Example sentences of "do [be] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said Barrow : ‘ What we must do is take confidence from those results . |
| 2 | What I might do is steal credit cards and use them . |
| 3 | But , with the prospect of a GATT trade deal already clouded by Mr Clinton 's dithering , the last thing he should do is damage world economic relations further by failing to prevent an international tax war . |
| 4 | Initially what we should all do is go back and look at those draft guidelines for the registration of nursing homes and be prepared to pull them to pieces , not so much for what they are saying but for what they are not saying and ought to be saying in order to be relevant . |
| 5 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 6 | What the media should not do is cause friction and division within society and especially it should not encourage opposition or resistance to government decrees . |
| 7 | ‘ All we can do is keep pace on this side until we see what will happen . |
| 8 | All I could do was watch television . |
| 9 | I wanted to run out and scream , but Mum had the key and all I could do was stand stock still , listening to the thumping of my heart . |
| 10 | She said something to me , a simple introduction , but all I could do was stare open-mouthed at her . |
| 11 | Dear me I think Daryll was hoping the roof things the best they can do was Saturday morning . |
| 12 | All you could do was show warmth and love and affection , and continue to " be there " to pick up the bits . |
| 13 | Gillroy and Davies hit the roof several times before managing to strap themselves down in the cabin , where all they could do was sit ashen-faced and pray . |