Example sentences of "has to do be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All an eavesdropper has to do is key in the broad frequency and then ‘ tweak ’ it a little to get the fine tuning . |
| 2 | Throughout her self-pitying monologue ( for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination ) , all Dustin has to do is stare at her while his moustache droops in sympathy . |
| 3 | All he has to do is talk to the Whips , and we will have a debate on sport any time he likes . |
| 4 | He does n't have to steer at all ; he does n't look at his compass ; he need not even run his engines : his vessel is quite literally pulled out of one ocean and into the other by a sextet of electrically-powered ( and Japanese-made ) trains called ‘ mules ’ which run on American cast-iron rails beside the lock-gates of the Canal : all the captain has to do is stand on the bridge and watch , listen to the genial Yankee twang of his assigned American pilot and experience a transport of delight . |
| 5 | Even without directly challenging an idea , all one has to do is sit on it for a while , put it in his or her pocket , not respond , find other projects more important — and the change effort will be stalled . |
| 6 | All Gorby has to do is sit at a desk , saying nothing . |
| 7 | So what the philosopher has to do is to look at these , all these various factors and begin to try and make people conscious of the inadequacies of the way in which they live , and of the new possibilities which are open to them , if they will only project their minds outside the established bounds . |