Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can do now is go to games and watch Glasgow Rangers from the Copeland Road stand . ’ |
| 2 | What I can do now is treat the damage and give you something to soothe the burning . |
| 3 | All I can do now is praise the NME for finally showing him to be the xenophobic shit that he really is . |
| 4 | Johnson revealed : ‘ It was a great result for Cambridge and I hope it helped my position , but all I can do now is wait and see . |
| 5 | I wish I 'd never taken Maurin 's money , but all I can do now is keep quiet and wait for it to end . ’ |
| 6 | What you can do instead is park the call very like the switchboard , park the call at the desired handset , so take my extension , 4444 , I receive a call for Hilary , 4524 , I do n't know how , it just happens , or perhaps it was , you know , an easy mistake . |
| 7 | ‘ If you really want to help me out , Kokos , the best thing you can do today is lie low and keep your mouth shut . ’ |
| 8 | But since it did , since it changed your life and the lives of at least four other people , all you can do now is go on paying forever — one way or another — for the consequences . |
| 9 | They do n't mind the quarry , or the thickets above it , or even the lane , because a lot of it is closed in and you can pretend there are sort of walls around you . |
| 10 | All we can do now is help ourselves . ’ |