Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The section on Doing corrections ( page 18 ) is about what the pupil might do , but what the teacher does is in many ways more important . |
| 2 | erm what this gives us an opportunity to do is to further exploit and promote erm the English , or the sort of British holiday , and this is why we are sort of working on the theme ‘ Britain 's great ’ , because a lot of people have yet to discover various parts of Britain and there are all sorts of holidays , you know , across Britain , from Land 's End to County Antrim , from Loch Ness to London Town . |
| 3 | Prevention is better than cure , and the sensible thing to do is to physically shield the mike , either by angling the shot out of the wind , or by getting an assistant to shelter it bodily . |
| 4 | Barbedette concluded that the only thing to do is to ‘ maintain an intrepid virtue . ’ |
| 5 | And you 've got perfect liver function tests which is what we thought you 'd have all So the thing to do is to now get you on Terbinefeine Yeah ? |
| 6 | Well I think the thing to do is to actually give you the higher dose patches . |
| 7 | It 's because there are economies of scale , alright , now if there are gains to be had from specialisation right , and consumers want specialised products and the best thing to do is to , erm , focus production in a single location right , for lots of different variants of this product right . |
| 8 | So the thing , the thing to do is to sort of dot around in the conversation things like pre antidisestablishmentarianism . |
| 9 | Yes , ah well the thing to do is to er go down and hi , hire a Daily Mirror van and wait for Mrs to arrive ! |
| 10 | But I mean I , if they want to be nasty they 're going to be nasty , in a sense , and , and if they ca n't see a positive way of using something , but they still want to get it in , then the obvious thing to do is to be nasty about it . |
| 11 | Well I 'll I 'll erm Well if you 've got the insurance the be the best thing to do is for me to tell them when you 've actually been done . |
| 12 | Probably what the best thing to do is for for for managers to sit when Vicky comes back I 'll fill in for anyone who reports to me . |