Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] [modal v] do " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 2 | ‘ Master Taplow , ’ he whispered , ‘ there is very little I can do for you except make sure the gaoler gives you your wine , pray for your speedy death and that in Purgatory Christ will have mercy on your soul . ’ |
| 3 | However , there seems to be very little I can do with it . |
| 4 | Until you have indicated that , there is little I can do . ’ |
| 5 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 6 | There was really very little I could do actively to refute the charge of selfishness . |
| 7 | I thought my eyes must be starting out of my head , too , but there was little I could do ; I was trying the best I could to think of something distracting to say to Eric . |
| 8 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 9 | and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance . |
| 10 | After that I might do some washing — I 'd rather do a little each day than a large amount at once . |
| 11 | I suppose it 's something to be grateful for that I can do anything useful for you , so stop worrying . |
| 12 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
| 13 | There 's very little I do n't do that I used to do . |
| 14 | Yes indeed , I mean many argue that in fact a law was n't required , and that the common law , as it 's developed and grown and , for example , in the Quinlan case , says that the withdrawal of treatment , the withholding of consent to treatment , is entirely lawful ; and some might argue that , by giving a law like this , which is rather narrowly drawn , you 've taken away a lot ; in other words , a doctor will feel , this I can do , but the other I ca n't do . |
| 15 | You wait for the other side to post their part back to you on your client 's purchase , thereby leaving you with the initiative to complete the exchange procedure on your client 's sale , and this you should do immediately . |
| 16 | To do this you must do the following : |
| 17 | To do this you must do the following : |
| 18 | Once you have got the knack of this you can do it anywhere , whenever you need it . |
| 19 | He had returned to Trinidad in May , 1958 , after 25 years absence and was clearly impressed by the mass support for Eric Williams and the P.N.M. ‘ With a movement like this you can do anything ’ , he informed Williams . |
| 20 | Or I mean David was saying you can do this you can do that you can do the other you can do this . |
| 21 | This flexibility also means that if you have created a presentation for one output device and want to alter it to suit another you can do so without having to repeat your original efforts . |
| 22 | ‘ Add this : ‘ and this we shall do of our own free will and accord ’ . ’ |
| 23 | This we shall do in Section 3.7 . |
| 24 | I think we need I accept I think we need to look at certain areas we need to look at the entrance I mean if we were doing the entrance again we would have electric doors on what like they 've got on the Harvey Centre so you do n't have to fight your way in I 'm thinking of doors like this we 'll do that . |
| 25 | Dad , Dad I 'll put all after I 've done one side of this we 'll do the quiz then . |
| 26 | This we must do , we 've got ta help our unemployed members because some of those who are unemployed have been some of our best fighters and they 're still in there fighting despite the fact they have n't their jobs . |
| 27 | This they can do by rallying under the Alliance motto of ‘ The Common Good ’ . |
| 28 | If parents want this they can do it themselves . |
| 29 | This they can do through a stockbroker , who will sell them via the stock market to people who want to buy such bonds . |
| 30 | And this it may do more than a hundred times a second in perfect synchrony with the clicks of the calls . |