Example sentences of "do be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood in front of the mirror and in front of her mother , and she suffered because she knew that there was no escape ; the reasons why the dress would not do were reasons which could never be communicated . |
| 2 | The best we can do is Z 2 =-2 . |
| 3 | What did he do is Léonie really my sister what did he do ? |
| 4 | ‘ The least you could do is say thank you , ’ he taunted . |
| 5 | Said Barrow : ‘ What we must do is take confidence from those results . |
| 6 | What I might do is steal credit cards and use them . |
| 7 | The person in the BEST position to see exactly what each pair can do is Wilko . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But what I can also do is leverage the power of client server extensions to S Q L. We talked about pioneering efforts in stored procedures and triggers . |
| 11 | I have tried to sell the shares on several occasions through Harvard , having been told " now is not the time to sell , " and " best I can do is 5p ! " |
| 12 | The best you can do is silks for a jockey skullcap , but should n't we be able to buy hats covered with light or reflective materials , instead of velvet , for road use ? |
| 13 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 14 | Remember , the one thing you ca n't do is duck the issue . |
| 15 | Yet all you can do is carp and criticise . |
| 16 | I 've thought about next thing they 'll do is holograms next . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | . But what I wan na do is trough this and bury these pipes . |
| 19 | The only thing you ca n't do is soft those , we can do diamonds , erm , the only thing you ca n't do is pearls |
| 20 | ‘ All we can do is keep pace on this side until we see what will happen . |
| 21 | I think a lot of this is done is school as well . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted to find out why Maman had kept the past such a big secret , but all I seem to have done is spook everyone — even you , ’ she said wryly . |
| 23 | ‘ We wondered if this new service would take away from our standard lipsticks , but actually what it has done is increase overall lipstick sales within the store . |
| 24 | All she done is S's . |
| 25 | A case involving the United Kingdom where this was done is Lord Bruce of Donington v. Aspden , case 208/80 , applying the Protocol on privileges and immunities of the European Communities . |
| 26 | But what Patch-Hall , the former curator of rail transport at the Science Museum in London , has done is gather together a fascinating collection of explanations about the system , its equipment and legislation . |
| 27 | All you 've done is hold out the whole day against odds of ten to one . |
| 28 | He has n't after all said anything false , because he has n't said anything at all : all he 's done is sigh . |
| 29 | Ail they 've done is sign his death warrant for him . ‘ |
| 30 | ‘ He appreciates what others in the team are doing for him , because what I 've done is pick a team around him , ’ explained Taylor . |