Example sentences of "all you [modal v] do " 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 | It 's just a matter of waiting for your references to be checked out , or whatever the complication is , so all you 'd do , is stay , I mean , do n't sit at home . |
| 6 | All you can do with these songs is sing them , and Buddy fails even to manage that with any subtlety . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | All you can do is wait until your stepfather gets the will admitted to probate . |
| 10 | ‘ If all you can do is swear — , ‘ For Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If your nature is fire , all you can do is burn . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ All you can do now , ’ she said , ‘ is knock both of mine out of the way . ’ |
| 13 | After the first two movements , after such great torture , all you can do is let the music flow . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | All you can do is to keep moving , and hope they still have some bridies in the Ptarmigan restaurant . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've paid all this money to come to Hawaii and all you can do is screw around . ’ |
| 17 | All you can do is give them a bit of comfort in that their letters have been read . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | All you can do , if you decide to develop your spiritual self , is to do the best you can in an imperfect situation . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | When you 've organised and publicised , all you can do is wait and pray ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | All you can do in life is your best and expect to do your best and to try to go on achieving . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | By the end all you can do is grin and bear it |
| 28 | You can be a hot-shot driver and very quick and gutsy , but it does no one any good if all you can do when your car is n't performing is pull into the pits and say the car 's a pig . |
| 29 | Do n't wait for it Appleton if you want to save your insipid self from being punctured or badly handled all you can Do for the Better of our ESTEEMED BURMA is GET OUT ! |
| 30 | All you can do is be as honest as possible and go , ‘ Are you bored with doing this ? ’ |