Example sentences of "the [det] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , that 's the least we can do . |
| 2 | The least I would expect would be an immediate invitation from the Prime Minister , come and see me , because if it was happening on the streets of any city in Britain and the MP stood up and said what I 've said I think he would be in Downing Street within the night . |
| 3 | and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance . |
| 4 | Shit , I thought , the least she could do is keep them sheathed when she does n't need them . |
| 5 | The least she could do in return was to meet him halfway . |
| 6 | I mean , the re at the least you could go and have a look I suppose if |
| 7 | after it 's been cut the least you can do is give yourself a shake |
| 8 | It was the least he could do . |
| 9 | It was the least he could do . |
| 10 | It was the least he could do . |
| 11 | It seemed , thought Henry , the least he could do . |
| 12 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 13 | It was the least he could do . |
| 14 | He insisted that the least he could do would be to pay for the coffee , and he always tried to do the least that he could . |
| 15 | It seemed — the least he could do — to deny himself the dramatic gesture , to humiliate himself . |
| 16 | The least he could do , Graham thought was take off that ridiculous tartan cap . |
| 17 | ‘ The least he could do is have it rolled . |
| 18 | The least he can do is respond immediately with a carefully worded personal letter . |
| 19 | The least he can do is buy us a decent lunch . ’ |
| 20 | It was , thought Joshua , probably the least he should do . |
| 21 | These instruments then provide a pseudo-scientific basis for giving most of the educational goodies to the few who can ‘ benefit ’ from them . |
| 22 | A slim , wiry youth , he was one of the few who could claim a ‘ middle-class ’ upbringing . |
| 23 | Paisley , one of the few who could grasp the larger issues brought into focus by the assassination attempt at Tully-West , unfortunately was absent at Westminster . |
| 24 | Payment for the two men who died because of you and the many who might have died . ’ |
| 25 | This applies to those who will be employed by others and to the many who may expect , for part or all of their working lives , to be self-employed . |
| 26 | We did this or we shut down and if they wanted the latter we should shut down our plants immediately . |
| 27 | As an example of the latter we can recall one case in which the famous ‘ scientific ’ investigator of the paranormal , JB Rhine ( 1895–1980 ) , asked an experimental subject to try , clairvoyantly , to perceive the images on a set of cards that Rhine was turning up . |
| 28 | The latter we can do immediately ; the former will take a little longer ( Theorem 1.4.10 ) . |
| 29 | If one runs out of the latter one can use paper tissues instead , though I would n't recommend them for pressing fragile flower heads as the tissues can leave a slight pattern on the petals . |
| 30 | If in the latter one could not tell whether his voice was as bad as it was supposed to be , the former gave ample proof . |