Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | However , there seems to be very little I can do with it . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 4 | Next Friday at eleven I will go over it all again in the lecture . |
| 5 | You can also get back to your previous caller by keying R star 1 , and you can say ‘ I 'm sorry I 'll speak to you later ’ to whichever you like . |
| 6 | If Dad was alive I could talk to him . |
| 7 | like that I 'll pay for it . |
| 8 | ‘ Is there anything else like that I ought to know about him ? ‘ |
| 9 | But this I would say to you . |
| 10 | It is always advisable to make a Will , especially if you have young children in order to make clear who will look after them if you die . |
| 11 | As for your request — I 'm afraid you can forget about it . |
| 12 | This one may grow on you |
| 13 | Afraid they would come after me , that Harry would be punished on my account ; that worse might befall Daisy and I not there to help … |
| 14 | But I was afraid they would shoot at me again , and anyway I was grateful for their kindness in giving me food and drink , so I did not move . |
| 15 | When he is old they will care for him . |
| 16 | ‘ Yeah , I worry about it , but there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 17 | but no I mean I i mean I 've lost a lot of good friends on it , and I would love to see them back alive but , there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 18 | Oh , I knew he was drinking , drinking heavily at that , but there was n't much I could do about it . |
| 19 | This time there was no mistaking the command , but , short of trying out one of the manoeuvres she had been learning in a regular martial arts class , there was n't much she could do about it . |
| 20 | I said we what 's the lowest you can take for it ? |
| 21 | But she 's on a early she can come with him and we 'll go in her car . |
| 22 | The circumstances will dictate how much you can make of it from the standpoint of good video . |
| 23 | When these things hit you there 's not much you can do about them . ’ |
| 24 | It can be very upsetting to have good shots spoiled in this way ; once the noise is on the tape there 's not much you can do about it except dub it out with a substitute background sound ( see page 80 ) . |
| 25 | But some children are just shy by nature and there 's not much you can do about it . |
| 26 | ‘ There is not much you can do about it . |
| 27 | I do n't know what you can do about it though because if people are that thick , there 's nothing much you can do about it is there ? |
| 28 | Add to that the benefits of our career structure , pay and benefits package and you will see just how much you can gain from us . |
| 29 | If you study a lot of subjects , they come to an end , there 's only so much you can learn about them . |
| 30 | Unfortunately there 's nothing much we can do about it . ’ |