Example sentences of "what you [verb] be [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 What you do is hold the end of the stick and keep the arm more or less still .
2 What you do is demand .
3 First of all what you do is disturb the client , or put another way , you create a problem , and then you solve it , with a feature , and then you ask , what do you think , how do you feel ?
4 You 've got to get your casualty from the cause , but make sure it 's safe for you , now if it is a , a place where you 've got to get your casualty out and you have n't got a lifeline and I must express this really that there must be two of you and if you are going in you only go in if you think it is safe to go in and you must have a line attached to you and there 's somebody outside , so that if you do get erm overcome by fumes or whatever , they can pull you out , you are safe , they 'll see to you , if there is no hope , you do n't try to be the hero , what you do is go and make a phone call and get the professionals in , because they do n't want to come along and have to deal with two casualties , when there 's only one .
5 What you do is go .
6 What you do is stake out a corner of one of the canteens , the zero-gyms .
7 Yep , what you do is see that
8 Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ?
9 In good business , what you do is raise the money and then start the project .
10 Where what you do is take something , that is capable of doing that , and you take something that 's capable of doing that , and you join them together , and between them you get so much more than they could do individually .
11 Well I think what you do is push the yellow somewhere towards the peg in the middle .
12 What you do is join the bell to the two middle , or deck , feathers with a strip of leather , threaded with a bell .
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