Example sentences of "thing you [modal v] do be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sort of thing you might do was , if you 've got a decision , is you might want to look t at the of that decision , okay ? |
| 2 | Well the thi one thing you could do is go and talk to one or two admissions tutors of the social work courses . |
| 3 | The only thing you could do is get the , you know that kind of plastic edging you can get for wall tiles |
| 4 | The best thing you could do is ask at the |
| 5 | Of course , if for any reason you have to leave your garden for several months , the best thing you can do is to sow a suitable green manure . |
| 6 | If you are rejected the most constructive thing you can do is to phone or write and ask for the reasons why . |
| 7 | But the one thing you can do is to think like us . |
| 8 | And the worst thing you can do is to screw it all up by putting a lot of technique all over it ! ' |
| 9 | Elaine England , senior training analyst at Lloyds Bank says : ‘ The worst thing you can do is fall in love with the gadgets and technology . ’ |
| 10 | The only thing you can do is scribble ; and what is the result of your scribblings ? |
| 11 | The only thing you can do is funk it ! |
| 12 | I think the worst thing you can do is to ask parents for measurements — as this can lead to problems . |
| 13 | The best thing you can do is to forget her . " |
| 14 | The worst thing you can do is buy things you will rarely , if ever , need . |
| 15 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 16 | The only thing you can do is carry on with your water changes and syphon off the algae at every opportunity . |
| 17 | This will have a significant impact on your fuel bills and help to reduce environmental pollution , but the most important thing you can do is to insulate your home properly . |
| 18 | And the worst thing you can do is give your skin a short period of intensive exposure to sun — exactly what we go in for when we jet off on our summer holidays . |
| 19 | So erm you can actually get round that by erm either reducing the estate , which is the simplest way of doing it , so one thing you can do is spend your money , which is n't a problem is it ? |
| 20 | ‘ The best thing you can do is stay quietly here with Dora for the rest of the evening . |
| 21 | Erm , one thing you can do is er , if you know that there 's a certain range in the spreadsheet that 's of any use . |
| 22 | ‘ The best thing you can do is go home and tuck yourself up with a hot-water bottle , ’ she advised , pulling on her coat . |
| 23 | And her Gran was voicing her mother 's own words : ‘ The best thing you can do is to hang on , as grim as it will be for you , until she 's able to make a choice . |
| 24 | The worst thing you can do is set these things and then cock it up because secretaries is people that pride themselves on being administratively perfect |
| 25 | ‘ So I 'm afraid the only thing you can do is grin and bear it , ’ Leif said , in what was obviously a finale . |
| 26 | The best thing you can do is keep out of his way until I get rid of him . |
| 27 | Think the only thing you can do is as I say be honest and say that , you know , you 're very worried about your fingers |
| 28 | The only thing you can do is . |
| 29 | The only thing you can do is to quiet him down , to frighten him off . |
| 30 | He said the only , the other thing you can do is loosen it off take the calliper b and turn the calliper round . |