Example sentences of "[noun] you can do " in BNC.

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1 When you all have to wear the same uniform , there is n't a great deal you can do to make yourself stand out from the crowd , but we did our best , washing and setting each other 's hair and sharing out what precious bits of makeup we owned .
2 That 's the problem , if it 's a one-off party there 's not a great deal you can do .
3 But there is a great deal you can do to ease your misery , alleviate the worst of the symptoms and let you join in most of the fine weather fun without spending your days in a darkened room with a crate of Kleenex .
4 that 's the maximum speed you can do
5 If you want to phone Cobalt you can do it easily enough from London . ’
6 For long-range fishing you can do without the elasticity , for picking up a long length of line and planting a hook is difficult enough without any ‘ give ’ .
7 … I think the better you are at public relations the better you can do your job .
8 Harriet comments , ‘ When I come to your wedding in the slums of Brooklyn you can do me the honours . ’
9 If this is the case , then your first objective is to raise the level of work you can do before sliding too far into fatigue-producing anaerobic respiration .
10 ‘ Just in the work you can do for me . ’
11 Here is a simple exercise you can do which will help you to become aware of how your breathing should feel .
12 An exercise you can do to get a picture of the difference between newspapers is to go to the library and read each daily in turn .
13 If you 're pregnant and sporty , you may be wondering what exercise you can do safely .
14 We all want to see the dance you can do .
15 Perhaps it 's the moaning you can do at the top , or the relief of getting down and into the warmth .
16 The truth is there is only so much preparation you can do .
17 ‘ The more preparation you can do , the cheaper the operation becomes .
18 I suppose if you 're a writer you can do it anywhere .
19 If you sell farm butter and cheese instead of whole milk you can do well if you have the right market .
20 Of course you can do something .
21 Of course you can do this with other digital processors , but to remove the EQ from the system completely , at the touch of a button , is a real advantage , especially as the latest trend seems to be away from overprocessing and back to more natural , warmer tones .
22 ‘ Of course you can do it .
23 This is a job you can do without too much difficulty .
24 Most of what you 'd want to do in a DTP package you can do with WordPerfect 5.1 , if a little awkwardly .
25 rain jacket for Annaleigh get the jacket done , get that in for Ian and something in for Claire and then when you go down town you can do it for me
26 ‘ The idea has always been at Knightshayes to blend if it 's possible — up to a point you can do it — the garden you 're making into its setting .
27 When I go I usually pay er to go round the back er which in some circuses you can do and only two weeks ago
28 There is a limit to how much business you can do by remote control .
29 So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person .
30 I see things like senile dementia as being a direct result of restricted breathing over very many years — in 20 , 30 or 40 years you can do to yourself the same sort of thing that happens in an operating theatre if oxygen is withdrawn . ’
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