Example sentences of "[modal v] do be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what we 'll do is to gi y Thing about this is you need the practice in in actually crunching |
| 2 | But what I thought I 'd do is like for Ellie and Linda for Christmas presents say , I mean you know it wo n't be a a lot but that 'll be it |
| 3 | So all I could do was to prance about waving flashcards and realia like a second-rate conjuror at a children 's party , and try not to glance at my watch more than once a minute . |
| 4 | There was an immediate loss of power and all I could do was to crash-land the aircraft . |
| 5 | What you ought to do was to said to him give me a deposit |
| 6 | And he used to come to with his black horse and dray and I used to go to help him on a er on a Saturday morning , used to get to about perhaps nine or half past and I 'd go the rounds with him and all I used to do was to er take the peoples things that they 'd bought up the entry you see because they were all entries then . |
| 7 | " It would have been immensely preferable for my return to be accomplished by the [ legal ] process , " de Gaulle told Dulac , but added cryptically : " Tell General Salan that what he has done and what he will do is for the good of France . " |
| 8 | All you can do is to |
| 9 | The only thing you can do is to quiet him down , to frighten him off . |
| 10 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |