Example sentences of "good [noun sg] you [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , if for any reason you have to leave your garden for several months , the best thing you can do is to sow a suitable green manure . |
| 2 | The best thing you can do for your skin , throughout the year , is keep it moist with creams . |
| 3 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 4 | The best thing you can do is to forget her . " |
| 5 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 6 | ‘ The best thing you can do is stay quietly here with Dora for the rest of the evening . |
| 7 | ‘ If you really want to help me out , Kokos , the best thing you can do today is lie low and keep your mouth shut . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The best thing you can do is go home and tuck yourself up with a hot-water bottle , ’ she advised , pulling on her coat . |
| 9 | And her Gran was voicing her mother 's own words : ‘ The best thing you can do is to hang on , as grim as it will be for you , until she 's able to make a choice . |
| 10 | The best thing you can do is keep out of his way until I get rid of him . |
| 11 | Brenda Campbell says to ride a 100 miles on a horse is quite something in itself but to ride it at a fast pace and be able to get off is semothing else and it 's the best thing you can do with a horse |
| 12 | Facing up to your own problems , and trying to resolve them , may be the best thing you could do for your child . |
| 13 | And after all , perhaps joining up was the best thing you could do ; you 'll be among people . |
| 14 | and pick what they thought , was the best thing you could do , and then do n't , do n't tell you but get them made . |
| 15 | The best thing you could do is ask at the |