Example sentences of "[modal v] do was [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All I could do was lie on the bed ’ , she says , ‘ it made me feel very ill and because of that I felt slightly depressed . |
| 2 | ‘ All I could do was scream down the phone — God knows what the listeners made of it . ’ |
| 3 | All she could do was crouch in a corner and sob . |
| 4 | But all I could do was wrestle with the lunging hind foot , dressing the infected cleft with a crude mixture of copper sulphate and Stockholm tar and finishing with a pad of cotton wool held by a tight bandage . |
| 5 | All she could do was stumble from the room and get out of their sight as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 7 | All she could do was sit on the side of the pool with one leg in the water . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I was so tired by that time that all I could do was sit in a deck-chair on the sea-front and sleep all day , but it was enough . ’ |
| 9 | All he could do was sit in the corner of his cage , hoping it would all end . |
| 10 | After that all anyone could do was sit by the bed holding her hand . |
| 11 | Horror-struck , all he could do was slam on the brakes and pray . |
| 12 | All the Board of Education could do was aim for a minimum of half-time school provision by Easter . |
| 13 | If ever he used to take us for a spare lesson , all he used to do was draw on the blackboard the scrum lineouts and things . |