Example sentences of "all they [verb] [verb] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 All they had to do was hit a tiny fraction of the total available and they were in business .
2 Anyway , thus far all they 've done is sampled the boom boom .
3 By then all they wanted to do was set foot on dry land .
4 That is one reason why many consumer-goods firms which reckon all they need to do is cut prices temporarily will probably be proved wrong .
5 All they need to do is put a ‘ before ’ and ‘ after ’ circle , one with dots and one with nothing , like they do with lavatory cleaners .
6 Oh it is a lot easier cos that all they have to do is run on , drop 'em come off again .
7 I have tried to deal with this in good faith , but if anyone feels they have a problem , all they have to do is come back to this office . ’
8 Those boys are the type of boys , all they want to do is put in their eight hours and go home .
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