Example sentences of "ca n't [vb infin] [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you ca n't do anything you ca n't change anything about your voice or your laugh . |
| 2 | These are pit houses but they ca n't do nowt about these because they 're on the main road you see . |
| 3 | well you ca n't do nowt about it then can ya ? |
| 4 | You ca n't do nothing about any of it , in any event , so what 's the use of banging your head on a brick wall ? |
| 5 | And in any case , you ca n't do anything about these attractions , can you ? ’ |
| 6 | Did you say he was in North Africa ? if we ca n't do anything about his legs we 'll give him a new head when he gets back . |
| 7 | Workers were reported as saying : ‘ Our government ought to reach a peace before our entire villages and towns are destroyed , since we ca n't do anything about it anyway . ’ |
| 8 | It was ‘ an unfair burden on the heart of our President ’ to look people in the eye and tell them that ‘ your government ca n't , try as it would , ca n't do anything about it . ’ |
| 9 | I said to him , if she ca n't do anything about Arthur 's crying , no one can . ’ |
| 10 | And you ca n't do anything about it , because there are so few security firms ; they have a monopoly and they do n't give a shit . ’ |
| 11 | And what really bothers me is when people say they ca n't do anything about it . |
| 12 | Ian 's there by himself and I want to be alongside him but ca n't do anything about it . |
| 13 | ‘ He saw things before anyone else and that must be one of most frustrating things for him as a manager , because he ca n't do anything about it now . |
| 14 | But it ca n't do anything about dry or damaged hair . |
| 15 | ‘ But that is part of the game and we ca n't do anything about it . ’ |
| 16 | They probably ca n't do anything about it unless they leave the Tower first . |
| 17 | losing weight , to realising that you ca n't do anything about it . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose we ca n't do anything about it at this stage . |
| 19 | I said , ‘ I know that as well as you ; the fact I ca n't do anything about it is my complaint , do n't you see . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I ca n't do anything about it today , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ I think they make the boys work too hard , you see , and I ca n't do anything about it . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's it , then , I ca n't do anything about it . |
| 23 | Er I 'm afraid we ca n't do anything about that . |
| 24 | I ca n't do anything about it . |
| 25 | But I mean that 's the sort of thing we 've just got to deal with you know we ca n't do anything about that . |
| 26 | ‘ You ca n't do anything about it , Great-gran , not a thing . ’ |
| 27 | The second in command : The chief in awe of his Adviser ( cf " Whale " in " Using Poetry " , Chapter 2 ) , Monarch 's dogsbody , Deputy , go-between : " I ca n't do anything about it , but I 'll tell her how unhappy you are about it . " |
| 28 | I ca n't do anything about it erm yet because we 've only just got it , I mean what , what you thinking of ? |
| 29 | At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system . |
| 30 | if possible you want to avoid that , so you do n't want to , and , and you certainly do n't want to leave it until a time when you have been taken sick and you ca n't do anything about it . |