Example sentences of "do no more than [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well , the cape would do no more than implicate Putt in the rape of the gipsy girl and it seems she 's married and gone .
2 It was so absorbed in its feast that it ignored the soft approach of the man who had treated it so kindly , and could do no more than scratch and struggle as it was grasped by the neck , and lifted from the ground , its belly exposed to the flashing steel blade of a fish knife .
3 Her lungs burst into fragments of agony so infinite that her lower lip could do no more than flop open and dribble out a feeble croak .
4 Mr Khasbulatov meanwhile reiterated that the Supreme Soviet — the smaller standing parliament chosen from the ranks of Congress — would do no more than pass legislation and monitor observance of the constitution and the law .
5 I could do no more than prowl about him .
6 So I think we may have to take this as part of the council meeting when we get a report back , cos obviously , there 's a degree of urgency in whatever we do about this , but I can suggest that we can do no more than report back to the next council meeting that we 've discussed this , and that it is in solicitor 's hands .
7 But while Anita ‘ maintained an indifferent and callous manner ’ towards the affair , the RCM could do no more than appeal to her better instincts .
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