Example sentences of "do is [vb infin] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , they had a handsome lifestyle , but few of them have new projects to pursue ; all they can do is sit on their hands , rueing the day they paid so much for the land they were keen to build on . |
| 2 | The most it can do is draw with its opponent . |
| 3 | All he can do is resort to his native cunning and to prayer . |
| 4 | I 'm telling you Major the one thing you do n't do is agree with them . |
| 5 | All we can do is wait for it to pass through . |
| 6 | Now , all we can do is wait for his report and get on with more work . ’ |
| 7 | These two guys are meant to be on a Gipsy Working Party , finding somewhere for the gipsies to live , and all they can do is argue about it . |
| 8 | As none of us can ever get outside logocentrism ( its power over our habits of thought and over our language is so pervasive ) , the most that one can do is work against them from within in this sort of way . |
| 9 | All you need do is look after your father , and let him see you 're cheerful . |
| 10 | All I 'm gon na do is add to what Keith said earlier today and encourage you fellow Tablers to use your hearts and minds over the next twelve months in this direction . |
| 11 | Throughout her self-pitying monologue ( for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination ) , all Dustin has to do is stare at her while his moustache droops in sympathy . |
| 12 | Now , what we have to do is organize for ourselves a mechanism whereby , for any particular project , we use the procedures that are necessary for that project . |
| 13 | Even without directly challenging an idea , all one has to do is sit on it for a while , put it in his or her pocket , not respond , find other projects more important — and the change effort will be stalled . |
| 14 | Then all we have to do is sit on it until the time 's right , ’ Hitch told him . |
| 15 | With the diameter of the sphere measured all you have to do is return to your school days to do a bit of geometry involving pi ( πD ) , which will give you the circumference . |
| 16 | Evan 's angry and embarrassed , Nic 's sullen beyond belief , there 's a rammed , expectant club waiting for them to play , and all they want to do is moan at their manager ( who also works for Nirvana ) back in the States . |
| 17 | All you have to do is throw in your lot with me . |
| 18 | All you 've got to do is chat to him about Tuscany and then twist the conversation around so you can slide in a few of my questions . ’ |
| 19 | To take advantage of this offer , which is available on our 18 month agreement , all you have to do is call into your local Radio Rentals shop with this letter . |
| 20 | All you have to do is write to her at the address below to receive a questionnaire ( do n't send any money now ) . |
| 21 | All you have to do is write to her at the address below to receive a questionnaire ( do n't send any money now ) . |
| 22 | All you have to do is look for your own number er if you if you have hopefully you 've kept a record of the assignments where you 've earned bonus and you can claim it as soon as that number is published . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Now what I want to do is look at what was happening at that time and then try and explain using the determinants of demand what the patterns actually were . |
| 25 | What you have to do is look at your T G and close your eyes . |
| 26 | What you 're trying to do is indicate to them how best you might be able to work your way through those controversies to be able to make some statement of policy or some recommendation and the like … . |
| 27 | But the media ca n't say that , they ca n't interpret that because what they 've got to do is sell to their readers , a story which the readers want to hear . |
| 28 | One of the things that experienced care staff do is talk about anything that is bothering them . |
| 29 | All citizens need a highly concentrated er episode in their lives where all they do is think about what is right in the circumstances and this will give them good practice , good training to being an enlightened voter . |
| 30 | All you do is key in your psyche data and if offers you a wide range of mind expanding sensations . ’ |