Example sentences of "all you [modal v] do be " in BNC.
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| 1 | All you 'll do is imprison me in your castle . ’ |
| 2 | It would be like taking London 's M25 or Washington 's beltway , in the hope of getting somewhere ; all you would do is go round and round in circles . |
| 3 | It , it , it , it is stupid in , in so far as the more sens if we were gon na do that , all you 'd do is you 'd write |
| 4 | So all you 'd do is you 'd cast about for a friend , you 'd decide on a price that you would accept and if it was a friend , if you had to sell it and you needed fifteen quid to buy a pair of shoes or whatever , erm and you 'd like twenty , you 'd turn to a mate and go , Have you got twenty quid ? and he he 'd say yes or no . |
| 5 | She has n't stopped complaining since that shopping centre went up , but , like , with people like that all you can do is listen and sympathize . |
| 6 | ‘ All you can do is study the situation as thoroughly as you can and be clear as to what the issues are and who is going to be affected by the decision . |
| 7 | All you can do is wait until your stepfather gets the will admitted to probate . |
| 8 | ‘ If all you can do is swear — , ‘ For Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If your nature is fire , all you can do is burn . ’ |
| 10 | After the first two movements , after such great torture , all you can do is let the music flow . |
| 11 | When you are young and know nothing , all you can do is trust your teacher , but here I felt some inner awareness of my own . |
| 12 | All you can do is to keep moving , and hope they still have some bridies in the Ptarmigan restaurant . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've paid all this money to come to Hawaii and all you can do is screw around . ’ |
| 14 | All you can do is give them a bit of comfort in that their letters have been read . |
| 15 | If it was , all you can do is try to make amends if this is possible , learn by your mistakes and decide not to make them again . |
| 16 | Each of us has to find our own truth and our own self in relation to the world ; all you can do is to remain true to yourself and your chosen path . |
| 17 | It is the lot of all parents of teenagers , I presume , and all you can do is say , ‘ I love you , but I hate what you are doing . ’ |
| 18 | When you 've organised and publicised , all you can do is wait and pray ! |
| 19 | Under these circumstances , all you can do is try to re-align the board on the artwork and expose it for a further period , but you may well have to scrap that attempt and start again with a freshly-coated board . |
| 20 | In cases of mild illness , such as coughs and colds , often all you can do is let children rest and give them over-the-counter medication to relieve pain or fever and help them to sleep . |
| 21 | When dealing with them , all you can do is ask if there is any method by which their payout system can be speeded up , such as by presenting your accounts in some special way or whatever . |
| 22 | By the end all you can do is grin and bear it |
| 23 | All you can do is be as honest as possible and go , ‘ Are you bored with doing this ? ’ |
| 24 | To achieve a severe , straight style , I 'm afraid all you can do is grow out your perm . |
| 25 | All you can do is hope they 'll sort themselves out . |
| 26 | Fifty metres up , the view is magnificent , but all you can do is sit and wait for animals to come by . |
| 27 | All you can do is be supportive … ’ |
| 28 | No you can all you can do is just learn a few each day or learn some patterns so that you can get quite a few words in one go and sort of learn some tricks like guessing well we 'll we 'll try with a C. |
| 29 | All you can do is to notice the spelling when you read . |
| 30 | And all you can do is — |