Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [modal v] do at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I shall do at this stage is to give a summary of how I see effective religious education . |
| 2 | And all I could do at this terrible invasion was to rise and stand mutely , with my hands by my sides , staring up at this tremendous being — whom I now saw clearly for the first time . |
| 3 | But all I can do at this moment in time is tell you where I stand today . |
| 4 | The problem is largely an insuperable one , and all we can do at this stage is to bear it in mind . |
| 5 | He thought he had probably broken it , but there was little he could do at this time of night . |
| 6 | It was a flimsy pretext and might not get me anywhere , but it was the best I could do at such short notice . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , it was the best I could do at short notice . ’ |
| 8 | Although he avoids arguing that capitalism created a sexual morality to serve its own imperatives — it has no master plan — ‘ the best we can do at this stage is to suggest that the articulation between sexual mores and capitalism occurs through complex mediations — through moral agencies , political interventions , diverse social practices ’ . |
| 9 | It was the best he could do at short notice . |