Example sentences of "all we [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chris Haskins , head of Hull-based Northern Foods , adds : ‘ Under the Thatcher regime , it was always : the market will determine everything and all we 'll do is control the money supply . |
| 2 | If somebody comes and reports to us that erm that the music 's loud , all we 'll do is refer them to Road Police Station . |
| 3 | the erm the displayed decoded it 's actually mounted next to the kit and all we 'll do is take twenty four volts out , volts out , they 'll take the , take the data off the kit itself and then just bring twenty four volts out |
| 4 | Whilst we may feel that it is unfortunate that such career structures exist at all we might do well to examine our own mechanisms for getting ahead . |
| 5 | We talked of all we would do when he was strong enough , and I put everything else out of mind and concentrated on being positive and cheerful myself , which was not always easy but I was determined to behave normally and to treat him as a convalescent and not as a sick man . |
| 6 | All we would do is transfer people from rural districts to the ranks of the unemployed in urban ones . |
| 7 | For the present all we need do is point to the logical gap between pluralism and neutrality . |
| 8 | All we need do is experience and acknowledge our Shadow self , so that we no longer need to project it onto the outside world . |
| 9 | All we need do here is to remark that by 1914 it had carried the control of violence and unreason in national and international life further than ever before , and brought Europeans to a previously unmatched level of material and mental achievement . |
| 10 | All we need do is ask him in . |
| 11 | All we can do is plant and hope . |
| 12 | All we can do is to try and insure against the possibility of ill-judged disposal by some sort of division of labour . |
| 13 | ‘ Then I suppose all we can do is to take her one of our Christmas puddings and some holly and things , ’ said Christine sadly . |
| 14 | ‘ Unless we can think of something really clever , I 'm afraid it 's about all we can do . |
| 15 | He added what could , with a slight dose of exaggeration , serve as the epitaph of modern Cabinet government : ‘ All we can do is press every button we 've got . |
| 16 | If we are using up to five times the energy that we really need to move , then it is hardly surprising that , after a long day , all we can do is ‘ collapse in a heap ’ ! |
| 17 | However , until that stage is reached , all we can do is to ensure that the animals whose flesh we devour are given the best possible lifestyle and are then despatched as quickly and painlessly as possible . |
| 18 | All we can do is to follow our inner guidance , realize we are a part of the Earth , and we will know . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've just got to sit it out ; it 's all we can do . ’ |
| 20 | What they do n't seem to realise is that we do n't keep spares in the office , so all we can do is send them on to Ablex anyway , so you 'll have longer to wait . |
| 21 | Oh well , all we can do is see . |
| 22 | But , as Jon Edgson says : ‘ All we can do is start the ball rolling , after that it 's up to the individual concerned . |
| 23 | All we can do is to report observations at national and international meetings where the keenest , most dedicated enthusiasts gather . |
| 24 | All we can do is try and make sure we 've assessed the risks correctly . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's all we can do , Jack . |
| 26 | All we can do for now is wait for the kidnappers to make contact . |
| 27 | This is unfair criticism — Gooch produces a mass of indicative , albeit necessarily speculative , evidence in favour of his hypothesis — but nevertheless it is true that our knowledge of the past is and has to be based on the artefacts surviving from that past : lacking the artefacts , all we can do is make an educated deduction . |
| 28 | Until then all we can do is wait … and wonder . |
| 29 | All we can do is guess . |
| 30 | He says : ‘ The fans have been frustrated because we have n't scored but all we can do is to try and put it right . |