Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Just in the work you can do for me . ’ |
| 10 | Here is a simple exercise you can do which will help you to become aware of how your breathing should feel . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If you 're pregnant and sporty , you may be wondering what exercise you can do safely . |
| 13 | We all want to see the dance you can do . |
| 14 | Perhaps it 's the moaning you can do at the top , or the relief of getting down and into the warmth . |
| 15 | The truth is there is only so much preparation you can do . |
| 16 | ‘ The more preparation you can do , the cheaper the operation becomes . |
| 17 | I suppose if you 're a writer you can do it anywhere . |
| 18 | If you sell farm butter and cheese instead of whole milk you can do well if you have the right market . |
| 19 | Of course you can do something . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course you can do it . |
| 22 | This is a job you can do without too much difficulty . |
| 23 | Most of what you 'd want to do in a DTP package you can do with WordPerfect 5.1 , if a little awkwardly . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | There is a limit to how much business you can do by remote control . |
| 27 | ‘ As Gielgud used to say , if you can play comedy you can do everything . |
| 28 | After a couple of days of complete rest you can do all the things that you have been meaning to do for ages — jobs around the house ; shopping for clothes ; meeting friends for lunch ; having day trips out to places of interest ; doing the garden ; sunbathing ; fruit-picking at the local pick-your-own farm and filling up your freezer ; writing a book you have always meant to write or painting ; seeing all the shows that you are too tired to see during a working week ; and so on . |
| 29 | You know when Beecham was conducting it once a trumpeter came in early in one of the big silences : the kind of catastrophe you can do nothing about . |
| 30 | It may seem unnecessary to add : if given a choice , do not attempt to answer a question that you do not understand ( unless , of course , your plight is such that there is no other you can do instead ) . |