that had to be done was to shift a few boulders to reach a hot spot lower down , and pop a billy-can of snow into the hole . |
| 5 | One thing they could of done was put the same colour belt on the erm , oh ribbon on the hat |
| 6 | Here 's the bank — see the queue along the street from the cash point — people who 've got pots of money in that bank and all they 've got to do is press a few buttons and it 'll spew out a wad of crisp notes into their delicately manicured hand . |
| 7 | All I have to do is get a few facts , give them some colourful detail and write the script . |
| 8 | Normally the glide path is coupled to the localiser frequency , and all you have to do is to tune the latter on your receiver . |
| 9 | All we have to do is to propose a few initial targets , and guidelines , to get it launched . |
| 10 | Something we were determined to do was to make the most of every day that we had , and that we have continued to do . |