Example sentences of "could [verb] or do " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing Wilson could say or do . |
| 2 | There was nothing Penny could say or do to convince the angry farmer that she was n't an apple-thief . |
| 3 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |
| 4 | A foolish girl , in spite of all I could say or do , would come after me , or rather |
| 5 | The Pentagon would have been furious at losing an agent as well as a major mission , but there was little or nothing it could say or do to put things right without acknowledging that Coleman was an agent and thereby admitting that , for the better part of two years , the DIA had been spying , not on the country 's official enemies , but on other agencies of the United States government . |
| 6 | There was nothing more she could say or do to prove that what she had told him was the truth . |
| 7 | He was seducing her already , pulling her close , and there was nothing she could say or do to still the instant leaping hunger he incited . |
| 8 | Leith knew he was bleeding a little inside , but she also knew there was n't a thing she could say or do to help . |