Example sentences of "thing you [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 31 | Other things you can do , when you put a baby into its bed you can make sure the bed 's warm ca n't you ? |
| 32 | If you think of the variety of commercials you see on TV , there are many different things you can do in commercials : animation ; live action , used in perhaps the majority of commercials ; puppetry ; mixed live action and animation ; computer graphics and picture modification ; a variety of special effects . |
| 33 | At the meeting-place of roads on the Plateau d'Iraty there are four things you can do : go unadventurously back the way you came , to Esterençuby ; carry on due east over the Col Bagargui along a tolerable but not always reassuring road into Larrau and the valley of Mauléon ; turn sharp left along a somewhat hazardous stretch of track rather than road towards the village of Men dive ( I funk Ed this route myself , after a short trial run , but bad roads do get mended or improved in the Pyrenees , so one year 's experience may be different from the next ) ; or turn to the right along the very scenic road into the Forêt d'Iraty itself . |
| 34 | I think it 's the diversity really , the number of things you can do in it [ that appeals ] . |
| 35 | There 's lots of things you can do with it . |
| 36 | Clicking on an object with the right mouse button brings up a menu listing all the things you can do to it — a feature first seen in Borland 's Quattro Pro for Windows . |
| 37 | So we 've had a look at some of the numbers now have n't we and some of the things you can do with them . |
| 38 | Short of outright brutality that is probably one of the most degrading things you can do to a person . |
| 39 | of the things you can do of course . |
| 40 | Now there 's two different things you can do , there 's one which you were originally gon na do when it was a project . |
| 41 | ‘ If the answer is no then there are still a number of things you can do to make your workstation more comfortable . ’ |
| 42 | If you are not sure what goes with what or even which colours you feel comfortable with there are several things you can do to improve your confidence . |
| 43 | The thought of the wonderful things you can do and achieve makes you heart sing . |
| 44 | ‘ I ca n't imagine how they 'd manage with the zimmer , although there 's probably a whole magazine in the library devoted to obscene things you can do with disability aids . ’ |
| 45 | This brochure outlines the broad principles governing awards of compensation , relates the basic steps we will take and suggests a few of the things you can do to help us present your case . |
| 46 | Because one of the worse things you can do in this and it 's a it 's a it 's something everybody does I think , I understand anyway , is to prejudge who will or who will not advertise in |
| 47 | There are certain things you can do about it . |
| 48 | The cluster erm I was always very aware of this bit so it made me you know aware that there are things you can do and watching everybody just seemed just the answer inside you . |
| 49 | He describes his work with the chemical company as ‘ one of the single most soul-destroying things you can do . ’ |
| 50 | There are certain things you can do with a sixteen year old . |
| 51 | There are certain things you can do with a sixteen year old . |
| 52 | But er so there 's always things you can do . |
| 53 | I 've done chambermaiding , I 've done housekeeping , there ai n't many other things you can do and then she says and what about cooking ? |
| 54 | Well there 's plenty of things you can do to make them drop back . |
| 55 | there 's other things you can do though , like for example , I mean once you 've identified |
| 56 | IF YOU WERE PM , WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THREE THINGS YOU 'D DO ? |
| 57 | More specifically , do you find yourself avoiding things you used to do ? ’ |
| 58 | ‘ That 's just the sort of thing you would do — to make yourself look big — to make me look a fool . |
| 59 | The great thing about library music is that it is fairly non-commital : you can go in all kinds of directions and you 're asked to provide music in a certain style , which may not be the sort of thing you would do naturally , but it 's still enjoyable to do . |
| 60 | 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 . |