Example sentences of "[noun pl] you can do " in BNC.
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1 | When I go I usually pay er to go round the back er which in some circuses you can do and only two weeks ago |
2 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
3 | I see things like senile dementia as being a direct result of restricted breathing over very many years — in 20 , 30 or 40 years you can do to yourself the same sort of thing that happens in an operating theatre if oxygen is withdrawn . ’ |
4 | Visiting the doctor , attending parentcraft classes , asking questions , reading books and leaflets from the clinic are all things you can do together . |
5 | Although insulation and draught-proofing are the best ways to save money on heating bills , there are many other things you can do which , when combined , can make substantial savings . |
6 | There 's still no miracle cure for facial lines , despite manufacturers ' claims , but there are things you can do to delay them . |
7 | ONE OF the few things you can do more efficiently in an aircraft than anywhere else is get drunk . |
8 | But I can say there are other things you can do . |
9 | ‘ It 's so versatile , ’ said Henry , aloud , as he drove back down the hill , ‘ There are so many things you can do with thallium ! ’ |
10 | Indeed , one of the worst things you can do with anger is suppress it . |
11 | IF YOU ARE A KEEN GARDENER , THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO |
12 | A favourite mail-out is the 160-page 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth ( 3.5 million copies sold and distributed through a variety of sources ) . |
13 | Going out , especially at night , may seem particularly dangerous for people on their own , but there are many things you can do to promote your safety whether you are a man or a woman . |
14 | All these things you can do by yourself , but at the same time you will be making some sort of social contact . |
15 | One of the worst things you can do is to invite a few friends round who then chat in the background so that there is a continuous hubbub . |
16 | However , there are a number of things you can do at home to keep the coat healthy and to minimise your trips to the salon . |
17 | One of the most exciting things you can do with Harris 's hawks is what 's called ‘ flying a cast ’ . |
18 | I hope to show you that there are things you can do to improve your frame of mind ; and that this is a necessary preliminary to engaging with change , whether by promoting , implementing or opposing it , in an intelligent and powerful way . |
19 | There are a few things you can do to make sure that when Animosity strikes the effect is minimal . |
20 | Serious Maintenance is best left to the professionals but here are three simple things you can do for yourself . |
21 | Apart from antihistamines , inhalants , nasal sprays and , in the very worst cases , short-term use of steroids , there are many simple and safe things you can do . |
22 | Concentrate on the things you can do well within a reasonable working day , establishing the priorities as you go along . |
23 | Serene it means peaceful and calm , erm Treatment , you should , if you think back to your hypothermia , what are the very simple practical things you can do if you find a baby that you think , suspect 's got cold injury ? |
24 | Other things you can do , when you put a baby into its bed you can make sure the bed 's warm ca n't you ? |
25 | If you think of the variety of commercials you see on TV , there are many different things you can do in commercials : animation ; live action , used in perhaps the majority of commercials ; puppetry ; mixed live action and animation ; computer graphics and picture modification ; a variety of special effects . |
26 | At the meeting-place of roads on the Plateau d'Iraty there are four things you can do : go unadventurously back the way you came , to Esterençuby ; carry on due east over the Col Bagargui along a tolerable but not always reassuring road into Larrau and the valley of Mauléon ; turn sharp left along a somewhat hazardous stretch of track rather than road towards the village of Men dive ( I funk Ed this route myself , after a short trial run , but bad roads do get mended or improved in the Pyrenees , so one year 's experience may be different from the next ) ; or turn to the right along the very scenic road into the Forêt d'Iraty itself . |
27 | I think it 's the diversity really , the number of things you can do in it [ that appeals ] . |
28 | There 's lots of things you can do with it . |
29 | Clicking on an object with the right mouse button brings up a menu listing all the things you can do to it — a feature first seen in Borland 's Quattro Pro for Windows . |
30 | So we 've had a look at some of the numbers now have n't we and some of the things you can do with them . |