Example sentences of "thing do be [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously the first thing to do is to deal with the family 's emotional problem as well as your own . |
| 2 | from escaping through the top and if you 're i if it 's a fa you know , there 's some light or disturbance you and want to sleep and the best thing to do is to go into a light doze cos , you know , you ca n't do much else that 's cover your face . |
| 3 | If you are faced with this , the only thing to do is to refuse to be drawn into any fruitless arguments , but stand firm in your resolve to leave when you feel you must , assuring her of your affection and concern for her and your intention to visit her again as soon as you can . |
| 4 | Obviously , the thing to do is to backwind to the point where the eating of the banana comes to an end and begin the next shot from there . |
| 5 | Just how these habitual patterns are to be internalized for easy access is another matter : direct inducement by repetitive drill may well not be the best way , in which case the thing to do is to think of other techniques . |
| 6 | So the best thing to do is to think of something completely different . |
| 7 | If your computer supports graphics , and most do , the first thing to do is to change from text mode ( the mode that DOS sets up for you ) into graphics mode . |
| 8 | And the only other thing to do is to look at the at matching it . |
| 9 | Erm perhaps the thing to do is to look at how it varied in nineteen eighty six . |
| 10 | I think myself on that the best thing to do is to get in touch with the local chemist |
| 11 | The best thing to do is to apply for further details of any of the courses which interest you . |
| 12 | The only thing to do was to go for a walk . |
| 13 | I heard him talking on the radio , in which he said he 'd tried several methods of winning on the football pools and in the end decided that the easiest thing to do was to put in the same numbers each week and so he was not exercising any skill in deciding whether one pair of teams were likely to enter into a score draw than another pair , but he just trusted that , say , number thirty seven would turn up as a score draw this week . |
| 14 | So the only thing to do was to strike off cross-country . |