Example sentences of "[num ord] thing you [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , if you were Andrus and for some reason you decided to start a campaign of your own , and you were , like him , a Copt , the first thing you would do would be to go to a bank and make proper financial arrangements . |
| 2 | So the first thing you must do is get a different message across . |
| 3 | The first thing you must do is to assign any system-wide logical names required by the process , eg. pseudo-devices used for the process or storage directories , and all the logicals for all the storage directories known to the process . |
| 4 | But the first thing you must do , once you know the figure , take seventy- five per cent of it , if it 's up to forty-five thousand and obviously these are . |
| 5 | The oak will certainly be removing many nutrients from the soil so the first thing you should do is dig the area over well and incorporate plenty of organic matter such as well-rotted manure , garden compost , leaf mould or peat . |
| 6 | The first thing you should do is write down clearly everything you want . |
| 7 | The first thing you should do , however , is send yourself . |
| 8 | The first thing you should do is to prepare a breakdown . |
| 9 | That is the first thing you should do with any burn , put people in a cold bath , anything to keep the burns cold because otherwise they can keep burning in for something like five hours . |
| 10 | What would be the first thing you 'd do ? |
| 11 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 12 | ‘ But that 's the last thing you must do ! ’ she blazed , with a sudden change of mood . |
| 13 | Coronary risk factors are multiplicative , not additive , so if you already have one or two unavoidable risk factors , the last thing you should do is assume that the sword of Damocles is irrevocably poised above you and reach for another cigarette . |
| 14 | The last thing you should do is go on a spending spree at the end of the year to justify this year 's budget and enhance next year 's . |
| 15 | And I think that perhaps we 've all learned a lesson from it , plus the fact that you 've er , had to climb out of an horrendous accident , but the fact that if you are still drinking at half past four in the morning , the last thing you should do at nine o'clock in the morning is get in the car and drive the damn thing . |
| 16 | ‘ Eldorado was pulled forward and rushed and I think that 's the last thing you should do with a soap . |
| 17 | ‘ In those days seeing a comedian was the last thing you 'd do unless it was in some working men 's club . ’ |