Example sentences of "[pers pn] do be [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first thing I do is break his arm , ’ he announced . |
| 2 | All I do is go , ‘ Hi ’ ’ |
| 3 | Right , I , the first thing I do is go out and sweep it off the road then , I ca n't , I just ca n't remember |
| 4 | So all I do is go through this , file that , oh yes , yes , file it and then you 've got your client files and everything , file everything , the pile goes down , some of it 's bin , binned . |
| 5 | One of the interesting things that I do is go every so often and talk to groups of British civil servants who are going to spend some of them a week some of them up to six weeks on an exchange visit erm with the French civil service , in an attempt to learn a certain amount erm about how the system works , both so that they will be able to understand more easily when it comes to joint erm ventures , joint matters , joint policies , what the other side is doing and the pressures within which it 's operating , and also so that sometimes they may be able to learn things , and pick up useful tips and hints about the way to handle a particular problem . |
| 6 | I puke again , but it 's just like my tummy s being squeezed and all I do is make this coughing noise and nothing comes out . |
| 7 | Comfort , to me , means warmth , and whenever I change homes the first thing I do is make it as warm as possible . |
| 8 | ‘ All I do is rest and play matches . |
| 9 | What I do is place two or three handfuls of biscuit into a polythene bag , then mix about 20ml of a favourite bait flavour into half a cup of lukewarm water . |
| 10 | I get up in the morning , first thing I do is light a cigarette . |
| 11 | Pardon me , hmm , ooh that 's better , that 's all I do is burp |
| 12 | All I do is sleep , work , and count calories . |
| 13 | Yeah , I have been cos I 've been bored really so all I do is study . |
| 14 | Hold on , what I do is label it , they all come to me for signing . |
| 15 | What I do is sit in the chair by the fire . |
| 16 | The first thing I do is check the stocks , followed by date returns and er , you know , erm , get that done , out of the way , and start looking at the , of the night , and what have you , setting that up , and maybe the late night process , hand over from the branch manager , walk round doing any detail he wants me to do , and hand over from late nights . |
| 17 | Well what I do is like put it on a tray , right what we do is in the night right and if you 'd stayed up late I 'd put cheese |
| 18 | And the first thing I do is call you . ’ |
| 19 | All I do is produce basic knowledge . |
| 20 | I want to sleep in my old room , so what I do is take the mattress and stick it back in my old room . |
| 21 | And only thing I do is get hold of windowsill to get out , and I 'm alright . |
| 22 | All I do is get mike shoved under me nose . |
| 23 | Then all I do is mix a lot of sawdust with the oil in the gear-box and it runs as sweet as a nut . ’ |
| 24 | Of course , all I do is ring Verso , which has just published Class War 's book ( Class War . |
| 25 | There 's not much to say about it other than what I do is plug it in ! |
| 26 | All I do is look in the |
| 27 | ‘ All I do is report the facts , Mr Calder . |
| 28 | So what I do is try and think about everybody involved . |
| 29 | ‘ What I do is follow the money and make sure the people who are spending it on my behalf are actually the right sort of people , and are doing the right sort of job . ’ |
| 30 | But the next thing I do is buy a case on Famagusta Instant Golden Enriched Noodles . |