Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] do be [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I need do was agree to a list of people who had already been named , so I would n't be hurting anyone . |
| 2 | She wanted to be as mature and sensible as Rachel was , she wanted to be reassuring and maternal and all she could do was cling to Maggie and sob and sob . |
| 3 | ‘ The least you can do is talk to John . |
| 4 | For the present all we need do is point to the logical gap between pluralism and neutrality . |
| 5 | Basically everything we all agree at the Institute the question of improving the lot of the Third World is the responsibility of Third Worlders , and in fact a number of us would add that in very many cases , certainly not in all , it would not be achieved through slow incremental technical change , but would require in some cases very major social structural changes that in some cases erm will only be brought about very major social upheaval erm and there all we can do is add to perhaps the element of increasing consciousness and awareness of the problems , which furthermore is a two way street , I mean when we have this study activities we learn as much from the people who attend the seminars as we tell them . |
| 6 | ‘ Tomorrow 's always another day , ’ she said , trotting out one of her many sayings , and he neither smiled nor mocked at her , but went downstairs to eat the supper which she had prepared for him , because that was the way she showed him her love and concern , and the least which he could do was respond to it . |
| 7 | All he can do is resort to his native cunning and to prayer . |