Example sentences of "do [be] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you 're doing A level psychol y'know I think perhaps you ought to say , ok what we 'll do is go for less depth but a more general approach . |
| 2 | What this , this union must do and what Labour must do is campaign for the earliest possible opt-in to the Social Chapter . |
| 3 | What she does not do is believe for one moment that Rainbow has been possessed by some kind of demon . |
| 4 | All we can do is wait for it to pass through . |
| 5 | Now , all we can do is wait for his report and get on with more work . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ At the time I wanted to weep or murder somebody , but now — ’ he shrugged pragmatic shoulders ‘ — all I can do is wait for the next time . ’ |
| 7 | Now we committee erm with the resignation of Joan as ticket and subscription secretary , so all I can do is ask for any nominations from the floor , please or any volunteer who would like to follow Joan . |
| 8 | All they could do was plead for commonsense or , in desperation , threaten a stern lecture from Anna Essinger , a device which usually succeeded when all else had failed . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Now all that 's left to do is wait for Carry On Columbus to hit the cinemas in October . |
| 11 | So all you 've got to do is wait for the Agreement to get signed . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ What we wanted to do was identify for each separate office its cash inflow and outflow as a preparatory discipline , if you like , before the demerger . |
| 14 | All I had to do was ask for directions . |
| 15 | ‘ All they ever do is ask for money . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Here when a worker suffers mental of physical problems as a result off stress at work , the first thing he or she does is reach for his lawyer . |