Example sentences of "[det] i [vb mod] do [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 2 | It was all I could do to stop myself from shaking her until her neat white teeth rattled . |
| 3 | ‘ Lemurs are a delicacy in Madagascar and it was all I could do to stop my fellow passengers eating them , ’ he says . |
| 4 | ‘ My heart was racing so uncontrollably that it was all I could do to say anything at all , ’ she told him . |
| 5 | It was all I could do to keep my feet . ’ |
| 6 | There is nothing more I can do to help them , nor can they collect any low-preference votes that may have been given to them by voters whose higher-preference votes have been given to candidates of other parties . |