Example sentences of "you [verb] [verb] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , what you got to do is outsmart them , see ? ’ |
| 2 | It 's great to be out somewhere and then decide to go home , and there it is , waiting for you , and all you got to do is walk a bit and then you 'll be home and everything 'll be OK . |
| 3 | Oh , all you got to do is put it in , somebody 'll take it out . |
| 4 | All you got to do is keep an eye open and watch the break lights . |
| 5 | So what do you want to see being done ? |
| 6 | Would you prefer to have been born a man ? |
| 7 | Which of these items do you think have been produced by Royal Mail mainly for collectors collectors rather than for the public at large ? |
| 8 | I , I do n't think Mr 's actually got any very reasonable criticisms at all , and we must again say , as we often do to Conservatives now , who do you think 's been running the country for the last fourteen or fifteen years ? |
| 9 | Really what you want to do is make him hit the ball up . |
| 10 | If all you want to do is talk , there are plenty of other places you can go . |
| 11 | But it 's a bit grim if all you want to do is fit an upgrade board . |
| 12 | All you want to do is punish me . ’ |
| 13 | Erm , what you want to do is to create lots of directories and put different sets of files in different directories . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I knew what I was doing and knew that it was wrong — but when you 're 14 , everything you want to do is wrong . |
| 16 | The great thing about this holiday club is if all you want to do is laze about in the sun , they 'll let you . |
| 17 | But if all you want to do is sit in the gardens or laze by the pool , they will allow it ! |
| 18 | All you want to do is sit at home and watch TV . |
| 19 | All you want to do is sit home and drink gin . ’ |
| 20 | What you want to do is learn to play the organ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | What you want to do is find who killed him . ’ |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Having loaded your game for the very first time , the last thing you want to do is read an instruction sheet this size . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | 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 ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Do you resent having been put into the position where you had rely , had to rely on land sales ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | You seem to have been doing rather well out of those . ’ |