Example sentences of "you [modal v] do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You may do neither ! ’ snapped the Trunchbull . |
| 2 | You may do this with the juice of plums , gooseberries , apricots , figs , or any juicy fruit . " |
| 3 | You may do some maths if you want to . |
| 4 | If you want to do some carrot maps those children who did n't do carrot maps , you may do some . |
| 5 | ‘ Believe me , ’ she told him , ‘ you may do more good to the firm if you stay here . |
| 6 | But somebody like you could always find friends to say , Yes you ought to do that |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , you ought to do some jobs . |
| 8 | well she did have one it , she 's had an operation , but er , I , she manages to go to the post on a Sunday afternoon , she must write to her sister in Australia , which makes a little round trip , a bit of exercise that 's what you ought to do more of |
| 9 | Which is why you must do that sort of That that 's probably all you need for that bit . |
| 10 | ‘ My Lady , you must do that . ’ |
| 11 | You must do all the inserts first and then copy down so that you end up with the right formula at the end of the day which is the C five , C eight . |
| 12 | Before you start on this project you must do some checking as maybe a visit to your nearest dealer , or order to a Mail Order firm , has to be undertaken first . |
| 13 | You must do this very thoroughly , as the picture will not be as tightly secured against the glass if it only has a free-standing photograph frame backing as opposed to the hardboard backing one uses for normal pictures . |
| 14 | In my parents ' expectations there was always an element of unspoken threat : you must do this , or else … |
| 15 | You must do this gently . |
| 16 | As with stone throwers you must do this without measuring the distance to your target , so you must guess the range as accurately as you can . |
| 17 | As with stone throwers , you must do this without measuring , guessing the range as accurately as you can . |
| 18 | turns round to you half way through the job and says by the way you must do this . |
| 19 | But you must do this within 4 weeks of receiving the Appeal Committee 's decision from the Clerk . |
| 20 | Head of Department : ‘ … resist this ! … do n't want to say to my colleagues ‘ you must do this ’ . |
| 21 | I was trying to suggest that instead of actually definitely writing novels with a very straightforward moral theme , the theme of the novel being that you must do this or terrible things will happen , instead of doing that erm she is anxious to write novels which show you moral possibilities , that somebody or other may actually get into difficulty because they fail to understand something about somebody else and I think that these novels are intended to tell people more about themselves that erm they might otherwise realize . |
| 22 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
| 23 | You should not take rejection too personally in these circumstances , but you should do all you can to build on the experience . |
| 24 | If I was on his staff , as I was during the election , you can have a lot of power — influence — because you can say , ‘ I think you should do this Prime Minister , I think you should do that . |
| 25 | You should do that every time . |
| 26 | ‘ You should do that more often , ’ he said , his own expression oddly guarded . |
| 27 | When you put a quotation in your essay you should do several things with it : — Identify where the quotation comes from , e.g. the author and work : as Woolf suggests in The Common Reader , " [ QUOTE ] " . |
| 28 | You should do this only to compare one beer with another or one wine with another . |
| 29 | It 's not essential that you should do this , but it will save some cutting of blocks in situ . |
| 30 | If I was on his staff , as I was during the election , you can have a lot of power — influence — because you can say , ‘ I think you should do this Prime Minister , I think you should do that . |