Example sentences of "[pers pn] do be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So all I do is go through this , file that , oh yes , yes , file it and then you 've got your client files and everything , file everything , the pile goes down , some of it 's bin , binned . |
| 2 | ‘ You forget , Fran , that , as a Capricorn , everything I do is based on hard fact , not imagination . |
| 3 | What I do is sit in the chair by the fire . |
| 4 | I also swear that what I do is done with the full knowledge of Bishop Wishart ! ’ |
| 5 | All I do is look in the |
| 6 | I mean , I do n't know I , you see I left I had to come here so I left before Bob Monkhouse and everything , I just , I , all I did was go for couple of free drinks and plate of free food , which , I do n't think I got . |
| 7 | What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards . |
| 8 | What I did was to teeter from side to side like a tall mast on a small ship in a heavy sea . |
| 9 | As I said , what I did was dictated by necessity . |
| 10 | All I did was looking in the windows . |
| 11 | In fact , practically all I did was to go for solitary walks or pretend to read Virgil or Sophocles , whose two dead languages were now as meaningless to me as mental arithmetic , and as incapable of claiming my concentration . |
| 12 | The first thing I did was get on the phone to her . |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of the things I did were done for shock value . |
| 14 | But what I 'd like you to do is to go with me during the next couple of hours , have an open mind and erm if I say something which is in an in any way provocative , question me if you want to , cos that 's what we 're here for , to communicate . |
| 15 | Erm every time you 've got those words there in what I want you to do is pause into the time clause |
| 16 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 17 | What I want you to do is look at them and assess — in your considered opinion — whether they can be made to work or not . |
| 18 | Now what I 'd like you to do is to look at these numbers this is a bit like erm have you seen Countdown ? |
| 19 | I want , what I want you to do is get into groups of four in a minute , according to these instructions . |
| 20 | People moving in , this was in the medical practice , people moving in new er new er new first things you do is register with a doctor . |
| 21 | Operating in an international market , what you do is dictated by the moves your competitors in the confectionery and soft drinks markets are making . |
| 22 | All you do is key in your psyche data and if offers you a wide range of mind expanding sensations . ’ |
| 23 | One of the funeral fellows said : ‘ George , what you do is to lay in one of the shells [ coffins ] , take your helmet off , and we 'll drive round back of the cinema , and you 're on your own . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ At the moment all you do is lie around the place , you get bored , get into trouble , you can get into drugs and that . |
| 25 | I would recommend you do is look in this book , there 's a coup a couple of copies of which is , I mean er , is in the library , right . |
| 26 | All you do is put in the starter compost and the newspaper , add the worms and put some kitchen waste on top . |
| 27 | So the first thing you do is turn off your gas . |
| 28 | This is a shower/dryer — all you do is to stand in the shower and let yourself be bathed in jets of warm air — it 's a more hygienic , effortless and invigorating way of drying off . |
| 29 | So , instead , she said , ‘ If all you do is fight with him , why on earth do you go on working for him ? ’ |
| 30 | What she did was to go through her cupboards , where she discovered a dress which had once belonged to Clara 's cousin , and which had been enclosed years before in a charitable parcel of hands-on . |