Example sentences of "[modal v] not do a [noun sg] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was being blackmailed and , because of her promise to Travis never to breathe a word about the woman he truly did love , she could not do a thing about it . |
| 2 | We could n't do a thing about it , only get on with our jobs , living from day to day and , being young , looking forward to the day — surely not too far ahead — when things would start moving in our favour again . |
| 3 | She could n't do a thing about it . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , and you also told me , yesterday , that you could n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 5 | but Martin you ca n't do a song about doggy-dos . |
| 6 | The best , or the most packed defences in the world , ca n't do a thing about a perfectly-struck drive . |
| 7 | He 's half starved — and ca n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 8 | She ca n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 9 | Well he ca n't do a thing about it ! |