Example sentences of "to do [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , the thing to do is to backwind to the point where the eating of the banana comes to an end and begin the next shot from there . |
| 2 | All you have to do is to go with the flow of events , letting each scene add to what has gone before . |
| 3 | All I have to do is think of the most unpleasant thing possible . ’ |
| 4 | He does n't have to steer at all ; he does n't look at his compass ; he need not even run his engines : his vessel is quite literally pulled out of one ocean and into the other by a sextet of electrically-powered ( and Japanese-made ) trains called ‘ mules ’ which run on American cast-iron rails beside the lock-gates of the Canal : all the captain has to do is stand on the bridge and watch , listen to the genial Yankee twang of his assigned American pilot and experience a transport of delight . |
| 5 | ‘ What we will expect the regions to do is adhere to the firm budgets by doing their job properly , ’ he said . |
| 6 | There are no conditions specifically attached under the IDO but of course we have obligations — the county minerals officer will be pursuing us for restoration quite rightly — what we 'd like to do is go beyond the basic restoration and make it much better . |
| 7 | What I 'd like to do is go through the minutes of the last meeting . |
| 8 | ‘ Now what I want to do is go through the blocking today , so that Micky and George can start to feel the shape of the production . |
| 9 | What I 'd most like to do is go to the court to listen to what 's happening in the trial , but … . ’ |
| 10 | A radio paging system means staff can be bleeped when needed , all they have to do is go to the nearest intercom substation and they are straight through to reception or the management office . |
| 11 | The first thing to do is forget about the six for a minute . |
| 12 | All an eavesdropper has to do is key in the broad frequency and then ‘ tweak ’ it a little to get the fine tuning . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | try to get rid of all my baby stuff and , so what I 'm going to do is advertise in the paper and then |
| 15 | Gedge told The Legend ! in an NME interview in April 1986 : ‘ When we play live I can sometimes come across as glib or arrogant and find that people take exception to what I say when all I 'm trying to do is talk to the audience . ’ |
| 16 | All he has to do is talk to the Whips , and we will have a debate on sport any time he likes . |
| 17 | But if all you want to do is sit in the gardens or laze by the pool , they will allow it ! |
| 18 | What Making Belfast Work has been able to do is draw on the ability of what Mrs. Thatcher would call West Belfast 's ‘ active citizens ’ to develop many of the self-help projects that have characterised the enterprising nature of the community for many years . |
| 19 | All you have to do is match up the inventor to the invention . |
| 20 | The only type of legal research that most practising lawyers want to do is research into the law relating to a case that they have on hand . |
| 21 | Erm every time you 've got those words there in what I want you to do is pause into the time clause |
| 22 | The second thing we need to do is to lobby for the repeal of the unwinding of the safety net . |
| 23 | Obviously the first thing to do is to deal with the family 's emotional problem as well as your own . |
| 24 | You know those skirts you can buy in Liberty 's , the skirts and blouses that all you need to do is zip up the back ? |
| 25 | My friends all seem to be organised but all I seem to do is scream at the children and be in a muddle . |
| 26 | All we have to do is report to the parents once a year it does n't say that everything has to be on the report sheet at the same time it may well be some information goes at one particular time and some at another . |
| 27 | Smith added : ‘ If the management wish to refer an issue to the England committee , all they have to do is pick up the phone . ’ |
| 28 | And what we 've tried to do is to look at the national curriculum and try to identify young engineers who could go in and help with design and technology and quite obviously , practice what they preach . |
| 29 | And the only other thing to do is to look at the at matching it . |
| 30 | Erm , the point perhaps of , of , of the thing is , it 's called the Team Focus , and hopefully for that very reason what we 're trying to do is to look at the way in which you can improve your performance together if you like , erm , and it would be very interesting to see what Jack and Linda can contribute to this in that , people who 've worked together for sort of six or seven years , erm , ought to be able to show us something . |